Do You Recognize Anyone On Print+Promo’s Under 40 List? (We Sure Do)

Promo Marketing’s sister publication, Print+Promo, released its Under 40 list, which celebrates workers in the print and promotional industries making waves before their 40th birthdays. Among the print and promo professionals, there are a few names that likely will stand out to distributors working in the promo side of things, like Miles Wadsworth from Logo…

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UK Designer Makes Drinkware, Footwear From Used Chewing Gum

What do you do when you’re finished with your chewing gum? Hopefully, you don’t just spit it out on the street or stick it under a table like an animal. Ideally, you’d find a proper receptacle for it. Until recently, the immediate choice would be a trash can, but thanks to a U.K. designer, there…

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Skechers Is Launching a Wholesale Apparel Brand

Skechers is one of the most ubiquitous shoe companies in the U.S., with styles popular among children and adults. With $4 billion in net sales last year, it’s the second-best-selling sneaker brand in the country, according to Apparel News. And now the company is expanding its offerings by launching Skechers Apparel, a new wholesale apparel…

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3M Announces New CEO

3M, Minneapolis, announced yesterday that CEO Inge Thulin will move to a newly created position—executive chairman—and will be replaced by current chief operating officer Michael Roman. Roman has been with 3M for 30 years, according to the Post and Courier, and had led the company’s Industrial Business Group (the company’s largest group) as chief strategy…

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QCA Founder Jay Deutsch Steps Down From Board

Jay Deutsch, creator of the Quality Certification Alliance, and cofounder and CEO of BDA Inc., Woodinville, Wash., announced that he is stepping down from his position on the QCA board after 10 years. Deutsch spent eight of those years as president. “Jay was instrumental in creating industry standards for brand safety and ethical sourcing,” Tim…

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