• • • • • • January 20 • 2015
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Top News
The PPAI Expo Wins Big In Las Vegas
Distributor attendees from across the industry traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, last week for The PPAI Expo 2015 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Despite shifting ahead a day to a Sunday-Thursday pattern, the industry’s largest and longest-running trade show drew strong crowds to its education and networking opportunities, and to the show floor.
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Industry News
PPAI Joins 175 Organizations Calling For Swift Resolution To West Coast Labor Dispute
PPAI joined the National Retail Federation (NRF) and 173 other organizations and trade groups in a letter to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) urging them to reach a swift conclusion to the ILWU and PMA’s labor dispute and outlining some of the difficulties the ongoing negotiations are causing.
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Full Line Specialties Acquires R&R Promo
Surrey, British Columbia-based distributor Full Line Specialties (UPIC: fullline) has completed the asset-based acquisition of R&R Promo.
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Americraft Products Now One29 Promotional
Supplier Americraft Products (UPIC: SEMCOPC) is now doing business under the name One29 Promotional Division. One29, the last three digits of the Saint Louis, Missouri, company’s ZIP code, is the newly launched retail division of select products from the Americraft product line. In an effort to streamline the marketing and branding strategy, the company is merging the two brands.
Moving forward, One29 will operate separate retail and promotional divisions. The One29 retail line will be sold at select major retailers,and One29 Promotional will continue to sell exclusively through promotional distributors.
Product Responsibility
Gain Product Safety Aware Status Before Expo East 2015 Arrives
In the coming weeks, PPAI is hosting a series of webinars designed to help industry companies achieve Product Safety Aware status ahead of Expo East 2015. On January 28, PPAI is conducting the final live Product Safety Basics 101 webinar ahead of Expo East. This course introduces promotional products professionals to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), specific regulations concerning promotional products and other mandatory and voluntary standards, and is one of the four required courses to achieve PSA status.
Product Safety Basics 101 (1.5 CAS)
January 28, 2015, 1 – 2:30 pm CT
Click here for the latest details.
People News
iClick (UPIC: IClic342), a Seattle, Washington-based supplier, has updated its sales team, adding James Fedewa and promoting TJ Vail. Fedewa joins the company as its relationship manager; he has 14 years of industry experience, primarily on the supplier side. Vail has been with iClick for four years, serving as West/Midwest rep and iClick decorate lead, and will now serve as inside sales manager.
Brooks Bradford has joined supplier Storm Creek’s (UPIC: StormCrk) national team of sales representatives. Bradford has more than 30 years of sales experience and will represent the Hastings, Minnesota, company in Texas.
Accolades
HALO Honors Its Account Executives, Supplier Partners In Vegas
In conjunction with The PPAI Expo 2015, distributor HALO Branded Solutions recognized its sales leaders and supplier partners at its annual Awards Gala at the Las Vegas Four Seasons Hotel last week.
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Quality Logo Products Announces 2015 Supplier Awards Winners
Quality Logo Products (UPIC: qualityl) has announced the winners of its first annual Supplier Awards. The Aurora, Illinois-based distributor’s awards celebrate the hard work and achievements of its supplier partners in the promotional products industry.
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SAGE FACT OF THE WEEK
SAGE Conference Credit
There was a great turnout last week for the SAGE Conference during The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas. Those who attended will be receiving an email with a short online survey to receive credit for the sessions. Simply select the sessions you attended, submit the survey and you will receive your credit once it is processed.
PPAI members can join SAGE at no additional cost through the Power of Two relationship. Contact SAGE today at 800-925-7243 or visit www.sageworld.com to get started.
Correction: The Expo Show Daily’s Editor’s Picks feature incorrectly attributed the Zielony crystal sculpture, on display in The PPAI Expo’s New Product Pavilion, as being a Crystal D product. The product is a Visions/Awardcraft piece.
This Month’s PPB
On The Up And Up
A quick look at nine of the industry’s fastest-growing companies.
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Full-Service Success
From folding t-shirts to forging relationships with clients in myriad fields, Leland Felsenthal has seen the promotional products business from nearly every angle.
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Contribute To PPAI Publications
This Is Heady Stuff
PPB is featuring headwear in March, so send your caps, hats, visors, beanies, tiaras, crowns and more to Tama Underwood by January 24. Entries should include a brief product description and high-resolution image.
Thirsty For Drinkware
April’s Editor’s Picks wants to fill up on the newest, trendiest and most timeless drinkware in the industry. Send high-res images and descriptions of your top picks, and share case studies and tips for incorporating drinkware into promotions. Email Jen Alexander by February 12.
Animal Attraction
Market to Market in April looks at the pet industry. Send high-res images and descriptions of on-trend and classic pet-focused products, and share case studies of how pet products made for successful promotions. Email Jen Alexander by February 12.
A Distributor Asks: We have a client who has “relationships” with four different suppliers who have granted them “distributor” status. This means they have cut us out of the loop and are selling directly to our client. We can’t approach the supplier for fear they’ll call the client. (This already happened inadvertently when we asked about pricing—the sales rep actually called our client to complain.) Can you suggest ways to handle this?
What’s Your Answer? Email answers along with your name, title and company name to Question@ppai.org by January 24 for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue of PPB magazine.
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