Polyconcept North America Announces U.S. Sales Contest
Polyconcept North America announced a new sales contest for U.S. distributors. The contest is designed to leverage PCNA's corporate attendance at the 2016 U.S. Open Golf Championship, held June 16-19 at the historic Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, PA, a few miles from PCNA’s offices.
"We are excited to be involved with such a historic event, right in our own backyard," says Leanne Finney, PCNA vice president of marketing. "We wanted to give our distributors a chance to attend the event with us and take part in a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
The contest focuses on U.S. Trimark apparel sales. Distributors can participate by shipping $50,000 net in Trimark apparel between January 4, 2016, and March 31, 2016. Qualifying distributors will earn a ticket to the PCNA Champions Experience, which includes:
• Air transportation to Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Two nights hotel lodging
• Ground transportation in Pittsburgh
• One two-day pass to the 2016 U.S. Open Championship
• Unlimited access to the PCNA hospitality tent near hole No. 3
• Tour of PCNA’s Pittsburgh facility
• Dinner with the PCNA executive team
• And, "lots of cool gifts!"
For official rules and details, visit www.pcna.com/champions-experience.
Leed’s Announces Exclusive Partnership with Sheaffer
Leed’s, a leading promotional products supplier, announced that it is now, along with A.T. Cross Company, the promotional products supplier for Sheaffer luxury writing instruments. Sheaffer joins the well-established Leed's portfolio of writing instrument brands, which range from high-end offerings to more value-priced options.
"We are extremely excited to offer Sheaffer pens to our customers," said Nicole Kyser, PCNA category manager - pens. "As one of the world's top brands for luxury writing instruments, Sheaffer really complements our existing products in the category."
Available with laser etching or color imprint decoration, Leed’s currently offers six Sheaffer styles and a pen set. They are now on PCNA.com and eligible for SureShip®, the industry’s first 24-hour turnaround program. All Sheaffer pens ordered through Leed’s include a premium gift box for an elegant presentation.
For more than 100 years, Sheaffer has created innovative, reliable and stylish writing instruments. Sheaffer is owned by A.T. Cross Company, a world-renowned manufacturer of award-winning quality writing products. The full Sheaffer assortment is available through Cross.
BIC Graphic Launches More Than 20 New Writing Instruments
BIC Graphic announced over 20 new BIC® branded writing instruments, including five completely new design families as well as extensions of other successful products featuring either new colors or the addition of a stylus version. Three key trends have influenced the development of the new BIC® writing instruments:
1. Prominent branding, as requested by promotional products distributors, using the well-recognized BIC® icon incorporated into the pen and does not compete with end-user brand imprints
2. Upgraded ink systems – many of the new pens feature a 1.2mm ballpoint ink cartridge for smooth writing and bold lines
3. Multi-function – such as stylus, multi-color, etc The new product launches are supported by an aggressive campaign including print advertising, database promotions, and an innovative #lovemybic social media campaign encouraging BIC Graphic customers to share their favorite BIC® product on social media. By including the #lovemybic hashtag, posts will be collected and featured on a living "social wall" on bicgraphic.com. Click here for link.
Chocolate Inn / Taylor & Grant Promotes Two Employees
Chocolate Inn / Taylor & Grant announced the promotion of two employees. Jaclyn Claude has been promoted to assistant customer service manager. Claude will be responsible for training all new customer service team members as well as working directly with production to ensure complete customer satisfaction is met on all orders. Laurie Serwitz has been promoted to service resolution and billing manager. This position will now allow Serwitz with the ability to work with the staff to resolve any service queries and ensure that clients receive the information they need on a timely basis, as well as managing all aspects of the billing department.
Quinn Flag Adds Positions
The rapid growth of family-owned company Quinn Flags has in turn helped to stimulate the local job market in Hanover, PA. There were a total of 10 new employees hired onto the Quinn Flags team over the past two months, the company reported. Peter Comly, CFO of Quinn Flags added that the company is hoping to increase employees by at least 15-20 percent in the coming months.