Promo Products

2022 Top Suppliers: How Taking a Risk Paid Off for Koozie Group
November 28, 2022 at 2:42 am

As part of Print+Promo Marketing's 2022 Top Suppliers list, we asked some of the top-ranked suppliers about how they managed to continue to grow and bounce back from the pandemic, their thoughts on where the industry stands, their future plans and more. Read on for our conversation with David Klatt, CEO of Koozie Group, the No. 5 supplier on our list...

Executive Perspectives: Patricia “Pat” Dugan of Budgetcard Inc.
November 22, 2022 at 4:57 pm

As part of Print+Promo Marketing’s ongoing feature, Executive Perspectives, we get to know leading professionals in the print and promotional industry. This month, we interviewed Patricia “Pat” Dugan, MAS, vice president of sales and marketing, Budgetcard Inc., Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts. Here, she talks shop, reflects on the future of networking and shares how the pandemic made business personal...

2022 Top Suppliers: What We Learned
November 15, 2022 at 8:34 pm

Many questions loom around the print and promo sector. When will inflation slow down? Can suppliers find the materials needed to produce their products? Who will run the equipment? Will orders arrive on time? Are we headed toward a recession? We don’t know the answers, but we do know the industry reacts to the economy...

'The Adaptors' Win PromoStandards’ First-Ever Hack-A-Thon
November 15, 2022 at 7:37 pm

Brikl, a powerful technology that helps distributors, dealers, promotional businesses and suppliers set up online stores and sell, has won PromoStandards’ first-ever hackathon. The PromoStandards Technology Summit is the premier promotional products technology event. Its Hack-A-Thon featured groups of cross-functional teams working together...

OrderMyGear Acquires BrightStores
November 15, 2022 at 6:47 pm

OrderMyGear (OMG), the leading online store platform for selling custom branded merchandise to groups, has acquired BrightStores, a leading provider of online company stores for promotional product distributors. The partnership brings together two market leading technology platforms in the team sporting goods and promotional products spaces...

Does Your Software Really Integrate with QuickBooks?
November 15, 2022 at 1:45 am

A reader asks, “I am considering a software that says it integrates with QuickBooks. Is that all I need to know?” Read today’s edition of “Ask the Accountant” for the answer...

NC Custom Expands Fresh Beginnings Iconic Gourmet Cookie Gift Line
November 8, 2022 at 6:13 pm

NC Custom, Hicksville, New York, has rolled out a new Fresh Beginnings Gourmet Cookies and Holiday line with new tin and packaging options, and an expanded line of cookies, confections, assortments and seasonal offerings made exclusively by Chocolate Inn...

The Magnet Group Hires Steve Parker as Regional Sales Manager
November 1, 2022 at 6:00 pm

The Magnet Group, Washington, Missouri, has hired Steve Parker as regional sales manager. In his new role, Parker will cover California, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Mexico. "Steve is so well known and loved from his years on the distributor and supplier sides, along with his...