EU – At the beginning of the year the European promotional products umbrella association, EPPA, published the results of its “Annual EPPA Survey of Business Structure”. For this purpose the members of seven of the eleven national associations that are members of EPPA were interviewed by the Cologne Institute for Research in Retailing:   Read More...

B/NL/LUX – The German cup and mug specialist, Kössinger, has entered a sales cooperation with the Dutch supplier, Premo. With effect from April 1, 2010 Premo will be representing the entire Kössinger product range in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. From then onwards orders from these countries will exclusively be taken by Premo.   Read More...

D – The German writing instrument manufacturer Klio Eterna has founded a subsidiary in Singapore: According to the Marketing Director, Alexander Slemp, new markets, which are not accessible from Europe due to the lacking market transparency and language barriers, are to be developed via klio eterna Asia Pacific.   Read More...

D – During its General Meeting on January 12, 2010, the bwg – the German Association of Promotional Products Advisers and Distributors e.V. – held its elections for its new Executive Board after the Board’s regular term of office had expired.   Read More...

The exact figures weren’t available at the time of going to press - but according to the organisers and the impression of many of the exhibitors this year’s Promotion Trade Exhibition (pte) in Milan (January 20-22, 2010) registered more visitors than last year.   Read More...