Brendan Menapace, Author at Print & Promo Marketing

PM Video Battle: Webb Company Versus Sweda Company LLC

Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: I’m looking forward to a plan-free weekend after Thanksgiving and all of its related traveling.) Last week, Webb Company took down the reigning champ, and will now face…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of branded frothers due to ingestion and choking hazards. King Soopers supermarket in Colrado gave out the CocoaVia Brand Frother from Mars Symbioscience, Germantown, Md., as a promotional item in September 2015. The…

Mohawk, Cohoes, N.Y., has been named the exclusive North American distributor for the Curious Collection and Conqueror lines of papers. Mohawk will oversee all North American distribution, marketing and sales for these product lines beginning Jan. 1, 2016, and will begin accepting orders for the Curious Collection and Conqueror on Dec. 28, 2015. “We are…

Coca-Cola and restaurant company HMSHost, Bethesda, Md., launched a campaign to bring holiday cheer in the form of gifts and promotional products to travelers at airports across North America. As part of the HMSHost Holiday Elves and the Instant Stocking Stuffer campaigns, elves will surprise customers with gifts from Dec. 4 through Dec. 11, according…

This week, more than 150 global leaders are in Paris to discuss the issues of pollution, fossil fuel dependency and rising temperatures. A London-based anti-advertising group called Brandalism, which bills itself as “a revolt against corporate control of the visual realm,” placed more…

Quad/Graphics, Sussex, Wis., a printer of consumer magazines and catalogs, is laying off 422 workers at its East Greenville, Pa., facility, according to Philadelphia Magazine. The layoffs are scheduled to begin on or around Jan. 3, 2016. Claire Ho, a spokesperson for Quad/Graphics, told Philadelphia Magazine that this is a “challenging time in the printing…

Two Chinese state-owned shipping companies—China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) and China Shipping Group—are currently working to merge, which would create the world’s fourth-largest container shipping line, according to Seeking Alpha. The merger is a part of the Communist Party of China’s plan to reform state-owned…

In 2010, Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio, hoped to create a “welcoming” image through a rebrand, and part of that effort involved unchaining the pens at the bank. After doing so, the bank estimates that it has given away nearly 32 million Huntington Bank pens.…

Franklin, Wisconsin-based distributor Cary Francis Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 17, according to the Milwaukee Business News. As part of the bankruptcy process, the court will determine a winning bid for the company’s assets. The company filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 128 of the Wisconsin Statutes in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The…

PM Video Battle: Webb Company Versus Amsterdam Printing

Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: Looking forward to Thanksgiving! Especially because I’m not the one doing the cooking.) Last week, Webb Company took down the reigning champ, and will now face off against Amsterdam…

Author: Brendan Menapace

Quad/Graphics to Lay Off 422 Employees