Promo Products
June 14, 2016 at 3:10 pm
iClick, Seattle, has announced that Melinda Marr, regional sales manager for iClick in the Midwest, has received this year's Upper Midwest Association of Promotional Professionals (UMAPP) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made a lifetime contribution to the promotional products industry as a whole, and also a direct or indirect contribution to UMAPP…
June 14, 2016 at 1:52 pm
National Pen Company, San Diego, which ranked No. 4 in Promo Marketing's Top 50 Distributor list, announced today that it has named Peter Kelly as CEO, effective immediately. Dave Thompson, former CEO of National Pen Company, will remain in the…
June 13, 2016 at 6:18 pm
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, announced the 2017 PPAI Board of Directors officers: Mary Jo Tomasini, MAS, chair; Dale Denham, MAS+, chair-elect; Brittany David, CAS, vice chair, financial services; and Tom…
June 13, 2016 at 2:51 pm
St. Regis Crystal, the Cheektowaga, New York-based parent company of a group of promotional suppliers, including Chicago-based R.S. Owens and Elliot Lake, Ontario-based Prestige Glass International, announced this morning that it has finalized an agreement to merge with Cheektowaga, New York-based K&R Precision Corp. K&R Precision Corp. will move its operations to St. Regis Crystal's manufacturing…
June 10, 2016 at 6:16 pm
Links Unlimited, Cincinnati, announced that this year marks its 20th anniversary of providing premium brands and quality service to the corporate incentive market. Scott Kooken and Bret Williams founded the company on July 17, 1996, as a company focused on supplying premium golf merchandise to the corporate promotions industry. That niche provided an introduction to…
June 10, 2016 at 5:37 pm
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: We're hoping the thunderstorms go around Philadelphia this weekend. We want to be outside as much as possible!) Last week, PWS won its fourth in a row, earning them a…
June 10, 2016 at 5:28 pm
On November 23, 2015, the world’s largest food manufacturer, Nestle, disclosed publicly that slave labor was being used to produce its seafood sourced from its supply chain in Thailand. An investigation had shown that Thai fishing operators lured migrant with false promises. The migrants were sold systematically and then kept in bondage and degrading conditions…
June 9, 2016 at 5:47 pm
After this year's Super Bowl, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized an estimated $39 million worth of counterfeit Super Bowl items. NHL officials just warned hockey fans last week to be on the lookout for counterfeit Stanley Cup merchandise. Heck, even AC/DC asked U.S. marshals to stop counterfeiters from selling items outside of their concerts.…
June 9, 2016 at 3:21 pm
Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has announced the addition of Kelly Slaughter as its new national large account sales representative. Slaughter grew up in St. Louis, and attended college at St. Louis University. She worked in her hometown for…
June 9, 2016 at 2:58 pm
While the merchandise provider for the Democratic National Convention was chosen months ago, the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee selected its official merchandise provider for the Republican National Convention yesterday. According to Crain's Cleveland Business, Mogadore, Ohio-based ASW Global was chosen as…
