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2009MAY
 Apparel
A Lifestyle Of Lounge
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009MAY
There’s a lot to love about loungewear, from soft fabrics to easy-breezy styles. It’s time to swap out dressy duds for laid-back loungewear...Full Article
Breaking News
Companies Can Connect With Potential New Employees On PPAI's Job Listings Page
Issue: 2009MAY
Are you a promotional products business looking for the next star employee, or are you a business professional hoping to start a...Full Article
Father And Son Team Up To Start New Golf Supplier Company
Issue: 2009MAY
Industry veterans Hugh and Mark Hobbs have launched Culver City, California-based supplier Pacific Coast Golf. The company is the result of the father and son team seeing a need for a full-service promotional golf supplier on the West Coast...Full Article
Chair's Letter
Define ROI Using Real Life Experiences
By: Sherri C. Lennarson Issue: 2009MAY
Are you incorporating The Sixth Sense into your selling strategies? If you’re not selling with heart and passion, my guess is you’re...Full Article
Close Up
Close Up: Alan Vaught
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
Alan Vaught, chief executive officer of supplier Evans Manufacturing, Inc. (UPIC: EVANS), started working at the Garden Grove, California-based company with his good friend and company founder Bruce Tricinella in 1984...Full Article
Datebook
Datebook
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
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Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colorado; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona
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Day In The Life
Word On The Street
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009MAY
With his home life just a brief walk from the office and a Blackberry always within arm’s reach, Marc S. Simon, chief...Full Article
Editor's Notes
Can You Save Your Job?
By: Tina Berres Filipski Issue: 2009MAY
By the time you read this, I hope the market will be stabilizing, housing starts will be up, consumer confidence will start kicking...Full Article
Editor's Picks
A Symphony Of Spa Products
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009MAY
If your clients want to play upon all the senses, orchestrate a zenned-out promotion using logoed spa products.
The spa industry is an alluring one, growing an average of 20 percent annually, according to the International SPA Association...Full Article
Fast Forward
Will Write For Sales
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009MAY
Three industry companies discuss how they’re using online publishing sites to grow and improve their companies.
Have you read...Full Article
A Lesson From The Past
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009MAY
An enterprising early-American offers inspiration and a review of basic economic principles.
In 1806, Fred Tudor departed...Full Article
The Many Layers Of A T-Shirt Lover
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009MAY
A new survey reveals who keeps what type of tees and why.
Working on the theory that peeking into a person’s t-shirt drawer...Full Article
Recession Defense
By: Tama Swan Issue: 2009MAY
Four Ways To Keep Your Customer Service Top-Notch And Indispensible
Flexible Workforce
In the face of staff cuts, cross-train...Full Article
Features
What It’s Like In My World: Two Views
By: Paul Kiewiet, MAS, CIP, and Dave Engel, MAS Issue: 2009MAY
Living With The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Of 2008
Last August, Congress signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), which made significant changes to consumer product safety laws...Full Article
Champions Of Customer Service
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009MAY
PPAI Supplier Star Awardsm winners speak up on what it takes to be one of the industry’s customer service elite and how your company can join their all-star ranks...Full Article
Inside The Marketer’s Mind: A PPAI Exclusive Study
By: Richard Alan Nelson, Ph.D, and Rick Ebel Issue: 2009MAY
Where Promotional Products Fit In A New Product Launch
Marketers know that innovation is what drives continuing profits...Full Article
Feedback
Feedback
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
Stimulus Package Shortchanges Small Businesses
(Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to a February PPB Newslink article that...Full Article
Goods
The Goods
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009MAY
On-Trend Tunic
Made from a blend of cotton and polyester, the Bella Emily Burnout Tunic is detailed with a scooped neckline with shirring at the front neck, a wide-banded bottom and short, puffed, cap-cuffed sleeves...Full Article
Inside PPAI
Profiles In PPAI Volunteerism
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
Volunteer: Lois Berkowitz, MAS, president of East Brunswick, New Jersey-based distributor Princeton Advertising Specialties (UPIC:...Full Article
Leadership Advisory Committee Issues Call To Serve
