It isn’t hard to imagine how the call would go.
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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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreProduct 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.
Read MoreProblem 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?
Read MoreWhat Matters Most is Protecting Your Customer
It started with such a simple and noble objective—protecting children from lead and other toxins.
Read MoreA 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?
Read MoreYou 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.
Read More“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.
Read MoreCPSIA and Product Safety News Roundup
A quick look at CPSIA reform, the lead limit change, and the upcoming Product Safety Summit.
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