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2010MAY
 Apparel
Tap Into Teens And Tweens
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
Want to reach this group? Give them apparel they’ll actually wear. Here are some of the latest options.
Teens and tweens: They’re at an in-between fashion stage...Full Article
Breaking News
In Memoriam: Glen R. Holt, MAS, CIP
Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI lifetime member and former PPAI board member Glen R. Holt, MAS, CIP, passed away early this morning in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife, Laura, and son, Tim, by his side...Full Article
Chair's Letter
Building Friends Of PPEF One Good Person At A Time
By: Roni Wright, MAS Issue: 2010MAY
Guest columnist Roni Wright, MAS, PPAI Vice Chair of Program Services
Special thanks to Scott Siegel, MAS, PPAI 2010 chairman...Full Article
Close Up
Close Up: Matt Sprague
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
A hotel’s front desk, with its odd hours and sometimes even odder requests, is an ideal place to learn about customer service in its rawest state...Full Article
Datebook
Datebook
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
MAY 2010
May 4-6
The ASI Show!
Advertising Specialty Institute
New York, New York
www.asishow.com
May 6
PMANC 2010 Showcase
Promotional...Full Article
Day In The Life
Making Connections
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2010MAY
Chances are you don’t know what busy is unless you’ve met Dana Zezzo, CAS, vice president of sales for Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-based supplier Pro Towels, Etc...Full Article
Editor's Notes
The Big Adventure Of A Logoed Pen
By: Tina Berres Filipski Issue: 2010MAY
How far would you go to find a promotional product? One distributor went to the ends of the earth (well, technically almost to the...Full Article
Editor's Picks
Education Essentials
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
Score an A+ on your next scholastic campaign with these products for school-day success.
This year’s back-to-school season will...Full Article
Fast Forward
There Is No ‘I’ In ‘Green,’ But Should There Be?
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2010MAY
Eco-friendly products marketers shift appeals from outdoors to indoors by focusing on family safety, finances and health instead...Full Article
The Color Way
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2010MAY
Sweda gives distributors power over color with new online search tool.
On opening day at the PPAI Expo 2010 last January,...Full Article
What A Card
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2010MAY
New electronic printing technology is getting a lot of buzz.
Austria-based Prelonic says it is in the process of reinventing...Full Article
Seen And Heard
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2010MAY
Gold Rush
In an effort to increase home sales in a troubled real estate market, a Russian property development firm nixed its typical baseball hat giveaway and started gifting each new homeowner with one kilogram of gold instead...Full Article
Features
10 Top Companies For Customer Service
By: Jen Alexander McCall Issue: 2010MAY
What does it take to win and keep customers? These 10 supplier companies undoubtedly have what it takes—and then they go beyond expectations...Full Article
Brand And Deliver
By: Tina Berres Filipski Issue: 2010MAY
Laurie Tucker of FedEx on what it takes to build one of the world’s most recognizable brands—and why she’s a fan of promotional products...Full Article
Feedback
Feedback
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Members Sound Off On Healthcare Bill
(Editor’s note: The following are responses to a PPB Newslink story on how The Patient Protection...Full Article
Inside PPAI
HIRE Act Becomes Law, Provides Incentives To Businesses
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The HIRE Act, signed into law by President Obama in March, creates a temporary payroll tax forgiveness/job retention credit and increases...Full Article
Corvest Finds Investor In Siglo Holdings
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Largo, Florida, supplier Corvest was acquired by investors of Siglo Holdings, according to Bernard Findley, chief executive officer of Corvest Acquisition Inc...Full Article
Proforma Partners With Global Source Link
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Cleveland, Ohio, distibutor Proforma (UPIC: PROFORMA) has entered into an agreement with Fort Scott, Kansas-based Global Source Link (UPIC: gsl)...Full Article
In Memoriam: Norm Ogroskin
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Norm Ogroskin, a multi-line rep for Ash City, Webb Company, Acro Bag, GAME Sportswear and HMB/Andrew Rohan, died March 15 of a heart attack...Full Article
LEAD Meetings Create Awareness, Build Relationships With Lawmakers
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
On March 24, PPAI members and staff met with senators, congressional representatives and their legislative staffs on Capitol Hill to discuss pending legislation and issues relevant to the promotional products industry...Full Article
PPAI’s Efforts Influence Lawmakers On New Healthcare Law
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Through more than 8,500 letters and countless calls, visits and other points of outreach during the past year, PPAI and its members...Full Article
Speakers, Program Finalized For Women’s Leadership Conference
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Six dynamic women have been chosen to speak at this year’s PPAI Women’s Leadership Conference July 26-29, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, Texas...Full Article
New Logo Download Says Promotional Products Work!
