Requesting product safety testing results from the factory about the specific item it is making for you is a natural first step. Seems easy enough, right?
Read MoreThe Golden Sample: Why Testing Alone Isn’t Enough
Category: Laws and Regulations
Warning: Walls May be Hazardous to Your Health
An architecture firm recently launched an online database of construction materials manufactured with harmful chemicals. How long until promotional products face the same scrutiny?
Read MoreThe Product Safety Journey
Like success and life, product safety and compliance programs are about the journey rather than the destination.
Read MoreCPSIA Exemptions: Excerpts with Brent Stone
More information from QCA’s Brent Stone about the Small Batch Manufacturer’s Registry and what distributors should know when looking for a compliant supplier.
Read MoreRisky Business
I often get asked which product categories are at the highest risk for causing harm to people and damage to an end-user’s brand. My regular answer applies a reasonable amount of common sense.
Read MoreAnother Ignorant Hit to our Industry!
Once more our industry has suffered a hit, in part because of the lack of understanding about its true value.
Read MorePromotional Marketing’s Four-Letter Word
When the president calls your industry extraneous, you know there’s a problem.
Read MoreThe Inevitability Of Change
Promotional products have been making headlines lately. Unfortunately, it’s not in a way we want.
Read MoreTime to Take a Closer Look at the Test Reports in Your Files
With the deadline for mandatory third party lead testing less than two months away, now would be a very good time to take a closer look at the third-party test reports in your files.
Read MorePromotional Budget Cuts: What Do You Think?