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PPPC Study Shows Lower Annual Sales Volume For ’09
A study just released by Promotional Product Professionals of Canada (PPPC) shows distributor revenue in 2009 was estimated to have decreased 21 percent to $3.1 billion, the first decline since the study began in 1993. The decline was offset somewhat by distributors achieving higher margins in 2009. Read more
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Nutrition Watchdog Group Plans Lawsuit Against McDonald’s Over Happy Meals
A nutrition watchdog group will sue McDonald’s if the fast-food chain continues to use toys to promote Happy Meals. According to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), using toys to lure small children into McDonald’s is unfair and deceptive marketing and is illegal under various state consumer protection laws. Last week, CSPI served McDonald’s with notice of its intent to sue, fulfilling a legal requirement of several states in which CSPI might bring the lawsuit. Read more
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American Promotional Products Splits From Hyde Group
North Charleston, South Carolina-based distributor American Promotional Products (UPIC: App-Co) has split from its parent company, Southbridge, Massachusetts-based The Hyde Group, and will form a new company called the Affinity Group Inc. Read more
Peggy Hoffman, CAE
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Leadership Development Workshop Tackles Regional Challenges
Take-away solutions to real-world regional challenges were what more than 175 executive directors and volunteer leaders from all 28 regional associations were looking for. And they found that and more at the 2010 Regional Association Council’s 11th annual Leadership Development Workshop (LDW) last week in Grapevine, Texas. Read more |
New Regional Pyramid, Volunteer Awards
A new PPAI Pyramid Award, the PPAI Regional Creative Achievement Award, was announced at this year’s Leadership Development Workshop. This award is open to all regional associations and recognizes programs and campaigns demonstrating outstanding innovation and creativity in a program executed by a regional association. Read more
PPAI Board Meets During Leadership Conference
The PPAI Board of Directors, Standing Committee chairs, Action Group leaders and staff liaisons met last week during PPAI’s Leadership Conference for a full-day volunteer training program. It was designed to help volunteer leaders become more familiar with the PPAI Strategic Plan and annual goals for the committees and action groups, provide training on Volunteer Central (the online network for communicating among volunteers), and discuss various forms of recognition and communications for volunteers throughout the year. The board also held other meetings during the week. Read more
Learn To Increase Sales And Profits In New Webinar Series
PPAI is offering a new webinar series beginning June 29 focused on improving sales. The three-part series titled “The Field Guide to Sales” will be led by sales expert Debbie Mrazek, who will provide actionable strategies to get back to sales fundamentals, hold yourself accountable and watch sales and profits rise. Read more
Corvest Merges Marketing, Product Development Teams
Largo, Florida-based supplier Corvest is merging its marketing and product development teams. The parent of Adva-Lite (UPIC: ADVALITE), Toppers (UPIC: TOPPERS) and It’s All Greek To Me (UPIC: GREEK) says the new structure allows the company to better serve its customers’ needs. Read more
Prime Employees Rally After Power Outage
In what might be seen as a textbook example of how to handle a power outage, employees at Bridgeport, Connecticut, supplier Prime Resources (UPIC: PRIME) worked through the weekend after a rare tornado knocked out power on June 24. Read more
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KISS Teams Up With New Mexico Lottery
The rock band KISS is putting its brand on a lottery game by the New Mexico lottery. The KISS Scratcher ticket was unveiled last Tuesday. Two players will have the opportunity to win trips for two to attend the September 24 KISS concert at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix. The New Mexico Lottery estimates that a sold-out KISS Scratcher would generate approximately $900,000 in scholarship revenue for its college tuition-assistance program. |
COMPETES ACT Amendment Seeks To Limit Use Of Promotional Products
PPAI is seeking help from members on stopping a last-minute amendment that limits the use of promotional products in the renewal bill for The America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act. Read more
PPAI Joins With NAM On Comments To CPSC
PPAI has signed on with a coalition in support of comments made by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regarding the definition of children’s products under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). NAM and PPAI have already influenced language in the bill by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). To see the letter, click here.
Product Responsibility Action Group Meets Face to Face
Last week in conjunction with the PPAI Leadership Conference, the Product Responsibility Action Group (PRAG) held a first face-to-face meeting. Read more
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Little Black Book Out
The new edition of PPAI’s Little Black Book of Legislative Success is available. To view your state and relevant legislative issues, go here. |
 Tom Dailey has been promoted to vice president of operations at Dayton, Ohio, distributor WorkflowOne (UPIC: SF00001). Dailey was general manager of WorkflowOne’s digital solutions operation.
Lacey Lee recently joined Austin, Texas, distributor PrintGlobe (UPIC: PrintGlo) as an account manager. Lee was the sales and marketing director with Tennessee based supplier Sanders Manufacturing.
CPPA, SACDV and SAAGNY Coordinate 2011 Fall Shows
Chesapeake Promotional Products Association (CPPA), Specialty Advertising Counselors of the Delaware Valley (SACDV) and the Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY) are hosting their tradeshows during the same week in order to better serve the exhibitors who support their shows. Read more
 Geiger Receives Best Promotion Of Year Award
World Advertising Gift Exchange (WAGE) selected Lewiston, Maine, distributor Geiger (UPIC: Geiger) and the Liv® , a medical device for breast cancer screening named after singer Olivia Newton-John, as winner of the 2010 International Carl Rosenfeld Award for Best Promotion of the Year. The award was announced at the annual meeting in Hong Kong last month of WAGE, an international promotional products trade association. Read more
Vernon Honors Award-Winning Account Executives and Clients
Newton, Iowa, distributor The Vernon Company (UPIC: Vernon) honored 15 account executives and their clients as winners in the company’s annual Galaxy Awards competition. Read more
R.S. Owens Contributes To Blackhawk Charities
To celebrate their home town’s Stanley Cup victory, employees of Chicago, Illinois, supplier R.S. Owens & Co. Inc. (UPIC: RSOWENS) contributed more than $700 to the Blackhawk charities using a gift raffle featuring prizes of licensed Blackhawk apparel among the prizes. Read more
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