The Supplier Excellence Awards are the industry’s objective standard for supplier achievement. The awards are determined by distributor sales professionals, who narrow a list of hundreds of finalists to a list of the most popular and successful manufacturers in the promotional products industry, naming winners in 43 product categories.
Read MoreThe Specialty Advertising Association of California recently released a video promoting its 2013 SAAC Show. The video highlights exhibitor numbers, education sessions, and the number of parties and networking opportunities at
Read MoreThe deadline for entry into SAAC’s $12,500 Great Giveaway is this Friday, July 26. The drawing is open to those who attend both the 2013 SAAC show and its education events. A $5,000-in-value grand prize will be given away, as will
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When disaster hit the Granite Mountain Hotshots Crew from Prescott, Ariz., taking the lives of 19 firefighters, Phoenix-based Stowebridge Promotion Group jumped in to help. On July 3, the company dedicated its art department and in-house screen-printing shop to producing 1000 shirts to donate to The Wildland Firefighter Foundation.
Read MoreHanesBrands, Winston-Salem, N.C., recently announced that Robert F. Moran, former chairman and chief executive officer of PetSmart Inc., has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Moran, 62, whose term runs until the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, will serve on the board’s audit committee. With his appointment, the Hanes board has 10 members.
Read MoreTop 50 distributor Safeguard Business Systems, a part of Deluxe Corp. located in Dallas, announced Thursday that the company has completed its acquisition of Innovative Print & Media Group Inc.
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Visstun, Digispec and CounterPoint recently hired Grace LeDonneRoy to fill the role of customer care representative. As part of her new position, she will offer support to her Visstun, Digispec and CounterPoint sales colleagues as well as work to enhance the customer-vendor experience.
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Eric Hodgson, owner of Phenix Print & Image, was sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding the California Department of Transportation out of $1.9 million. Hodgson used the money to pay off his mortgage, go on vacation and buy $10,000 in Star Wars memorabilia.
Read MoreiClick, a Seattle-based supplier, this week announced the launch of iClick Decorate, the company’s nationwide apparel contract decoration service.
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Charles River Apparel received the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) 2013 All-Star Community Collaboration Award and was also named an honoree at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center’s annual fundraiser, The One Hundred.
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