Distributor News

As part of Print+Promo’s ongoing feature, Executive Perspectives, we get to know leading professionals in the print and promotional industry. This month, we interviewed Bob Burdette, president of Multi Business Systems, Bakersfield, Calif. Here, he highlights the benefits of community, advocates for lifelong learning and shares his philosophy for growth during recessionary periods...

As part of Promo Marketing's 2019 Top Distributors list, it took a look at some of the industry’s fastest-growing promo distributors. Winbrook, a $22 million print company based in Billerica, Mass., was one of them, 
increasing its promotional products sales 42.86 percent from $3.5 million in 2017 to $5 million last year...

American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., is happy to introduce Sarah Louden as executive director of human resources. Louden joins ASB from the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area where she was the senior vice president of...

Just as times are changing and technology is evolving, businesses, in particular, have to recognize when to revisit their current strategy. It’s no secret that print has suffered a few blows in recent years, and many companies are turning to other sources to make up for lost revenue...

American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Enterprise Content Management with Premier. Effective Aug. 1, the new agreement allows...

Proforma CEO Vera Muzzillo and Chief Strategy Officer Stan Maxwell have been named as Suncoast Developers Guild board members. Muzzillo has been named to the board of directors, with Maxwell holding a seat on the board of advisers...

Millennials get a bad reputation. They can’t buy houses because they’re eating Himalayan sea salt avocado toast with $7 oat milk lattes. They ruin concerts for everyone because they can’t put their smartphones down. And, they’ll sport Nirvana T-shirts without being able to name three of the band’s songs. But they’re entering the workforce in droves...

Proforma’s senior leadership team recently met with the Proforma Owner Advisory Council Technology Committee to celebrate exceeding 1,000 users on its new ProVision Business Management System. Proforma’s Owner Advisory Council (OAC) consists of peer-elected Proforma members from across North America...

A large U.S.-based financial firm was preparing for a national monthly conference call for its 5,000+ network of brokers. In a pre-meeting reviewing business issues, the marketing team pointed out a fairly significant issue: participation rates for the call were low...

Print+Promo, the Philadelphia-based leading source of business strategies for distributor sales professionals, recently kicked off its sixth year of Distributor Connect meetings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For this event, which ran May 15 through 17, attendees traveled to the beautiful Solé Miami, where they were treated to scenic ocean views and, more importantly, ample business opportunities...