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
A new logo developed by PPAI’s Suppliers Committee announcing “Promotional Products Work!” is available to the industry in a downloadable image...Full Article
Comstock Wins “Where’s Dusty Trax” Contest
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Kelly Bert Comstock of Olympia, Washington-based distributor A Custom Thread (UPIC: ACT) won an iPod Touch for first place in the “Where’s Dusty Trax²” contest kicked off at the PPAI Expo...Full Article
PPAI Offers Exclusive Webinar And Event Sponsorship Opportunities
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI is now offering sponsorships for its professional development webinars and premier events including Women’s Leadership Conference, North American Leadership Conference and Suppliers’ Forum...Full Article
Woman Of Achievement Award Nominations Due May 8
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
During the past decade women have made their mark in a big way on the promotional products industry. To celebrate, PPAI is seeking...Full Article
New Hires At PPAI
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Rachel Robichaud Named PPAI’s Manager Of Professional Development
Rachel Robichaud has joined PPAI as manager of professional development...Full Article
May 21 Is The Deadline For PPAI Suppliers Achievement Entries
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The PPAI Suppliers Achievement Award competition brings unique recognition to industry suppliers for outstanding craftsmanship, creativity and service to distributors...Full Article
PPAI Creates Free Videos For Distributors
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
In a 2009 study of end buyers, three out of four respondents said there’s one thing they’d like promotional consultants to present: facts...Full Article
Money Matters
Get Paid On Time, Every Time
By: Lou Figueroa Issue: 2010MAY
Sound credit management practices help ensure invoices are paid.
There are many stereotypes about credit professionals and the role they play in business today...Full Article
Newslink Features
Norwood Names New Sales Management Team
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Clearwater, Florida, supplier Norwood (UPIC: NORWOOD) and Tampa, Florida, supplier BIC Graphic USA (UPIC: BIC) named their new sales...Full Article
BDA To Acquire Evigna; Named NCAA Vendor
By: Staff
Issue: 2010MAY
Woodinville, Washington, distributor Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, Inc. (BDA) (UPIC: BENS0002) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Madison Heights, Michigan, distributor Evigna (UPIC: TheBee59)...Full Article
SnugZ Donates Bracelets, Moves Headquarters
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Salt Lake City, Utah, supplier SnugZ USA (UPIC: SNUGZUSA) celebrated the third annual Pay It Forward Day on April 29. The day is in recognition of the Pay It Forward movement, inspired by the book by Catherine Ryan Hyde...Full Article
H. Ted Olson, MAS, PPAI President Emeritus, Funeral Held Today
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Executive Director Barbara Frank, Honorary Lifetime Member Ted Olson and past President Mary Dowling share a special moment at a Promotional Products Association Southwest (PPAS) meeting in March.
Services for H...Full Article
Distributor Sales Drop Not As Big As Other Media
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Distributor sales of promotional products tumbled for the second consecutive year, according to PPAI’s 2009 Annual Estimate of Distributor...Full Article
PPAI Launches First Social Media Networking Certificate Program
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
There are just twenty slots left in the first certificate-based webinar series on social media networking to be launched by PPIA...Full Article
PPAI 2009 Annual Report Available Online
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI has released its 2009 Annual Report, which includes a video for the first time.
Click here to learn more about the programs,...Full Article
OrderTrax2 Now Integrated With OrderStream Pro
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI’s OrderTrax2, the first online order processing system for the promotional products industry, is now integrated with Vortex...Full Article
New MAS/CAS Designees Named
Issue: 2010MAY
Three PPAI members have recently received MAS or CAS designation. They include:
• Donna Ferron, CAS, Caldon, Ontario, supplier ProForma...Full Article
Happy Meal Toys Banned in California County
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Santa Clara County, California, officials will today begin banning toys and other promotions found in high-calorie children’s meals...Full Article
Safe Harbor Rule Letters Due May 15
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI is developing a case to protect the safe harbor rule for those in the promotional products industry who act as independent contractors...Full Article
Woman Of Achievement Nominations Due Saturday
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Nomination forms are due Saturday, May 8, for PPAI’s Woman of Achievement Award, which recognizes someone who has led the way in...Full Article
PPAI Best Of Expo 2010 Webinars Continue
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The popular Best of Expo four-part webinar educational program continued tomorrow at 10 am with a presentation by Mark Graham, the founder of RIGHTSLEEVE, on getting connected with social media...Full Article
Healthcare Law Includes Tax Credit, Form 1099 Requirement
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Two federal tax pieces of the healthcare reform legislation passed last month are already having an impact on business—a small-business tax credit and additional 1099 reporting...Full Article
Next Product Safety Webinar Covers State Regulations
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI will hold its free monthly Product Safety Webinar at 1 pm CDT on May 27. This month’s 30-minute webinar will provide an overview...Full Article
In Memoriam: Glen R. Holt, MAS, CIP
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI lifetime member and former PPAI board member Glen R. Holt, MAS, CIP, passed away Friday in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 76. Holt’s...Full Article
In Memoriam: Don E. Harley
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Don E. Harley, co-founder of St. Paul, Minnesota, supplier Designer Selections (UPIC: DESSELEC), died on May 6. He was 92.
