Raining Rose
The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Charles B. "Chuck" Hammond Jr., president and CEO of Raining Rose Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as its 2013 Iowa Small Business Person of the Year.
Promo Marketing, the leading source of product and marketing information for distributor sales professional, held its third successful Power Meeting last week in sunny Scottsdale, Ariz. with spectacular results.
Inc. Magazine published the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies last week, and once again, several promotional products suppliers and distributors appeared in the rankings. In total, 37 industry businesses made the list this year.
For the third consecutive year, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Raining Rose Inc. has been named one of the fastest growing companies in the corridor by the Corridor Business Journal. Raining Rose Inc. ranked 13 on the list this year with a growth rate of 82.4 percent.
Staples Inc. surprised Cedar Rapids-based Raining Rose Inc. with a $1,500 gift card. The surprise donation is in celebration of the company's recent naming as one of the fastest growing inner-city businesses in the country by Staples Foundation and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote economic prosperity in America's inner cities.
Inc. Magazine published the Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest-growing companies last week, and several promotional products businesses were represented. Read more to find out who were the top suppliers and distributors.
Raining Rose Inc. today announced that Chuck Hammond, president and CEO, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Central Midwest Award in the Manufacturing category.
Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been recognized by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) as one of America's fastest-growing urban businesses.
Raining Rose Inc. announced they have won the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Ribbon Small Business Award. Raining Rose Inc. emerged as one of 75 top small businesses in the country.
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