Kristina Cullen has been promoted to regional account manager for CleggPromo Inc. Kristina was most recently the inside account executive for Gardena, California-based company, handling Texas and Missouri. Kristina’s new responsibilities will be to handle the top five western states with outside sales calls and trade shows.
Read MoreBIC Group today reported its nine-month sales results for 2012. For the period ended in October, the company posted a 4 percent net sales increase on a comparative basis. Net income was up 15.8 percent at 213.0 million euros ($276.3 million).
For the third quarter of 2012, BIC’s net sales were up 4.4 percent at 488.8 million euros, compared to 468.2 million euros in 2011. While net sales were down slightly at constant currencies, the company indicated net sales were up 0.5 percent on a comparative basis.
Read MoreNewton, Iowa-based distributor Newton Manufacturing Company and enterprise cloud-computing company Salesforce.com have announced a strategic partnership to bring leading cloud-computing technologies to the promotional products industry. As part of their announcement, the companies introduced Oasis, an exclusive business technology suite designed to proactively meet the needs of promotional product distributors.
“As technology’s role in business has evolved from a management function into a strategic driver of business, Newton is committed to investing in technology to give our representatives a competitive advantage,” explains Jay Donlin, Newton’s executive vice president of sales and marketing. “Oasis is the next step in that evolution in the promotional products industry.”
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Pro Towels, headquartered in Pittsburgh, has announced the launch of its new business development team. This team will be an extension of the marketing and sales departments and has been created to take distributor relationships with Pro Towels to the next level.
Read MoreHanesBrands reported third-quarter net sales increased 3 percent, earnings per diluted share for continuing operations increased 31 percent to $1.11, and free cash flow totaled $287 million.
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J. America added 11 new styles for 2013, which are featured in its Better Basics, Sport, Vintage and Vanity collections. New colors have also been added to some best sellers.
Read MoreIn response to a year-long surge in activity on its website, Prime Line recently announced that it has made significant improvements to www.primeline.com relating to the overall speed of the site and the search function. The Bridgeport, Connecticut-based company has also embarked on a complete redesign of its website, which is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2013.
Read MoreFortune 1000 companies continue to focus on vetting their supply chains and requiring their partners to prove compliance. In order to meet these customer requirements, two more suppliers have begun taking the necessary, proactive steps to provide safe and compliant products. Woodstock, Illinois-based American Ad Bag and Ontario, California-based Otto International Inc. have applied to participate in the comprehensive compliance accreditation program developed by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not- for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products.
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In support of the third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election, Cohoes, New York-based Mohawk has partnered with Océ and Lynn University to provide the printed materials for the event.
Read MoreThe American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) today released its ApparelStats 2012 report, a snapshot of the U.S. apparel industry market trends for 2011. ApparelStats 2012 examines business and trade information related to U.S. apparel consumption, production, employment, imports and retail prices.
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