Chocolate Inn/Lanco announced the combination of its screen print and embroidery decorating business, Screen Printers Design (SPD), with Shoreline Monogramming Inc. to form SPD/Shoreline, as the group will now be called. Shoreline, founded in 1984 and based in Westchester County, N.Y., is a long-established leader in the embroidery and screen-printing business, servicing major retailer and…
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Back in 2011, the idea of anything being digital or something being “online” was nothing like it is today. Creating and marketing your business online has changed a ton. Everyone is online now, and they’re all searching the web. What are they searching for? You, as it turns out. Chris Jenkin, CEO and founder of gotcha! Mobile Solutions, shared some ways to help them find you…
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Bill Mahre, president of ADG Promotional Products, joined the show to recap PPAI Expo 2019 and discuss his vision for the promo industry as his PPAI board term begins. (The key? Making promo quicker, easier and better for the end-buyer.) He also told us about his brush with Hollywood stardom as part of the Minnesota Twins organization in the ’90s…
Read MoreThe NHL is waging a trademark violation war against The Hockey Cup LLC, contending that the Illinois-based company is jeopardizing its brand integrity by hawking a mug dubbed the “Stanley Stein.” Now, it appears that the small drinkware company won’t be backing down from the NHL’s litigation threat…
Read MoreWhy don’t you take a seat right there? Chris Hansen, best known as the host of MSNBC’s “To Catch a Predator,” was arrested for writing bogus checks for $13,000 worth of promotional products. USA Today reported that Hansen was arrested last Monday and charged with issuing fraudulent checks…
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At the end of the last few PPAI Expos in Las Vegas, we’ve made it a point to catch up with Paul Bellantone, PPAI’s president and CEO. The conversations cover his feelings about the show, usually as it’s being broken down around us (as was the case this year, too), and tap into larger themes regarding the industry and the economy overall…
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Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has promoted Nate Robson, the current director of promotional sales, to serve as director of business development starting April 1. He will be working in coordination with all the Raining Rose…
Read MoreGiven that he’s had an ice cream flavor, a spider and a treadmill named after him, not to mention his healthy collection of awards and honors, one can safely presume that Stephen Colbert won’t soon see his popularity dip. Americans often rely on humor to manage troubling times, and the U.S. federal government shutdown that…
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Whew, what a week. Between circling the show floor, sitting in on education sessions and sneaking off to the In-N-Out Burger, we kept ourselves busy at PPAI Expo 2019. In case you missed any of our event coverage, here’s a roundup of all the stories we ran last week recapping the show…
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Wandering around the show floor and taking it all in is one of our favorite parts of the PPAI Expo. And as much as it might seem like aimless strolling, there’s actually a great deal of learning involved. Here are some of the biggest promotional products trends we saw at the show this year…
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