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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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Hot off the wire, California bans the use of plastic bags in grocery, liquor, convenience and drug stores. It also requires customers to pay for the store provided papers bags. The new law will go into effect in January of 2012. By itself this is really important news, but you really need to look at [...]
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Silly Bandz, Silly bands or Squiggle, they go by many different names. Call them what you want, but you need to know they are HOT!!! Look on the arms of grade school children and you will see them everywhere. Just Google the names and you will quickly learn that this is an exploding fad. Kids [...]
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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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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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Cotton Prices Rising Sharply The price of cotton from Pakistan rose 40% in the past 2 months and globally it has risen 15% in the same time frame. This was driven by an increase in demand coupled with poor weather in Asia. It should also be noted that world cotton production is expected to fall [...]
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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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