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Thursday March 8, 2018
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Happy International Women's Day!
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"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."
-
Michelle Obama
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Today is a day to celebrate the progress that has been made towards gender equality and the opportunity to continue to push the barriers that still exist! Happy International Women's Day to all our strong, passionate and fierce ladies in the promo industry! You are all superheros!
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We caught up with some of our fabulous WEE ladies at the 2018 National Conventions.
Click here to see what Heidi Reimer-Epp and Kate Kailik had to say about the Women's Empowerment Event.
Still wondering if you should attend? Kate Plummer, MAS, member of the WEE Committee, shares why WEE is an important event for women in the industry and what you can expect at this year's WEE.
Click here to watch Kate's interview.
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WEE Agenda Now Available!
The WEE speaker agenda is now available! The WEE committee has worked hard to secure a number of incredible speakers, that touch on an array of topics targeted to women in business.
Nicole Weston, Frances Biernacki, Marilyn Barefoot and Cher Jones are all part of this year's line-up. Click
here to have a look at this year's agenda.
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Save the date! TOPS+ 2018 dates have officially been released!
Suppliers,
click here
for the TOPS+ 2018 booth contract. Early bird deadline ends, May 4th, 2018.
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PPPC Quebec Chapter Sugar Shack
Family Day
Come celebrate St-Patrick's Day with the PPPC Quebec Chapter!
Date:
Saturday, March 17th, 2018
Time:
10:15AM - 3:00PM (be there for 9:45am)
Location: Sucrerie Bonaventure, 15400, Ch. Charles, Mirabel QC J7J 1P3
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Happy PPPC Anniversary to all our incredible members celebrating an anniversary in the month of March! Click
here to see who they are.
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Akran Marketing Shows a 24.8% Increase in Business Growth of the Previous Year
Akran Marketing announced that it had its strongest ever year in 2017, with sales up markedly year-on-year, cementing the company's position as the fastest growing and leading promotional product company. Agarwal was pleased to announce that 2017 produced further production and operation efficiency, strong sales and customer retention, a deeper supply chain for product acquisitions and an expanded network of partners to supply customers with even more affordable and streamlined specialty advertising and imprinting solutions. Read more
here.
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alphabroder® and Prime Line® Celebrate National Employee Appreciation Day at 17 Facilities Throughout North America
alphabroder and Prime Line celebrated employees at 17 locations from coast to coast - offices, factories and distribution centers - in a unified initiative for National Employee Appreciation Day on March 2.
The company encouraged department managers and supervisors to honor employees in different ways that included personalized notes, vacation day raffles, free lunches, candy bars and group photographs. alphabroder also gave each employee a branded lunch tote to show its appreciation. Employees wore t-shirts imprinted with an alphabroder-Prime Line "Woven Together" logo to show their company pride.
"We constantly look for opportunities to show our appreciation for and spotlight our amazing employees," said Jeff Lederer, President of Prime Line, alphabroder's hard goods division. Click here for more details.
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Full Line Specialties is pleased to announce the latest addition to its ever-growing successful team, Miles Au. Miles brings over 5 year of e-commerce & marketing experience from the technology sector to Full Line. He is very excited to be a part of this trend setting method of business. Click
here to continue reading about Miles.
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Jeffrey Marks and Promotional Considerations Affiliate with iPROMOTEu
Jeffrey Marks, President of Virginia-based distributor Promotional Considerations, recently announced his decision to affiliate his company with iPROMOTEu, a nationwide network of independent promotional products distributors. Marks is a veteran of the industry, and his company generates substantial sales annually. Promotional Considerations is seeking to streamline business operations, position itself for growth, and increase profitability. Click here to read more.
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J & J Manufacturing Appoints Paul Wieleba As Southwestern Ontario Sales Representative
J & J Manufacturing is pleased to announce that we have appointed Paul Wieleba as our new Southwestern Ontario Sales Representative.
Paul brings many years of sales and marketing experience to Jay-Line.
He is the current owner of WE Promotional Advertising and is the President of the PPPC Ontario Chapter Board of Directors.
Paul has been recognized for his work and results with numerous industry awards including most recently the 2018 PPPC Momentum Award. Click here to continue reading.
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Michelle Edwards Joins Timex Group Canada
Timex is pleased to announce that Michelle Edwards has joined Timex Group Canada, as Manager of Special Markets. She will focus on growing our P&I business at a national level.
Michelle comes to us with a wealth of experience and is no stranger to the watch industry. She spent the last 10 years with Bulova Watch Company as National Account Manager for Corporate Sales and led a multi-million business. Prior to that she has worked for companies such as Swedatron Canada as their Director of Sales and at Bic, as an Account Manager. Click here for more information.
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R.S. Owens Creates the 20th Annual Costume Designer Guild Award
R.S. Owens is pleased to announce the creation of the 20th annual Costume Designer Guild Awards for a February 20th, Beverly Hills star-studded event.
For the first time in the history of the awards the stunning figure was made in
America by the artisans of R.S. Owens. The award was created to celebrate the creations of Hollywood's top costume designers, actors and directors and is given prior to the Oscar® awards. Continue reading
here and click
here to see a photo of the award.
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Be Bold for Change on International Women's Day
International Women's Day
(IWD) and the 2018 campaign theme is
#PressforProgress
. IWD is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity and finding your best self. As
Sheryl Sandberg
says: "In the future there won't be women leaders. Just leaders." Click here to continue reading this Inc article.
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Getting Stressed Out About Stress
By Jae M. Rang, MAS
Reading time: 68 seconds
Whenever I'm in a restaurant and the server asks if I have any allergies I always say, "lineups". I love food but don't love some of the lineups to get it.
I've become a bit of an efficiency nut; I don't waste time and I don't like waiting. That first recognition that I'm stuck in a line prompts a shift in my body language, blood pressure and breathing ... none for the better.
Then there are people like Andrew Hanoun who says that stress is good for you. Now Andrew is someone I pay attention to because he has an Honours Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience, is a Doctor of Naturopathy, holds a Degree in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and has a track record of helping people get back in control. But it's easy to conclude that the stress thing is real and can cause havoc on our bodies and with our minds.
Andrew argues, "... it is actually necessary for survival. Think about gravity and how when astronauts enter space they lose bone mass because the lack of gravity. Gravity is a stress that causes our bones to become stronger to adapt. The same thing goes for stress. However, it is when the stress is either too much, or perceived as negative, that it becomes harmful."
Click here
to continue reading this Aha Moment.
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