Supplier News
September 18, 2018 at 10:03 am
Taek Sung, senior vice president of sales and marketing for iClick, joined the show to talk about PopSockets, content marketing and the unexpected speed bumps that accompany 275 percent year-over-year growth. (Such as: Do you have enough parking spaces? What about bathrooms?) Plus, Sean and Brendan discuss Colorado Timberline's sudden closing due to a ransomware attack...
September 17, 2018 at 2:08 pm
In a deal finalized on Sept. 14, 2018, BCG Creations, Montreal, was acquired by HUB Promotional Group, Braintree, Mass., which is now comprised of six suppliers: HUB Pen Company Beacon Best Promotions Cooler Graphics Debco Bag Distributors BCG Creations Based in Montreal, Quebec, with a distribution center in Champlain, N.Y., BCG has served clients in the promotional…
September 14, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced that gas explosions in Lawrence as well as nearby Andover…
September 13, 2018 at 2:22 pm
Colorado Timberline, the supplier based in Denver, posted an announcement on its website yesterday announcing that the company was closing abruptly. Here's the full text of the message: Dear valued customers and suppliers of Colorado Timberline: It is with great difficulty and a heavy heart that we must inform you that effective immediately Colorado Timberline…
September 13, 2018 at 1:11 pm
The following is a message from Prime Line regarding its service changes due to Hurricane Florence: Due to the forecasted track of Hurricane Florence, production at Prime Line’s South Carolina facility (not in the direct line and more inland) may be temporarily impacted. To best manage expectations, please note the following: We will temporarily suspend…
September 11, 2018 at 2:05 pm
Hospitality Mints, Boone, N.C., announced that it has been acquired by Mount Franklin Foods LLC, the El Paso, Texas-based parent company of Sunrise Confections, Azar Nut Company and Mount Franklin Nutritionals. The acquisition is effective immediately, and Hospitality Mints' production will stay in its North Carolina location. "As part of our continued effort to strategically…
August 27, 2018 at 11:17 am
Inc. recently released the latest installment of its Inc. 5000, the always highly anticipated list of America's fastest-growing companies. SwanLeap, a company that provides software for the logistics industry, topped the list with an eye-popping 75,661 percent three-year growth, but that's not why we're here. We're here to talk about the promo connections...
August 23, 2018 at 1:46 pm
ComfortWash, the garment-dyed apparel brand from the makers of Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has joined Hanes4Education. Effective Aug. 1, all purchases of ComfortWash tees and fleece purchased from suppliers can raise cash for a K-12 school. The Hanes4Education program allows suppliers and their customers to help support K-12 schools through a unique cash rebate offer.…
August 22, 2018 at 12:18 pm
Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., has appointed Brian Deissroth as eastern regional sales director. In this role, he will oversee the sales efforts of the company's regional sales team for all eastern accounts. Deissroth joined the Vantage sales team in March 2018 after spending more than 10 years with a…
August 20, 2018 at 2:03 pm
Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., the hard goods division of Trevose, Pennsylvania-based alphabroder, has launched a deep inventory program called primeplus, featuring 30 top-selling items that come with the company’s deepest inventory commitment, which means in stock all the time. The primeplus program, modeled after alphabroder’s of the same name, can fill large orders of 5,000…
