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2009DEC
 Apparel
Editors’ Favorite Apparel 2009
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
See what apparel choices PPB and Promotional Consultant editors deemed the year’s best.
We might be promotional products editors,...Full Article
Chair's Letter
Just What You Always Wanted
By: Sherri C. Lennarson Issue: 2009DEC
It’s the holiday season and there’s a great gift awaiting each of you. Your package is bigger than a bread box and it’s wrapped in PMS 299 cool gray and black...Full Article
Close Up
Work Hard, Play Hard!
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
When Bonni Shevin-Sandy joined the family business, DARD Products, Inc./Tag-Master Line (UPIC: TagMastr), she did more than offer a succession solution—she reinvigorated the company by launching a new division, DARD DESIGN, in 2001...Full Article
Columns
Instant Impressions
By: Lynne Key Issue: 2009DEC
Expertise is essential but it must be genuine, mile-deep and sweat-earned.
Our brains are wired to make instant impressions of nearly everything we encounter, and thousands of these impressions speed through our cerebral cortex daily...Full Article
Service With A Smile
By: Michael Crawford Issue: 2009DEC
Moving from customer service into customer satisfaction
I was 17 years old and it was my first big night as a waiter in a local family-owned restaurant...Full Article
Datebook
Datebook
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
December 3
2nd Annual Digital Marketing Summit
The Promotion Marketing Association
Google Headquarters, New York
www.pmalink.org
January...Full Article
Editor's Picks
Editors’ Favorite Products 2009
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
PPB and Promotional Consultant editors weigh in with their top product picks of the year.
There’s no doubt 2009 was a year chockfull of useful, catchy and just plain fun promotional products...Full Article
Factory Floor
Breaking The Mold
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009DEC
Chocolate Inn creates custom 3-D treats out of any object or photo.
Have you ever seen a two-foot-tall bust of ’80s TV personality Mr...Full Article
Fast Forward
Working For The Weekend
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009DEC
A distributor and the state of Utah give 10-hour workdays a go for a year.
In a dramatic effort to save money, Utah’s state government...Full Article
Data Update
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009DEC
Keeping your UPIC profile stats up-to-the-minute can increase business opportunities.
In the race to keep your company’s Facebook,...Full Article
Hey, Big Spender
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009DEC
Having only one No. 1 client can leave your company at risk of failure.
During his first two years as a distributor, Hank Yuloff, CAS, president of Encino, California-based Promotionally Minded, Inc...Full Article
Emergency Inflation Device
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009DEC
Anticipating higher prices for goods and services and planning accordingly may help keep you afloat in troubled business waters.
As...Full Article
Features
Rally Around The New Selling Year
By: Fred and Suzette Albrecht Issue: 2009DEC
Boost your salespeople’s momentum with an annual kick-off event.
Year end can be a challenging time for sales representatives,...Full Article
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: Five Steps You Need to Take Before February 2010
By: Susan DeRagon Issue: 2009DEC
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) is the most comprehensive overhaul of consumer product safety rules since the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was established more than 30 years ago...Full Article
Coming Up: The PPAI Expo 2010
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
When the iconic glittery ball drops in Times Square next month, it means only one thing for those in the promotional products industry: It’s almost time for The PPAI Expo 2010...Full Article
Industry News: Promotional Product Sales At Nearly $4 Billion In Canada
Issue: 2009DEC
A Promotional Product Professionals of Canada (PPPC) study showed industry sales in the Great White North have reached $3.97 billion...Full Article
Feedback
Feedback
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
A Member Is Grateful For Legislative Action
(Editor’s Note: This letter was originally sent to PPAI President Steve Slagle, CAE, concerning S...Full Article
Goods
Goods
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
Wrist Candy
Reward excellence with Style 96R122, a stainless steel watch designed with a mother-of-pearl dial, cabochon crown, locking deployment buckle and water resistance up to 30 meters...Full Article
Inside PPAI
Promotional Consultant Goes Digital
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
The August/September issue of PPAI’s Promotional Consultant (PC) magazine made its debut as an interactive, digital publication designed to be read exclusively online...Full Article
PPB Cited As No. 1 Publication By Distributor Readers
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
PPAI member distributors and subscribers rated PPB magazine as the most useful and best in overall content among seven leading industry publications in a recent readership survey...Full Article
Hendrick Joins PPAI, Eads And Chariton Promoted
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Melissa Hendrick has joined the PPAI team in the newly created role of Director of Professional Development & Business Media. Her...Full Article
New Blog Highlights PPAI Member Benefits
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
This fall PPAI launched The DUK Tape Project, a blog that serves as an online resource for members. The blog provides a spotlight...Full Article
Lyons Named Executive Director For SAAGNY
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
The Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY) named Barbara Lyons its new executive director in September. Lyons...Full Article
Regional Member Spearheads Legislative Action Campaign
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Chris Morrissey, president of Fort Collins, Colorado-based distributor Proforma Big Dog Branding, did more than just put pen to paper when he crafted a clever legislative campaign against S...Full Article
Michigan Association Announces Inaugural Hall Of Famers
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
The Michigan Promotional Professionals Association (MiPPA) has announced the first inductees into its newly created Hall of Fame.
