If attendance at ICPHSO’s 2012 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium is any indication, then the promotional products industry should feel proud of the strides it is making in product safety awareness.
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QR Codes 3-3-9 (3 Do’s, 3 Don’ts and 9 Suggestions)
This week, I’m pleased to present this piece by guest blogger Ken Kelsey, MAS from Kelsey Promo. Ken is a good friend and fellow inductee into the MiPPA Hall of Fame. He also happens to be one of the most knowledgeable QR Code users around.
Read MoreTime to Take a Closer Look at the Test Reports in Your Files
With the deadline for mandatory third party lead testing less than two months away, now would be a very good time to take a closer look at the third-party test reports in your files.
Read MoreDistributor to Supplier: Is this Product OK for Children?
I received a call last week from a distributor concerned about an order she had recently shipped through an industry supplier for a children’s event.
Read MoreIf You Sell Promotional Products, Learn to Read a Test Report
I know, I know. Boring technical jargon. It’s all true. But unless you have someone else in your company to take care of this for you, you can’t afford not to know how to read a test report.
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 MoreRaining Rose Inc. Moves Home After the Flood
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Raining Rose Inc., manufacturer of natural lip balms and body-care products, announced the company has moved back to downtown Cedar Rapids after recovering from earlier flood damage.
“This flood has been a test to our company’s perseverance,” said Chuck Hammond, president and CEO of Raining Rose. “It feels good to have everyone back downtown. Although we know that there is still a great deal of work ahead of us, I know that we have already come out of this stronger.”
All of the Raining Rose staff would like to thank its customers and vendors for their patience and
Joffrey’s Coffee Brews Java For Bloggers
Here’s some news that will surely keep bloggers up at night:
Tampa, Florida-based Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company announced it is launching a new blend, Coffee 2.0, as the perfect complement to the java-fueled techie. The blend is inspired by the more than 1,500 bloggers who participated in a recent java beta test coordinated by Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company, where they sampled its Jamaican Me Crazy flavored coffee.
Bloggers participating in the java beta test sampling program also filled out a survey about their coffee preferences. Survey results showed 93 percent of bloggers prefer regular coffee, while a mere seven percent prefer decaf.