Harley had a long career in promotional products that began after a stint as an FBI agent during World War II...Full Article
Molenaar’s Jim Moore Moves Toward Retirement
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Jim Moore, MAS, senior vice president of sales and marketing, at Wilmar, Minnesota, supplier Molenaar LLC (UPIC: MILINE), is moving...Full Article
New Poll Shows Employee Trust Dwindling
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
A new Maritz® Poll conducted by St. Louis, Missouri-based Maritz Research shows employees’ trust toward their workplace has taken...Full Article
CAPPA Develops Scholarship For Professional Development
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The Corridor Area Promotional Products Association (CAPPA) has developed a $250 annual scholarship for one supplier and one distributor member for continuing education within the promotional products industry...Full Article
R.S. Owens Donates Awards To “Dare To Dream” Program
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Scott Siegel, MAS, president of Chicago, Illinois, supplier R.S. Owens & Co., Inc. (UPIC: RSOWENS), says his company donated 80 awards...Full Article
PPAI’s Business Recovery Plan To Help Tennessee Companies
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI has implemented its Promotional Products Business Recovery Plan to help members of the promotional products community recovering from devastating losses from the recent flooding in Tennessee...Full Article
PPAI Best Of Expo 2010 Webinars Continue
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The popular Best of Expo four-part webinar educational program continues tomorrow at 10 am CDT with a presentation by Robert Hechler,...Full Article
Connecticut Congressman Visits Prime Factory
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
LEFT Rick Brenner, president, CEO of Prime Resources; Peter Yazbak, staff assistant; Congressman Jim Himes; David Engel,...Full Article
Safe Harbor Rule Letters Due Saturday
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI is developing a case to protect the safe harbor rule for those in the promotional products industry who act as independent contractors...Full Article
Contribute to PPAI Publications
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Industry Cred
Credibility: It isn’t something you automatically have, nor is it something you can bestow upon yourself. It is something others bestow upon you...Full Article
Next Product Safety Webinar Covers State Regulations
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI’s free monthly Product Safety Webinar will be held at 1 pm CDT on May 27. This month’s 30-minute webinar will provide an overview...Full Article
Help Needed To Repeal New 1099 Reporting With Congress
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Starting in 2012, businesses will be required to submit Form 1099 to the Internal Revenue Service for all goods and services worth more than $600...Full Article
Leed’s Partners With Stromberg Brand Umbrellas
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania supplier Leed’s (UPIC: LEEDS) is launching a line of nine umbrella styles under the StrombergBrandTM for Leed’s Umbrellas brand...Full Article
PPAI Awards Deadlines Coming Up Quickly
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The 2011 Suppliers Achievement Award competition is accepting submissions until May 21. Send your most creative 2009 products, sales aids and self promotions to be considered for this prestigious award...Full Article
PPAI Best Of Expo 2010 Webinars Conclude Wednesday
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The popular Best of Expo four-part webinar educational program will end at 10 am CDT Wednesday, May 19. The final session in the...Full Article
Expo 2011 Exhibit Space Contract Due June 1
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The PPAI Expo 2011 exhibit space contract is ready to download at the PPAI Exhibitor Resource Center. Everything to get signed up is right at your fingertips from any location with an internet connection...Full Article
Free PPAI Research Report Available
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI’s Resource Center is offering the Association’s exclusive research report “Promotional Products: Launching Brand Innovations To Markets” as a free electronic file to members this month--a $15 value...Full Article
Social Media Webinar Series Available At Discount
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI is offering 20 percent off the remaining four sessions of the five-part PPAI Social Media Launchpad series. Register today and...Full Article
PPEF Chair Faces Fear To Help Send Kids To College
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Roni Wright, MAS, chair of the Promotional Products Education Foundation, will face her biggest fear—heights-as part of the PPEF...Full Article
Sales Volume Study Shows Changes In Market
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI’s 2009 study of distributor sales, released earlier this month, showed a number of significant changes in the marketplace. The...Full Article
Welcome To Our New Look
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
With this issue we’re introducing a fresh face for PPB Newslink and our team is so excited about it that we decided to send it to you early...Full Article
Some Companies See Jolt In First Quarter Sales
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
First quarter business was “hilly” for suppliers and distributors, according to a recent study by Westminister, Colorado, business...Full Article
Record Rain Closes Companies in Nashville
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Nashville, Tennessee, distributor Imagination Branding (UPIC: IMAG0019) shut down its headquarters building because of lack of power after record rainfall hit the city over the weekend, according to Michael Mason, chief executive officer of the company...Full Article
New Government Relations Newsletter Launching
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI public affairs will launch a monthly government relations newsletter tomorrow titled “Government Relations Today,” for regional associations...Full Article
Product Safety Webinar Targets State Regulations
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI’s free monthly Product Safety Webinar will be held at 1 pm CDT on Thursday, May 27. This month’s 30-minute webinar will provide...Full Article
PPAI Signs Letter With Others To Repeal New 1099 Reporting
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI joined The National Federation of Independent Businesses and 75 other national organizations in signing a letter to call on...Full Article
Efforts To Support Independent Contractor Continues
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI and regional efforts to support independent contractors continues.
