Stran Promotional Solutions, Quincy, Mass., announced the addition of Scott Stewart as its new vice president of business development. Stewart will focus on expanding Stran Promotional Solutions’ enterprise account business. Stewart has more than 30 years of experience in the promotional products industry, having spent time both on both the supplier and distributor sides of…
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More than 800 Proforma owners, sales representatives, supplier partners and support team members recently spent four days engaging in high-impact education sessions, attending motivational events and celebrating industry-leading sales successes at the 29th annual Proforma Convention and Family Reunion held at…
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With major acquisitions, profanity-laden T-shirts and scandals from 1995, we had plenty to talk about in July. And, in case you missed any of it, senior content editor Hannah Abrams is here to give you a recap of the biggest stories from around the industry…
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Santa Ana, California-based Customer Focus, has agreed to a five-year agreement with Philadelphia-based AIMastermind (AIM), a buying group serving more than 1,000 promotional product resellers that represent more than $200 million in annual sales in North America. Under the terms of the agreement, Customer Focus will provide each AIM member with an e-commerce website that uses…
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The Las Vegas-based Visstun, CounterPoint and Digispec family announced it has restructured its sales department, combining the sales teams from each of the three brands into one, untied sales force. “When we create a major, new product line, we introduce it with a unique brand name and sales team,” said Joe Davis, director of sales and…
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Today, Largo, Florida-based Hit Promotional Products announced the company has hired Marc Held as vice president. “Marc comes to us with over 20 years of industry experience,” said CJ Schmidt, president of Hit Promotional Products. “We have seen great growth and success since the launch of our apparel offering and are excited to have him on…
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Deluxe Corp., Shoreview, Minn., parent company of Dallas-based Safeguard, recently acquired InkHead.com, a Winder, Georgia-based online technology company focused exclusively on the advertising specialty market. Deluxe Corp. hopes that adding InkHead.com to its portfolio will strengthen Deluxe Corp.’s presence in the online market, a growing medium with digital online sales having surpassed 20 percent of the…
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The Premier Group announced that Skylight Creative Ideas, Bel Air, Md., joined the group. Skylight Creative Ideas, owned by Bob Titelman Sr. and Bob Titelman Jr., has been in the industry for 39 years. “We at Skylight appreciate this opportunity to join the Premier Group,” the Titelmans said in a statement. “We look forward to…
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Leaderpromos, a Columbus, Ohio-based distributor, announced its expansion in the Chicago market to better accommodate its rapidly expanding customer base in the Midwest. The new office space, located in Chicago, will provide space for new hires—Ben Turry, director of sales and relationship management; and Rory Fitzgerald, client relations manager—as well as accommodate future growth in…
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SanMar, Issaquah, Wash., announced its newest product collection, which includes 99 new styles. These new products are available on www.sanmar.com and featured in the 2017 apparel, bags and caps catalog. “There are a lot of trends sparking excitement in the industry, such as athleisure, varsity looks and camouflage,” said Lee Strom, vice president of marketing…
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