Supplier News
January 13, 2016 at 4:55 pm
Storm Duds Raingear, Attleboro, Mass., has promoted Meredith O’Brien to vice president of promotional products sales. O’Brien moved into the position after nine years as a lead customer services relations representative. “Meredith's enthusiasm for promotional products and the industry as a whole, and her deep understanding of how Storm Duds products fit the needs of…
January 13, 2016 at 3:15 pm
The growth of family-owned company Quinn Flags, Hanover, Pa., has in turn helped to stimulate the local job market. Quinn Flags added a total of 10 new employees to its team over the last two months alone. Peter Comly, chief financial officer of Quinn Flags, said…
January 13, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) recognized Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., with four awards during its national trade show event, PPAI Expo, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Prime Line partnered with ProMark Agency Division, Promo Marketing’s custom publishing and creative services division, to create a comprehensive print and video marketing campaign in 2015. The…
January 12, 2016 at 8:41 pm
The new year is cause for excitement. Yes, it brings New Year’s resolutions, but it also brings thousands of promotional products suppliers and distributors to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas for the Promotional Product Association International’s (PPAI) annual trade…
January 12, 2016 at 7:37 pm
Proforma, Cleveland, has announced that in 2015 a record of 21 owners advanced to its Million Dollar Club levels for the first time. Proforma’s Million Dollar Club has six levels, including $1 million, multimillion, $5 million, $10 million, $25 million and $50 million. “At Proforma, our tagline is ‘We make millionaires,’" said Greg Muzzillo, founder…
January 12, 2016 at 6:35 pm
Last week, we reported that a donor close to former Los Angeles-based American Apparel CEO Dov Charney reportedly made a takeover bid worth $200 million. Now, new information has come out that the investors, Hagan Capital Group and Silver Creek Capital Partners, made an "upward revision" from the previous bid, and the current takeover bid…
January 12, 2016 at 4:48 pm
BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., announced the addition of more than 20 new BIC-branded writing instruments, including five completely new design families as well as extensions of other products featuring either new colors or the addition of a stylus version. Three key trends have…
January 12, 2016 at 4:20 pm
So I don’t know about you, but "Star Wars" has created a major buzz in my world for the past few months. Really, it has been on everyone’s radar for the past year (or more for the real hardcore fans). The "Star Wars" marketing empire is one for the record books. They have pure genius floating…
January 12, 2016 at 2:18 pm
Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of Gaffney, South Carolina-based Jetline, Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., announced a joint booth promotion with Jetline at the 2016 PPAI Expo that gives distributors opportunities to win Samsung high-definition TVs and other prizes. Distributors must locate three WOW! items at Prime Line’s booth (5817) and three at Jetline’s…
January 11, 2016 at 6:55 pm
Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, announced that the company has reached an agreement to buy AnaJet, Costa Mesa, Calif., a direct-to-garment (DTG) printing company. This acquisition is the latest strategic investment by Ricoh to strengthen its industrial inkjet. AnaJet will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc. Ricoh's experience has focused on…
