Election results for the Specialty Advertising Association of California (SAAC) 2013 Governance Team were announced October 30, 2012 at the annual meeting in Anaheim, California.
Sarah deBoer with A.T. Cross will head the executive board as president, with Beverly Walter with Brown and Bigelow serving as vice president, Bob Levitt with Bob Levitt Company as treasurer, and David Chen with Totally Bamboo as secretary. Filling out the executive board is Immediate Past President Craig Reese with Jack Nadel International.
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Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) on November 7 introduced the PPAI Health Care Planning Tool. In an effort to address the needs of its members, PPAI has added this new tool to help members navigate the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
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Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line has donated merchandise and support to Autism Speaks and Susan’s Rock as it continues a long-standing tradition of helping organizations that benefit the needs of children and families.
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Promo Marketing, the leading content provider for distributor sales professionals, announced today that it has partnered with Trade Only to bring the company’s industry-leading Technologo virtual sample technology to PromoMarketing.com.
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EmbroidMe, the world’s largest embroidery franchise, announced today the signing of a master franchise agreement with Ernesto Martinez and Adolfo Martinez for development in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala over the next several years. The agreement was signed at the Annual EmbroidMe Master Summit Conference in Nice, France.
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The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has hired Jeffrey P. Jacobs as executive director. In this new role, he is responsible for increasing visibility of QCA both within the supplier/distributor community as well as outside the industry.
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Though Hurricane Sandy slowed retail sales for American Apparel, the wholesale side increased 17 percent.
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Crown Products recently announced the addition of a new factory sales representative, Rick Dolan. He will be responsible for sales in the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska area.
“We are pleased to have Rick as a part of the Crown team,” said Jay Paparone, director of sales at Crown Products. “He brings with him 18 years of industry specific sales and management experience and we are anxious to apply his skills to Crown.”
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FesslerUSA, an apparel manufacturer and decorator based out of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, has closed down after 112 years operations. In an interview with the Associated Press (AP), owner Walter Meck cited the recession, increasing overseas competition and difficulty obtaining loans as reasons for the business’s closing.
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Kevin Mulroony, former vice president of operations for Diversified-Adtee, announced he has completed the purchase of the company. Click through for his recently released statement on the acquisition.
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