Cutter & Buck

The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry's only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Hit Promotional Products, located in Largo, Fla.

Anne Broholm has been appointed chief executive officer of Ahead, and Chuck Lord has been appointed chief operating officer. Ahead is a member of New Wave Group AB, a Swedish firm with several businesses in the promotional products industry, including Cutter & Buck and Sagaform.

Get ready for summer with branded swimwear for beach days.

Winter is officially over. The time for marketing to ski resorts and other cold-weather destinations is over as golfing becomes the favorite pastime of the office elite.

Cutter & Buck has unveiled a new logo that is intended to retain the core elements of the company's previous logo, but also provide for a striking and modern look that reinforces an overall new brand initiative while evoking the classic styling for which the company has long been renowned.

Cutter & Buck, the Seattle-based sportswear supplier, has extended its agreement with The PGA of America as the lead apparel partner for its spectator events, including the PGA Championship, Ryder Cup and the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid.

Cutter & Buck has again enhanced its reputation for innovative fabrics and advanced technologies with the introduction of its new Warm Yarn Technology that will be available in its Fall 2012 Men's CB Collection.

Cutter & Buck has been named the exclusive apparel sponsor of PGA Magazine's "Merchandisers of the Year Conference." This prestigious gathering of PGA professionals will take place in Orlando, Fla., prior to January's PGA Merchandise Show, and engages the expertise of golf's best merchandisers in identifying best practices in merchandising that can be shared with the 28,000 other member professionals of the PGA of America.

New Wave Group AB announced that it is acquiring all shares of Paris Glove of Canada Inc. for $16.3 million. Paris Glove will be joining several other promotional products companies under the New Wave Group umbrella, including Cutter & Buck, Kosta Boda, Orrefors and Sagaform.

Castelli North America and Impex International Inc. have applied to participate in the comprehensive compliance program developed by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry's only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products.