Alvin H...Full Article
BIC, Norwood Form Joint Promotional Products Group
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Clearwater, Florida-based supplier BIC Graphic USA (UPIC: BIC) and Indianapolis, Indiana-based supplier Norwood Promotional Products (UPIC: NORWOOD) announced the formation of BIC Advertising and Promotional Products group in September...Full Article
British Associations BPMA, Promota Join Forces
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Two British promotional products trade associations will soon become one. British Promotional Merchandise Association Ltd. (BPMA)...Full Article
Donald O’Hara Leaves PPPC
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Donald O’Hara stepped down as CEO/president of Promotional Product Professionals of Canada (PPPC), the organization announced in September...Full Article
Bodek And Rhodes Marks 70 Years In Business
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based supplier Bodek and Rhodes (UPIC: ULTRACLB) marked 70 years in business with employee celebrations...Full Article
Newton Manufacturing Celebrates Its Centennial
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Newton, Iowa-based distributor Newton Manufacturing Co. (UPIC: NEWTON) is marking a century of success. In September, PPAI Chair...Full Article
Bankers Advertising Wraps Up Summer Intern Partnership
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Iowa City, Iowa-based distributor Bankers Advertising Co. (UPIC: BACADV) hosted a summer internship program in partnership with the University of Iowa’s Henry B...Full Article
Slagle Takes S. 301 Campaign To Washington
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Steve Slagle, CAE, PPAI president and CEO, traveled to Washington, D.C., in September to take the Association’s industry concerns...Full Article
Baucus Healthcare Bill Holds Hope For Promotional Products
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Promotional products businesses may find relief if legislation proposed by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, is accepted in Congress.
“America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009” is a summary of healthcare reform that provisions of S...Full Article
PPAI Joins Coalition Calling For Estate Tax Relief
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
PPAI members who have inherited their parents’ companies or who plan to pass them down to their children have new action on their side...Full Article
PPAI Continues Support For Practical Means Of Fighting Illegal Logging
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Congress seeks to curb illegal logging through revision of the Lacey Act, updating the circa-1900 law to now require importers of plants and plant-derived products to declare the name of the species of plant that was used...Full Article
Expert Ideas For Grassroots Advocacy
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
No one is better at getting ideas out in the forefront than promotional products professionals. So when the Physician Payments Sunshine...Full Article
Meet PPAI’s New Leaders
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
Catch a glimpse into what the new crop of leaders on PPAI’s Board of Directors wants to accomplish and how they plan to do it.
Snapshot: PPAI Chair Of The Board
As chair-elect of the board, Scott Siegel, MAS, president of supplier R.S...Full Article
Newslink Features
Industry News: Boundless, Branders.com Each Secure $5 Million In Venture Capital
Issue: 2009DEC
Austin, Texas-based distributor Boundless Network (UPIC: Bound784) has raised $5 million in additional financing toward a total of $13 million in funding to date...Full Article
Industry News: SAGE Tool Lets Users Search For QCA Accreditation
Issue: 2009DEC
Carrollton, Texas-based business services provider SAGE|Quick Technologies, Inc. (UPIC: SAGE) is now including the QCA Certified...Full Article
Industry News: Promotional Products Catch The Olympics Spirit
Issue: 2009DEC
As the 2010 Winter Olympic Games approach, member businesses are geared up to help sports fans show their support through licensed...Full Article
PPAI In Action: Drummer Shares Insight From Wellness Incentives Forum
Issue: 2009DEC
America's view of healthcare should take a more proactive approach geared toward wellness and prevention, something current healthcare...Full Article
In Memoriam: Marvin Wilt, Chairman, Bells Promotional Products
Issue: 2009DEC
Marvin Wilt, chairman of the board for Austin, Texas-based distributor Bells Promotional Products, Inc. (UPIC: BELLSPPI), died on December 4 after a short illness...Full Article
PPAI News: Registration Opens For 2010 PPAI Professional Development Events
Issue: 2009DEC
For the first time, PPAI has simultaneously opened registration to all three of its most popular professional development events:...Full Article
Industry News: Incentive Gift Card Council Names Board Of Directors
Issue: 2009DEC
The Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) board of directors for the 2009-2010 term has been announced. The IGCC is a special industry group of the Incentive Marketing Association.
