Proforma’s Owner Advisory Council (OAC), recently held its annual planning meeting with Proforma’s top Executive Team members. Every year, the Proforma OAC members are elected by their fellow affiliate owners in their North American geographical area…
Read MoreThe Sonic Swag Shop, the drive-in restaurant’s e-commerce store, is now full of new T-shirts, can coolers, socks and pins. That’s all plenty exciting for Sonic fans, but one item from the drop has already sold out: a replica of the tumbler that “America’s Got Talent” judges use…
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As part of our 2021 Top Distributors list, we asked some of the top-ranked distributors about how they fared during the first year of the pandemic, their thoughts on the industry, their future plans and more. Here, we talked to Marc Simon of HALO Branded Solutions, the No. 1 company on this year’s list…
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For many distributors, the coronavirus pandemic has been a mixed bag of challenges and opportunities, ups and downs. That helped shape our newly combined (and expanded) 2021 Top 75 Distributors list. According to our data, the top 75 print and promotional products distributors totaled $6.79 billion in 2020 sales…
Read MoreFrom Labor Day through December, your clients receive catalogs from Harry & David, Mrs. Fields, and all the other giant food gift companies almost daily. As a result of their huge budgets and massive marketing efforts, these mail-order and internet companies sell about 10 times more food gifts to U.S. businesses each year than the…
Read MoreAward shows always go all-out for the gift suites for nominees. This year’s Emmy Awards event is no exception, with merchandising experts estimating that the gift set is worth $104,825.98. It was also filled with luxury versions of various promo favorites, plus a personal photo printer from HP…
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Geiger has promoted Geiger UK managing director Vicky Kinasz to its executive team and Elizabeth Fagan to vice president of Crestline. Kinasz will work on strategic planning, policy, and overall future business growth and direction for Geiger. Fagan will oversee all aspects of the Crestline business unit…
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For decades, Topps owned the baseball card market. The company had an exclusive contract with Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association. A few weeks ago, Topps was blindsided when MLB and MLBPA announced a new exclusive contract with the online sports merchandise retailer Fanatics Inc. There are two big lessons here…
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Franchise-builder David McKinnon discusses his passion for franchising and key advice to grow your business. As co-founder of Service Brands International, he built nine brands with nearly 2,000 franchises in eight countries. Here, he talks about the importance of trade associations and his involvement with the International Franchise Association…
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