TRG Group, located in St. Louis, has hired Stephen Bell as its new Midwest region manager. Bell will be responsible for sales in the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh-based baked goods supplier Smiley Cookie has finalized an agreement with five new independent regional sales representatives: Jon Wendinger, representing Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota; dual team Wayne Burden and Roberta Reiss, representing Northern New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine; Mark Thieleke, representing North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; Penny Hughes, representing Florida; and Vince Bagwell, representing Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
Vantage Apparel has hired Kim Schalk as the sales representative for Wisconsin. Schalk joins Vantage Apparel with 18 years experience in the promotional products market, having most recently held the position of promotional products consultant for a Wisconsin-based distributor. Schalk can be reached at (732) 340-3187 or via email at kims@vantageapparel.com.
Quenten Wentworth, vice president and general manager for Norwood & BIC Graphic North America, commented further on the news of the relocation of its Wisconsin production facility.
85 nonprofit organizations from across the United States and Canada received a $500 in-kind donation from Oshkosh-Wisconsin-based promotional products distributor 4imprint
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Raining Rose Inc. announced it purchased the promotional products division of Wisconsin Pharmacal Company Inc. Raining