Trying To Be Perfect In An Imperfect World

More and more suppliers are investing significant time and effort to developing compliance programs. Can these comprehensive plans guarantee that all these suppliers’ products are 100 percent safe and compliant? I regularly hear these questions from end-buyers and distributors alike.

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The Problem with Test Reports

It was one of our hottest selling bags and we were flat out-of-stock. At least a dozen backorders had already piled up by the time the container with 150,000 new pieces finally arrived at our receiving dock.

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Product Safety: New Threats and the Biggest Problem Today

Some new product safety concerns that may become issues in the future, as well some discussion on the biggest safety problem facing the industry today.

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Problem or Opportunity for Promotional Products Distributors?

At a Harvard program I enrolled in many years ago, the great Marty Marshall taught us the three most important words in the marketing lexicon: What’s going on?

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A Race To The Top Via Safe And Compliant Products

Can any one person successfully navigate the constantly evolving state and federal product safety and compliance regulations for your organization?

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You Can’t Test In Safety

As I follow up on the many conversations that were started at the recent PPAI North American Leadership Conference and the PPAI Product Safety Summit, my belief that the rate of change in our industry is accelerating continues to be confirmed.

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“Surf’s Up”: Our Industry Is At A Tipping Point

This week, I attended the PPAI North American Leadership Conference and inaugural PPAI Product Safety Summit, where it became evident the promotional products industry has arrived at a critical industry tipping point.

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