Originally published by Promo Marketing on February 10, 2012. What’s the most common response distributors receive when asking suppliers if their products are safe? “We have tested our product.” Yet in spite of this testing, I’ve heard countless stories from distributors and suppliers alike about how they have had to refuse product during the warehouse [...]
Read MoreA version of this post was originally published by Promo Marketing on December 2, 2011. I’m often asked which product categories pose the highest risk for causing harm to people and damage to an end buyer’s brand. My typical answer applies a reasonable amount of common sense. It is fairly obvious that products appealing to [...]
Read MoreOriginally published by Promo Marketing on November 18, 2011. Promotional products have been making headlines lately. Unfortunately, it’s not in a way we want. First, “Jerry Brown bans official California trinkets.” Then it got worse when “Obama spending cuts target federal agencies’ travel, technology and swag.” This isn’t the first time our industry has taken [...]
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Originally published by Promo Marketing on October 7, 2011. It seems like every week I read an article lamenting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and the efforts underway in Congress to roll back some of the provisions of this law. I’ve repeatedly commented not only on the well-intentioned but hastily and poorly written legislation but [...]
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Originally published by Promo Marketing on September 9, 2011. Can any one person successfully navigate the constantly evolving state and federal product safety and compliance regulations for your organization? As soon as you get a handle on today’s regulations, they shift. And every time you add a new product category, the process starts all over [...]
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