The Regional Government Relation’s Council...Full Article
Product Responsibility Action Group Forms
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI’s Product Responsibility Action Group (PRAG) had its first meeting May 18 to discuss product safety regulation. PRAG will offer...Full Article
Expo 2011 Exhibit Space Contract Due June 1
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The PPAI Expo 2011 exhibit space contract is ready to download at the PPAI Exhibitor Resource Center. Everything to get signed up is at your fingertips from any location with an internet connection...Full Article
PPAI Awards Deadlines Are Approaching
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Nominations for two of PPAI’s highest awards are coming up in early June.
Induction into the PPAI Hall of Fame is the highest distinction the promotional products industry bestows on its professionals...Full Article
NewClients To Match PPEF Challenge
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Teki Hall, president and CEO of Richmond, Virginia, distributor NewClients Promotional Marketing (UPIC: clients), says her company...Full Article
Social Media Wiki Started
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
PPAI is offering a new way to interact with the PPAI Social Media Certificate Program in an online file and information-sharing site called a wiki...Full Article
MAS/CAS Hotline Launched
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
An automatic MAS/CAS certification information hotline has been established to help members access general information about the program...Full Article
Fanda Awarded QCA Accreditation
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Baldwin Park, California, supplier Fanda Promofactory (UPIC: FAND0001) has been awarded accreditation by the Chicago-based Quality Certification Alliance (QCA)...Full Article
Thread Logic Founder Receives Minnesota Award
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Jeff Taxdahl, founder and president of Minneapolis, Minnesota, distributor Thread Logic (UPIC: TLogic) has been named a 2010 Minnesotan on the Move by Finance and Commerce...Full Article
Gill Receives Printing Excellence Awards
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
The Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica presented Shawnee Mission, Kansas, supplier Gill Studios Inc. (UPIC: gill) with four “Best of Category” awards at the Printing Industries of America (PIA) 2010 Graphex Graphic Excellence Awards Gala...Full Article
Prime Resources Hosts Tour For SAAGNY
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Bridgeport, Connecticut, supplier Prime Resources Co. (UPIC: PRIME) hosted a tour of its headquarters and factory for distributors, sponsored by Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY)...Full Article
RAC Leadership Development Workshop Slated For June
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
More than 200 people are signed up for the 2010 RAC Leadership Development Workshop (LDW) June 23-25 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas...Full Article
Barker Specialty Opens Canadian Office
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Cheshire, Connecticut, distributor Barker Specialty (UPIC: BARKER) has incorporated Barker Specialty Canada, which will be based in Toronto, Canada.
