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Based on the published dated of 7-06 one could assume that we were overcome with an abundance of patriotism over the 4th of July weekend. The MCM team including our dog Rufus even marched in the local parade and we watched our share of fireworks. Patriotism is a good reason to buy promotional products made [...]
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Arianna Huffington and Ashton Kutcher are considered two leading edge experts on Blogging and Tweeting. The Advertising Specialties Institute’s Advantages Magazine recently interviewed a number of people in the industry and our own Ken Block aka,”Kenny Blog”, spoke about search engine optimization and its role in blogging. Check out the article in Advantages Magazine. Behind [...]
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Promotional Products, Advertising Specialties, MCM Productions, Park City Utah UT, isn’t that a unique combination for a global company? We thought so. Our clients and suppliers are now located around the globe and with advances in information technology, it became self-evident that location is no longer a major decision factor. It is all about quality, [...]
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More news on inventory. Back on January 8th we blogged about the shortages that we were experiencing, along with the cause and effect of them. With several months of more history we are ready to declare that this is more than a short term blip. There are many signs that tell us this phenomenon will [...]
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Swag, schwag…, I had not really heard the term until I began working as a volunteer at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. Even then I related it to the bags of bling that were given to the stars. Working behind the “ropes” I saw with my own eyes the thousands of dollars of expensive [...]
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If you have been watching the snowboarding Olympic trials or you are just a fan of the sport, you have heard the slogan, “I Ride For Kevin”. The quick version: Kevin Pearce of Norwich Vermont was an Olympic hopeful in the half pipe. On 12-31-09 he suffered a serious head injury during one of the [...]
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Chinese New Year brings images of dragons, parades and fireworks to most of us. The year of the Tiger 4708 celebrations begin on February 14th through the 28th. Since China has become a major source for promotional products it is important to recognize that most factories will be shut down from February 11th through the [...]
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Inventory Shortages For several months we have been writting about all of the great year-end bargains that we were seeing. That’s now history. If you study supply side economics and modern supply chain management you know that inventory levels are critical economic indicator. During all 2009 most companies were cutting inventory levels to historic lows in terms [...]
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In the past month we have taken 2 long road trips. Thanksgiving’s trip was 1000 miles to the Northwest to Orcas Is WA and Christmas was 450 miles to the Southeast to Crested Butte CO. We traversed mountains, deserts, endless miles of potato fields, vineyards, small towns and big cities. What always strikes us are [...]
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I just found myself on the phone with a friend explaining Blogging(spell check doesn’t recognize the word), social media, Twitter…. It made me think that I have friends on FaceBook ranging from age 13 to 94. That’s an enormous amount experiential bandwidth. Several weeks ago a Gen Y dinner guest told me that an SEO [...]
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