Leslie A...Full Article
Industry News: SBLC Releases Statement On President’s Economic Goals
Issue: 2009DEC
The Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC) released a statement shortly after President Obama’s televised speech last week, in...Full Article
PPAI News: PPAI To Engage More Volunteers With New, Flexible Options
Issue: 2009DEC
The PPAI Board of Directors announces a new model for engaging members by offering a variety of ways for volunteers to participate in the Association’s decision-making process...Full Article
Industry News: Seven Suppliers Apply For QCA Membership; Five Others Join
Issue: 2009DEC
Seven more promotional products companies have applied to join Chicago, Illinois-based Quality Certification Alliance (QCA). QCA...Full Article
PPAI News: Unwind After Hours With PPAI Events
Issue: 2009DEC
PPAI is making it easier to mix in a little fun off the tradeshow floor at The PPAI Expo 2010. From wine and waterfalls to The Molly Ringwalds, the 2010 events lineup is a ramped-up array of networking opportunities to connect with colleagues and friends...Full Article
PPAI In Action: PPAI Team Members Visit Geiger, Administer MAS/CAS Exam
Issue: 2009DEC
PPAI team members continued their outreach to members in December with a visit to Lewiston, Maine-based distributor Geiger (UPIC: geiger)...Full Article
PPAI In Action: Lardner Reflects On CPSC Workshop
Issue: 2009DEC
Anne Lardner, PPAI senior manager of public affairs, attended a two-day workshop earlier this month with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that addressed several aspects of product safety law and compliance...Full Article
People News
People News
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
SUPPLIER NEW HIRES
BAG MAKERS, Inc. (UPIC: BAGMAKRS)—Pete Gleason, regional business development manager for the Northeast region
Castelli Diaries USA Inc...Full Article
President's Perspective
A Battle That’s Worth Fighting
By: Stave Slagle Issue: 2009DEC
As the year winds to a close I think we all want to heave a long sigh and say, “It’s about time.” That might make us feel better if we really knew the tough times were over...Full Article
Question
Time’s A Wastin’
By: Staff Issue: 2009DEC
A Distributor Asks:
We’ve had an order for four months that we can’t get out of the door because the end buyer keeps hesitating and changing her mind about what imprint she wants...Full Article
Snapshots
MARCO-Ideas Unlimited Commemorates 50 Years In Business
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
MARCO employees gather to help the company celebrate 50 years in business.
In celebration of 50 years in the promotional...Full Article
SACDV Unveils New Ideas At Annual Expo
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
On the hunt for fourth-quarter promotional ideas, distributors and end users from Pennsylvania, Delware and New Jersey headed to Specialty Advertising Counselors of Delaware Valley’s (SACDV) Fall Ideas Expo in September...Full Article
Crystal D Packs Meals For Kids
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
Preparing the meals (from left): Joe Christensen, Dave Schaeppi, Joey Stupak and Jen Contreras
For four years, employees at St...Full Article
The Partnering Group Powwows In Napa
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
Sipping pink champagne at the Pink Party (from left): Matt Cobin, Hank Frisch, Chris Huebner and Gavin Long
Last fall,...Full Article
River’s End Trading Co. Hosts Customer Appreciation Event
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
Enjoying the party (from left): Nick Holman, Angie Psaltis-Klouda and Tim Klouda
To thank customers for their business...Full Article
PPAM Gears Up For Seasonal Sales With Holiday Showcase
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009DEC
In September, Promotional Products Association of the Midwest (PPAM) hosted its annual PPAM Holiday Showcase, drawing more than 500 distributors eager to see new products...Full Article
Washington Report
December Washington Report
By: John Satagaj Issue: 2009DEC
Healthcare Reform And Promotional Products
Congress is slowly inching forward on determining the future of the use of promotional...Full Article
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