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
In the February 3 issue of PPB Newslink and in the April issue of PPB, members of the PPAI Leadership Advisory Committee sent a message...Full Article
Expo Surplus Helps Kids In Need Serve L.A. Schools
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
A successful first-time product harvest at The PPAI Expo 2009 in Las Vegas in January allowed the Kids In Need Foundation to move more than $23,000 worth of surplus promotional products from the show to its Los Angeles-area teacher resource center...Full Article
PPEF Congratulates Circle Of Gold Members
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
Believing in the mission of Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) to build a stronger industry through education, 29 industry...Full Article
ISERVCORP To Share Tech Presentation At PROMOTIONS EAST
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
Tom Gindrup, chief technology officer for Irving, Texas-based business services provider ISERVCORP (UPIC: IServCo), will present “Leveraging Technology in Your Business” at PROMOTIONS EAST June 1-3 in Atlantic City, New Jersey...Full Article
Keep Legislative Action And Product Safety News At Your Fingertips
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
For many years, PPAI has had a voice in Washington, D.C., to promote and protect the interests of the promotional products industry and small business interests in general...Full Article
PPAI Welcomes Newest MAS/CAS Designees
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
The Association congratulates 64 promotional products industry professionals for passing the exams for Master Advertising Specialist (MAS) and Certified Advertising Specialist (CAS)...Full Article
Marketing
The One They Remember
By: Roni S. Wright Issue: 2009MAY
Finding the style that works for you will give meaning to each encounter and create connections that build lasting relationships.
“Imagine...Full Article
Newslink Features
Industry News: Norwood Thanks Customers For Support After Sale Announcement
Issue: 2009MAY
After Indianapolis, Indiana-based supplier Norwood Promotional Products (UPIC: NORWOOD) announced last week it entered into an agreement...Full Article
PPAI News: Revisit The Best Of The Expo’s Professional Development
Issue: 2009MAY
More than 90 outstanding professional development sessions were offered this year at The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas, and some could easily...Full Article
Industry News: ePSA Board Approves UPIC As Alternative ID
Issue: 2009MAY
The ePromo Standards Alliance (ePSA) Board of Directors has approved the UPIC identifier as an acceptable alternative ID for use in ePSA Open Standards trading...Full Article
People News: iPROMOTEu Adds New Affiliates
Issue: 2009MAY
iPROMOTEu Adds New Affiliates
Wayland, Massachusetts-based distributor iPROMOTEu (UPIC: IPRO9320) welcomed the following new distributor...Full Article
Community Involvement: Vernon Company Rewards High School, College Students
Issue: 2009MAY
Newton, Iowa-based distributor The Vernon Company (UPIC: Vernon) has named 11 high school and college students as scholarship winners in its annual William F...Full Article
PPAI In Action: 2009 PPAI Suppliers’ Forum Revealed Simple Ideas That Work
Issue: 2009MAY
Murray Siegel, marketing director for Baltimore, Maryland-based supplier Towel Specialties and chairman of the supplier committee,...Full Article
People News
People News
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
Every week, PPB Newslink publishes news of new hires and promotions among industry members. Check out who moved in—and up—in the...Full Article
PPAI Pioneers
Industry News: Father And Son Team Up To Start New Golf Supplier Company
Issue: 2009MAY
Industry veterans Hugh and Mark Hobbs have launched Culver City, California-based supplier Pacific Coast Golf. The company is the result of the father and son team seeing a need for a full-service promotional golf supplier on the West Coast...Full Article
Question
Cost Plus
By: Staff Issue: 2009MAY
A Supplier Asks:
I know that suppliers are always out to offer the lowest price. Where is the trade-off between being the cheapest and having the best service?
We have imported floating action pens from Denmark for more than 20 years...Full Article
Snapshots
Snapshots
By: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2009MAY
In Your Face Apparel Helps Company Break World Record
When Acuity Insurance decided to tackle the Guinness World Record of gathering...Full Article
Viewpoint
Are You Keeping Pace?
By: Murray Siegel Issue: 2009MAY
A collective supplier performance report helps companies compare sales.
Is your horse 10 lengths ahead, with the rest of the...Full Article
Washington Report
May Washington Report
Issue: 2009MAY
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
Some members of Congress have expressed their concerns about efforts to implement the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)...Full Article
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