The Wellness Warriors, Massachusetts’ only dragon boat team for cancer survivors and caregivers, christened its newly donated dragon boat in a special ceremony on Monday, May 14th 2012. The boat was purchased and donated by leading apparel manufacturer Charles River Apparel through a special fund sponsored by Barry Lipsett, president and owner.
Read MoreChocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant received an award at the Premier Promotional Group (PG) Awards Ceremony on May 5 for largest percentage of sales increase among suppliers. During the event, PG members were recognized for various achievements including outstanding sales performance and high-quality service.
Read MoreOn May 17 iPROMOTEu announced that it will be hosting its fourth annual “Boardwalk Bash” during PROMOTIONS EAST 2012 in Atlantic City. The “Boardwalk Bash” will take place on Tuesday evening, June 5th, from 9:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. at Gypsy Bar in the Borgata hotel in Atlantic City. The “Boardwalk Bash” is a private event for the promotional products industry only and Gypsy Bar will be closed to the public.
In addition to the fabulous venue, iPROMOTEu has arranged for the high energy rock ‘n roll cover band Sub*G to perform.
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Anne Broholm has been appointed chief executive officer of Ahead, and Chuck Lord has been appointed chief operating officer. Ahead is a member of New Wave Group AB, a Swedish firm with several businesses in the promotional products industry, including Cutter & Buck and Sagaform.
Read MoreThe Ballantine Corporation recently released a new blog post that provides tactics for enhancing direct mail by integrating it with other marketing techniques, including personalized URLs (PURLs), email marketing and promotional items.
Read MorePromo Marketing has learned that Cintas Corporation, the Cincinnati-based distributorship, has formed a new deal with Touchstone, located in Mason, Ohio. Details of the agreement were not available at the time of print.
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Crystal D announced that the company has hired four new employees. Becca Bruns, Laura Wilhelm, Doug Grave and Sheri Koos have all joined the St. Paul, Minnesota-based supplier.
Read MorePhiladelphia-based Bodek and Rhodes, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear, was honored for the third year in a row as EmbroidMe’s “Vendor of the Year.” United Franchise Group, the parent company of EmbroidMe Inc., the world’s largest embroidery franchise, chose the company after polling its entire franchise base of 450 members.
Read MoreAlliance Rubber Company, parent company to promotional products supplier Ad Bands, announced that the company was the recipient of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s (MEP) 2012 Excellence In Innovation Award.
Read MoreEcorite, the Toronto-based supplier of environmentally friendly promotional products, announced an aggressive wave of price reductions providing customers savings on over 150 items in the line. The collection of eligible products represents about half of the styles currently available in Ecorite’s line.
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