Marketing and Sales
March 1, 2017 at 12:46 pm
Pro Towels, Pittsburgh, announced today that Jennifer Gambrell has joined the company as senior director of marketing. Gambrell will head the marketing department for Pro Towels, Kanata Blanket Company, Superior Decorating and Neet Feet. Prior to joining Pro Towels, Gambrell was…
February 28, 2017 at 1:56 pm
If you heard a town's claim to fame was a flying dog, you'd probably check it out, right? What if we told you that a rural town in Japan had just that? Did you book your tickets yet? OK, full disclosure, the flying dog isn't a live animal—it's a drone modeled after the town's mascot,…
February 28, 2017 at 1:39 pm
Have you ever noticed that after shopping for, let's say, a new pair of shoes, you notice ads for the exact shoes you were looking at pop up on social media? That's no coincidence. When you shop around for certain items, cookies track what you're looking at. PebblePost is using that same idea to allow…
February 27, 2017 at 2:43 pm
While Pope Francis has been a popular and relatively accessible face of the Catholic church, Vatican officials are looking to crack down on the wide spread of Pope Francis merchandise,…
February 27, 2017 at 1:34 pm
KitchenHappy, Pontiac, Mich., maker of Snapi, the-single-handed-server, is adding new products and changing the company name to Tangico. “We’ve outgrown the kitchen, but we’re still happy,” said Jennifer Garrison, director of operations for Tangico. “We’ve invested in new equipment and streamlined our shop to meet the growing demand for our products.” The name Tangico was…
February 24, 2017 at 9:49 am
Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: It's 71 degrees out in Philadelphia. It's February.) Last week, C2BPromo won again, and now will face off against Prime Line. The winner will be decided by a simple poll.…
February 24, 2017 at 9:24 am
Sonic Promos, Gaithersburg, Md., announced that it has signed a license agreement with PBS, America’s largest public media enterprise. This agreement will provide opportunities for nearly 350 local public television stations to utilize and co-brand PBS goods that support the brand, including PBS KIDS, PBS Digital Studios, PBS KIDS’ “Kart Kingdom” game and the “PBS…
February 23, 2017 at 2:29 pm
Source Abroad by Prime, the overseas and custom sourcing division of Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., has added 15 new items to its direct import line and launched a new, fully animated video showing off its capabilities. The new video, entitled "Source Abroad by Prime," was produced with distributors and end-buyers in mind. It demonstrates from start to…
February 23, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Yesterday, we reported that a U.K. retail outlet pulled its "The Walking Dead"-themed T-shirts after some customers took offense to the message's racist origin. The focus of the shirt was a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, which one character had been known to yield on the show. And, it turns out, this T-shirt wasn't…
February 22, 2017 at 2:32 pm
Following Samsung's ongoing battery woes (recalls, product bans and factory fires) and reports of its chief being involved in less-than-savory behavior, the company's reputation has plummeted, at least according to a Harris Poll. According to UPI, Samsung fell from third place last year to 49th in terms of reputation among U.S. consumers. The results are…
