See You In Chicago

With near 100 degree heat here in Philadelphia, it’s safe to say a short trip to the Windy City will be a nice break. As an editor, I always look forward to checking out what new products are out there as well as seeing some familiar faces. Hopefully I will get a chance to talk to many of you about some of the new and exciting things happening with PromoMarketing.com and get your feedback on what you need from us to run your business better. See you all there.

Other Industry News:

Top Brands Adds Lufkin Tape Measures

Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Top Brands Inc. announced effective July 15, 2008 it is representing Lufkin imprinted measuring tapes in the promotional products industry. Top Brands will also represent the other well known Cooper Hand Tool brands of Diamond, Crescent, Plumb, Nicholson, Wiss and Xcelite.

For more information on Top Brands, visit www.tb-imprints.com

iPROMOTEu’s Fourth Annual Affiliate Forum a Huge Success

Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPromoteu held its Fourth annual affiliate forum on June 18 to 21 in Boston. Approximately 75 of iPROMOTEu’s top affiliates attended the forum and were treated to an array of educational and professional development programs. Speakers from top promotional products companies and organizations, including ASI president & CEO Tim Andrews and PPAI chairman Stan Breckenridge, gave presentations. Other speakers included leading industry consultant Cliff Quicksell and the president of Gemline Jonathon Issacson. A trade show was also held where 70 of iPROMOTEu’s preferred suppliers exhibited, offering special deals exclusively to those affiliates who attended the forum.

Ross Silverstein, the president and CEO of iPROMOTEu, commented, “The forum was terrific this year. I am so pleased with the tremendously positive feedback we’ve been hearing from our affiliates and from participating suppliers.”

SDI and ECRM Launch Advertising Planning Tool

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based SDI, a leader in innovative health-care analytics for the pharmaceutical and health-care industries, and Cleveland-based Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM), a provider of category- and season-specific planning tools, announced the launch of a analytical tool designed to help health-care and cough/cold-related companies to maximize return on investment for their promotional expenditures. The FAN Promotional Index (FPI) tool measures the degree of correlation between historical promotions and the affected population levels throughout the cold/cough and flu seasons.