A 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 [...]
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Originally 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 November 4, 2011. Do you have a compliance program? Does anyone care if you do? Absolutely. End-buyers that have brands to protect care—a lot. Distributors care if their end-buyer customers care. Suppliers that have distributors who sell to these end—buyers also care. It’s unfortunate, but if you do not [...]
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Originally published by Promo Marketing on July 29, 2011. Corporate America’s expectations for supply chain transparency and control continue to grow as companies work to manage growing risk in light of the evolving product safety and compliance environment. In the past few weeks alone, final determinations on lead in substrates and third-party testing requirements were published [...]
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