“This office was created to better serve the needs of our many multinational corporate clients...Full Article
Teri Hatcher Uses Soren Bag To Promote Website
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
“Desperate Housewives” actress Teri Hatcher’s new website Get Hatched was launched last week with a Catamaran Zip Tote from Soren Travel Gear, a brand of St...Full Article
Salisbury Pewter To Be Featured On Discovery Channel
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Easton, Maryland, supplier Salisbury Pewter (UPIC: SALPEWTR), a manufacturer of giftware and awards with factories in...Full Article
Castelli Changes Name, Expands To Canada
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Reno, Nevada, supplier Castelli USA (UPIC: castelli) has changed its name to Castelli North America, Inc. because of its expansion into Canada...Full Article
PROMOTA Members Vote Not To Merge
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Members of the British trade association PROMOTA voted not to merge with the British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA) at last week’s general meeting...Full Article
Selco Celebrates 75th Anniversary
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Tulsa, Oklahoma, supplier Selco (UPIC: SELCO) celebrated 75 years in business on May 19 with a distributor sales meeting, lunch and factory tour, says Mark Abels, MAS, president of the company...Full Article
River’s End Acquires PremiumWear Facility, Partners With Jockey
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Hopkins, Minnesota, distributor River’s End Trading Company (UPIC: LALO0001) purchased certain assets and inventory of the Clarksville, Tennessee, warehouse formerly owned by PremiumWear, a subsidiary of Toronto, Ontario, supplier John Forsyth Shirt Co...Full Article
Teki Hall Becomes Major Stockholder In NewClients
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Teki Hall has become the majority stock-holder in Richmond, Virginia, distributor NewClients Promotional Marketing (UPIC: clients) and has assumed the roles of president and chief executive officer...Full Article
Evigna Acquired, Named BDA Detroit
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Woodville, Washington, distributor Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, Inc. (BDA) (UPIC: BENS0002) yesterday finalized its acquisition of Madison Heights, Michigan, distributor Evigna (UPIC: TheBe589)...Full Article
Geiger Makes Challenge Pledge To Scholarship Honoring Holt
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
Lewiston, Maine, distributor Geiger (UPIC: Geiger) has pledged a $10,000 challenge gift to the PPEF Named Scholarship in memory of industry leader Glen R...Full Article
Online Exclusives
PPAI’s Legislative Education & Action Day Videos
By: Tina Berres Filipski Issue: 2010MAY
See what these LEAD participants have to say about their visits to senate and congressional offices on March 24.
Eric Ekstand,...Full Article
People News
People News
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
DISTRIBUTOR NEW HIRES
PrintGlobe (UPIC:PrintGlo)—Lorre Swanson and Eric Daniel, account managers
Bruce Fox, Inc. (UPIC: BRUC0003) and E.A...Full Article
Profile
Back In Black
By: Cassandra Johnson Issue: 2010MAY
CEO Jason Black and COO Henrik Johansson lead Boundless Network beyond industry boundaries.
“No risk no reward. Take some risk today!” tweets Jason Black, a promotional products professional who’s been in the industry for more than a dozen years...Full Article
Promotions
Toolboxes In A Time Crunch
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
Shumsky staffers pull together to create a promotion for ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Ty Pennington, host...Full Article
Question
Ride Along
By: Staff Issue: 2010MAY
A Distributor Asks:
“I asked a supplier to come with me on a sales call, but she declined saying she didn’t want to show favoritism to one distributor...Full Article
Snapshots
California Distributor Receives Small-Business Award
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
The crew at Ward Promotional Marketing Solutions Inc. (UPIC: WardP341) is back in the spotlight with the 2009 Small Business of the Year award from the Modesto Chamber of Commerce...Full Article
Charles River Apparel Co-Sponsors Cancer Benefit
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
Hundreds of people, including many from Sharon, Massachusetts-based supplier Charles River Apparel (UPIC: CRA), flowed into the Community Rowing Harry Parker Boathouse in Brighton, Massachusetts, for the Crew for Cancer Benefit...Full Article
PPB Readers Submit Their Snapshots From The PPAI Expo 2010
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
The sales team from Parker, Colorado-based supplier Leashables By Oralabs, Inc. (UPIC: oralabs) is happy to debut a new booth....Full Article
Crystal D Celebrates Topnotch Employees
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
Employees from St. Paul, Minnesota-based Crystal D (UPIC: CRYSTALD) anticipate it all year long—the supplier’s annual WOW Day meeting...Full Article
The Chest Employees Chip In For The United Way
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
The staff at Washington, Missouri-based supplier The Chest (UPIC: thechest) is a generous bunch, pledging payroll contributions every year for The United Way...Full Article
Chicago Distributor Wins Kenney Chesney Guitar
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010MAY
During the PPAI Expo in January, more than 1,000 showgoers stopped by The Corporate Marketplace, Inc. (UPIC: tcmpi) booth to submit a business card in a drawing for a Takamine guitar autographed by country-music star Kenny Chesney...Full Article
Washington Report
May Washington Report
By: John Satagaj Issue: 2010MAY
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law as Public Law 111-148 by President Obama on March 23, 2010, creates some new reporting responsibilities for pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers...Full Article
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