Corporate America’s expectations for supply chain transparency and control continue to grow as companies work to manage growing risk in light of the evolving product safety and compliance environment.
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Category: Laws and Regulations
Compliance: The Need For An Industry Standard
Being a distributor in today’s business environment is challenging. But the sales cycle has become even more complex due to the variety of compliance expectations from end-buyer customers.
Read MoreIndemnification: Are You—And Your Clients—Really Protected?
While the concept behind indemnification agreements is understandable, they fail to address one crucial question: How do indemnification agreements protect the end buyer’s brand?
Read MoreProduct Safety: Are We Missing The Point?
While some may wish it were so, product safety is not going away.
Read MoreThink This Can’t Happen to You? The Reality of CPSIA
We have all heard about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). And up to now, as distributors, we have been relatively insulated to the developing changes that suppliers have had to follow closely and adapt to be compliant. That is all ending now.
Read MoreUpdate: The AMA Won!
The American Motorcycle Association fought the law, and the law lost.
Read MoreThe News Never Sleeps
A look at some of the major stories affecting our industry today: CPSIA changes, lead content in reusable bags, and the state of cotton.
Read MoreShould the Government Run the Internet?
On Tuesday, a federal court ruled that Comcast had the right to limit its users access to certain types of content. At issue was users access to a file sharing service called BitTorrent, which uses a high amount of bandwidth, slowing the speed at which other users access other content.
Read MoreFreeEmploymentAlert.com
I came across this article explaining that more and more states are considering banning the practice of employers running credit checks on applicants–and I, for one, am all for such a ban. Job hunting in and of itself can be a demoralizing activity where rejection seems to outdistance approval by a good three or four miles.
Read MoreGone Green?
The promotional products industry is full of company’s that have adopted ecologically friendly practices. From changes in office behavior and recycling practices to full-bore revamps of manufacturing methods and materials used, I think it is safe to say the “green” industry is bigger than U.S. Steel (name that movie reference).
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