As of August 1st  Oscar Parrot Promotions will be moving to 101 Duncan Mill Road, Unit #102, Toronto, ON M3B 1Z3. Click here for more details.

ASD is proud to announce the arrival of two new members! They welcome Jaguar Tech, of Terrebonne, and Imprimerie Desmarais, of Thetford Mines, to their growing team. Over the past ten months, twenty new members have benefited from ASD's purchase volume, in order to be more competitive in their respective markets and regions. Click here to see their list of new members.

BCH Unique is launching a new bilingual website to better serve its clientele.
The website, which features a modern design, presents two major functionalities for distributors: first a portfolio of accomplishments paired with an efficient search tool, and then the "Distributors Zone" which regroups several tools designed to transform the distributor into a custom trophy specialist. "The tools we have developed for our distributors are used to facilitate their ordering process but above all, to increase their custom trophy sales" says André Boily, Sales Coordinator at BCH Unique. Click here to continue reading.

BrandAlliance is entering the final stages of a two-year implementation for its merger with former promotional marketing distributor, Activate! Promotions + Marketing. As part of the process, BrandAlliance has initiated a coordinated centralization of its regional leadership across the U.S. and Canada. "The idea behind restructuring leadership is one of optimism and ultimately moving forward together as a stronger organization," said Ian Huntley. Click here to continue reading.

(Source: Larry Kim, The Mission,  Medium.com   )

When you hear the word Millennial, I bet a lot of silly stereotypes pop into your head.  One of those stereotypes might be the idea that Millennials are "job hoppers." Even though this is actually a myth , the reputation continues to stick.  But guess what? Young people quit jobs , regardless of their generation. Duh!  Also, funny thing. As it turns out, Millennials actually stay longer with their employees than members of Generation X did at the same age. Regardless of what you may have heard, Millennials aren't the worst. That's good news, considering they will make up more than half of the global workforce just three years from now. Click here to continue reading and see how to keep your Millennial employees.

I remember the day my sister told me that there was no Santa Claus.
It was Christmas eve.  She hauled me into the washroom, closed the door (probably so that my younger brother wouldn't hear) then said I had better thank Mom and Dad for the presents under the tree because they would be from them and not Santa.  Sigh.  That year I had asked for this delightful hutch - with cups and dishes -  so that my friends and I could have tea parties.

Hoping that Santa would know and deliver this special gift filled me with excited anticipation for Christmas morning.  Learning that eve that it was my parents, all along, who delivered on Christmas, and knowing how supportive they were to fulfilling our wishes, I remember thinking that the buffet was probably a slam dunk.  Oddly, it wasn't a great feeling.  The next morning we scurried to the tree in our jammies and I saw my hutch donned with a big ribbon.  I was profoundly grateful as it was exactly what I had asked for.  The day was just a little flat, though.  No magic.  Then I realized I was looking in all the wrong places.  Click here to continue reading this Aha Moment.