Show Dates:  Vancouver on Sept. 7,  Calgary on Sept. 9,  Toronto on Sept. 14, and  Montreal on Sept. 16  Show floor plans now available! 

Click here to visit the official TOPS+ website.

Click here to register.  Suppliers, click here to reserve your booths.

Date: September 7, 2016

Time: 6PM - 8PM
Venue: Steamworks - Harbour

375 Water Street Vancouver BC. Walking distance from the TOPS show.

  Cost: FREE to PPPC members

Appetizers and 1 free drink included
Venue is limited to 70 people. Register by Sep 2nd. Click here to register.

Date: September 8, 2016

Time: 6PM - 9PM
Venue: The Metropolitan Grill, #150, 317 7th Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB

Cost: The first drink is on us! + Free appetizers.

Click here to register.

Date: September 13, 2016

Time: 6:30PM
Venue: Arizona Grill Lounge, 215 Carlingview Dr. Toronto, ON

Cost: The first drink is on us! + Free appetizers

Click here to register.

George Cooper, VP Canada/USA at Fashion Biz, will share anecdotes and stories gathered over his distinguished career, those consistent "BEST PRACTICES" that will make you the distributor, a more valued customer to suppliers. The type of customer that will draw the attentive service from suppliers that you deserve. Suppliers need - and want - more distributor partnerships. Learn what that entails.  This lively seminar will cover: Opening an account; placing orders; credit/credit cards; the Rep and Customer Service relationship; trade shows; discounts; returns, and more. The session will end with a short Q&A covering Best Supplier Practices and attendee feedback. Click here to register.

A message from the Boomerang Marketing team: Peacefully in her sleep on August 11th at Princess Margaret Hospital family and friends lost a gem of a woman. Grace Zasonski was an extremely loyal and dedicated employee at Boomerang Marketing. Always first to arrive everyday the other staff members never had to worry about bringing their keys to get into the office.  We could always count on her to have our best interests in mind. She truly cared about her family at Boomerang as much as she cared of her own family at home. She loved knowing that she was the "mother hen" of this place and our company growth would not have been possible without her in our lives. We are thankful we had the opportunity to spend time with her over the past 9 years and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family during this difficult time. "Always in our hearts, you will never be forgotten."

As of August 1, 2016, Gemline is now the exclusive supplier of the complete Moleskine product line within the promotional products industry.  Gemline originally announced the commencement of a partnership on September 1, 2013, enabling Gemline to carry a select offering of Moleskine notebooks and journals. As a result of the new exclusive partnership, customers will now enjoy an expansion into all products in the Moleskine product line.  Gemline will also be adding innovative decoration techniques to support the product offering.

"We have experienced tremendous growth with Moleskine in the past two and a half years, an iconic brand which we admire for its heritage as well as its creative and innovative vision," said Bret Clemons, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Design at Gemline.  "We are very excited about our expanded, long term partnership as it will provide customers with new branding solutions by allowing easy access to the complete Moleskine product offering." Click here to continue reading.

PPPC is pleased to announce that they have negotiated a discount on the development of Mobile Apps for its members with Benefits Partner, Free App Media, a leader in App development and App technology. Under the agreement, PPPC members will only pay $75 per month to have their own exclusive Mobile App as compared to $125 per month for non-members. There is a onetime $175 set-up fee.  Mobile Apps can often cost anywhere from $5000 - $20000 to develop. Free App Media has developed a very user friendly platform with almost all of the world class features needed to satisfy the most demanding customer. Free App Media keeps its pricing low by allowing you to plug in any feature you require. And Free App Media goes a step further; there are no long term contracts to sign, you can terminate at any time. Studies show that people spend between 3 to 8 hours a day on their phone! Mobile Apps are already considered the World's Number 1 Marketing Tool.  For more info about everything Free App Media can do for your company, please click here .

The Pro Towels family is very proud to announce that  Keith Lofton, CAS, National Accounts Manager, was honored as one of this year's PPB Rising Stars. Keith was recognized at the PPAI North American Leadership Conference, August 14-16 in San Francisco, CA as one of this year's twelve up-and-coming industry pros. This coveted annual honor seeks out the industry's budding leaders through industry nominations and chooses select individuals based on their achievements within their companies, industry and community, and their demonstrated potential and leadership ability. PPB started the program in 2010
and since that time it has become one of the most sought-after recognitions in the industry. Click here to continue reading.

Twelve up-and-coming industry pros were selected from more than 40 nominees as this year's  PPB Rising Stars. The annual recognition program seeks out and spotlights the industry's budding leaders based on their accomplishments, leadership potential and involvement in their industry and community. Congratulations to Elson Yeung of alphabroder and Keith Lofton, CAS of Pro Towels. Click here to check out the complete list.