OrderMyGear (OMG), the e-commerce platform for the promotional products and team sporting goods industries, announced Matt “Kap” Kaplan as the company’s first president. As president, Kaplan will lead OMG’s global sales organization, account management, brand partnerships and marketing…
Read MoreFrom a management perspective, we are oddly more optimistic than our sales professionals this year. We are optimistic because there are some real winning industries that have continued to grow despite the pandemic and show no sign of slowing down. We are optimistic because investments in prospecting are now showing results…
Read MoreBy now, salespeople have picked up a few tricks to make virtual interactions successful. Still, there are always lessons to learn. Here, three distributors discuss how COVID-19 has impacted their businesses and share their best tips for overcoming obstacles and making connections remotely…
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Redwood Classics Apparel, a Toronto-based clothing supplier, is proud to release its first ever Impact Report, detailing its decade of sustainability and diversity in the fashion industry. Focusing on the period of 2009-2019, the Impact Report dives into what sustainability means for the company, including its mantra of “people, planet, prosperity.”…
Read MoreFew distributor business owners have both the writing skills and the time needed to write their company blog on a consistent basis. Business blogs need to be relevant, look polished and represent the brand well. Considering all these personal limitations and high expectations, it makes sense to outsource blog writing. But there is a right way and a wrong way to hire a writer…
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Premier Group Network has announced that Dana Geiger will serve as the organization’s new executive director. Geiger brings a broad range of experience to the position and has 17 years of experience in the nonprofit arena. She served as PPAI’s regional relations manager from 2018-2020, and as executive director for three industry regional…
Read MoreThe White House announced today that it will send 25 million asks to more than 1,300 health care centers and 60,000 food pantries in the U.S. in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable communities. This would be in place of a plan to send face masks to every U.S. household, at least for now…
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Branded merchandise has played a major role in Milwaukee Tool’s recent growth. Sandy Johns, the company’s national account manager, told us about two successful co-branded campaigns and explained why they selected their distributor partner. She also told us how Milwaukee Tool uses promo to reach customers at every stage of their brand journey (and much more)…
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It’s above freezing today in Philadelphia! The snow is finally starting to melt! We might really be on the other side of this winter! Can you tell we’re excited? Big spring folks over here at PM. With that new season comes new life. And by “new life,” we mean a new week of promotional products to showcase and celebrate. Join us, won’t you?…
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If you were big into Vine in 2014, you might remember the little kid who proudly declared that “Chipotle is my life.” Chipotle has not only dug up the memory of social media platforms past, but also reconnected with the boy, Roy Murray, for some branded apparel and a coordinating TikTok campaign…
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