The headline (as well as the actual story) is scary, horrifying, gross, sad and so many other of the world's worst feelings, but here's a question for you: What if the dead pigs were just a metaphor?
Whether you want to believe it or not, the weather impacts the ability for business to get done. One look at Facebook during Hurricane Sandy illustrated just how disruptive the storm was to industry firms.
Jason Vorhees. Freddy Krueger. Michael Myers. Three classic horror movie villains that can send shivers down the spine with the mere mention of their names. But nothing strikes fear in the heart of product managers everywhere more than one thing: Recall.
Interesting parallels between The Five Stages of Grief and the path our industry has taken when approaching the topic of product safety and compliance.
Is product safety and compliance a trend? Or is it here to stay? The answer depends on whom you ask.
When selecting a supplier for an order, there are many factors that should go into your decision. If you stop at who gives the biggest rebate or has the shiniest new products, you are taking on more risk than you might imagine.
The risk of blind trust and suppliers spreading themselves too thin.
In the four years since the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was signed into law, the promotional products industry has struggled mightily to figure out how to apply it to what we do every day. Nothing has come easily. Perhaps because most promotional products don't start out as children's products and perhaps because the "toys" we sell are mostly for adults, there always seems to be a "yes, but" when we try to understand CPSIA in the context of the world we live in.
How to build product safety into orders of $500 and under.
While programs like WRAP and FLA have merit, they just address one area of compliance—and they may not transfer through to your organization.