Under Armour isn't the only apparel giant making changes at the top. While Under Armour has been in the news after CEO and founder Kevin Plank stepped down from his position (while remaining involved in a new capacity), you might have missed that Nike's top executive Mark Parker is leaving at the same time. Due…
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Last week, Under Armour announced that its founder and CEO Kevin Plank is stepping down from the position. Plank's position will be filled by current chief operating…
HUB Promotional Group announced that Evan Maguire will represent its Hub Pen, Beacon Promotions and Origaudio Promo brands in Utah, Arizona and Colorado. The multi-line representative will be taking over the territories owing to the upcoming retirement of industry veteran Marc Sabin...
Cleveland-based distributor Proforma recently announced that affiliate owners Kristen Scotto and Rick Royall won a three-year, $12 million contract with one of the nation’s largest automotive tire marketers...
Overture Promotions, previously based in Vernon Hills, Ill., announced on Monday that it is fully operational in its new headquarters facility in Waukegan, Ill., 40 miles north of Chicago. The $70 million promotional marketing firm consolidated two distribution centers into 200,000 square feet of warehouse space in the new facility, with expanded screen print and embroidery operations, and upgraded office space. The company added state-of-the-art technology to communicate better with customers, its U.S. network of sales offices and distribution centers, and its global partners.
UK Distributor GeigerBTC, a subsidiary of Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, announced it has acquired London-based distributor Shout Promotional Merchandise as part of its continued expansion strategy to support clients in the United Kingdom and across Europe. Shout Promotional Merchandise has been…
With domestic returns having hit nearly $250 million as of Sunday, “Joker” is proving a colossal success for the action and crime movie genres, but it is doing little to assist the promotional products industry. That is due to a dearth of goods to drive further interest in Joaquin Phoenix’s turn as the DC Comics…
After suffering a malware attack on its order processing and shipping systems, alphabroder announced that it is fully operational again for U.S. customers. The supplier said it has "no evidence that any customer data or account information was compromised or accessed by this malware"...
Change can prove difficult to accept, but it can also end up being pretty lucrative. Organizers of the Dixie Classic Fair, which is changing its name for next year, learned the latter recently, as the 137th edition of the North Carolina gathering netted a 1,200 percent increase in merch sales over 2018’s tallies, with the pending name change surely the cause...
Following another round of talks between the U.S. and China in Washington, Chinese officials say that it hopes both sides can work together for a solution, but that a resolution would depend on the U.S. canceling tariffs. "China's position, principle and goal for the China-U.S. trade negotiations has never changed," Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao…