QCA and ZOOMcatalog Announce Strategic ‘Brand Safety’ Partnership

Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, and ZOOMcatalog have partnered to help industry distributors easily search catalogs from suppliers with verified responsible sourcing best practices. ZOOMcatalog has created a page that allows distributors to refine their search results to only show catalogs from those suppliers that currently hold QCA accreditation. As a bonus, distributors will be…

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Prime Line Launches New Primeline.com Site That Includes All Jetline Items

Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., launched a new, expanded Primeline.com website where visitors can find all Prime Line and Jetline items, and utilize functionality such as check order status, real-time inventory lookup, social media sharing, and a freight estimator for U.S. and Canada. The site also features rapid loading speed, improved navigation and filtering, Canadian and…

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AIA Corporation Announces New Vice President of Operations

AIA Corporation (AIA), Neenah, Wisc., announced today the appointment of Antony “Tony” West as the company’s new vice president of operations. In this new role for AIA, West will lead all aspects of customer experience for AIA owners and OfficeZilla dealers (a subsidiary of AIA Corporation). He will also…

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Hanesbrands Inc. Announces First Quarter 2018 Results

Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., announced first-quarter 2018 results that exceeded company guidance for net sales, organic sales and EPS. For the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the company reported net sales growth of 7 percent to $1.47 billion versus a guidance range of $1.42 billion to $1.44 billion. GAAP diluted earnings per share for continuing…

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Talkin’ Tariffs: Source Abroad Founder Caro Krissman on How Much the Promo Industry Should Really Worry

Tariffs, trade wars and other scary-sounding words have been all over the news, but how much will the proposed tariffs actually impact the promotional products industry? In episode 2 of the Promo Marketing Podcast, we try to answer that question as we chat with Caro Krissman, former CEO of Source Abroad, and the gang from INLT, Caro’s new customs brokerage firm. Plus, an update on the surprise closing of Nationwide Promotions LLC, and a topic we hold very dear—SPACE HOTEL!

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DataSource Inc. Adds Former McDonald’s CMO to Board of Directors

DataSource Inc., a provider of end-to-end integrated branded supply chain managed services, today announced the appointment of Neil Golden to the Company’s board of directors. He is well-known as a Fortune 500 consumer-product and retail leader with a long history of board engagement who has served for more than…

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HALO Branded Solutions Completes New Headquarters

HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced a new chapter in the company’s 63-year history with the move to new company headquarters at 1500 HALO Way in Sterling. The state-of-the-art, 157,500 sq. ft. facility will immediately house HALO’s 300-person headquarters team with workstations for 200 additional employees. The building includes a 90,000 sq. ft. warehouse for…

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