The business, which has successfully operated within Grimsby for the last 17 years, now has new owners and has recently taken on a new sales and marketing manager, Lee Tilling.

Since taking up his post late last year, Mr Tilling has been working alongside the directors, Matt Bevis and Claire Lindley, to increase awareness of the products and services available, throughout the Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Lincoln areas.

Established in 1979, Recognition Express is a franchise organisation with a network of 43 franchisees operating across the UK and four master franchisees across Europe.

It is widely regarded as the UK’s leading franchise, specialising in badge manufacture, promotional products, signs, business gifts, plaques, awards and trophies.

Recognition Express also supplies a full range of branded and corporate clothing, work wear, school uniforms and personalised sports clothing.

Mr Tilling said: “It is essential within these difficult times that brand awareness is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. We endeavour to ensure that you are able to stand out from the crowd with eye-catching identity.

“Therefore, for a limited period we are offering the creation of your logo and branding for your corporate clothing and promotional items free of charge.

“Although previously the business has concentrated on the manufacture of badges, Matt and Claire are keen to ensure that we offer a complete package of promotional products.”

Recent investment from the new owners has seen the production area double in size with the introduction of a bespoke sewing room, with in-house embroidery machinery to ensure high quality and complete control over finished clothing items.

For further information and a competitive quotation, please call 01472 362900 or visit www.recog-grimsby.co.uk

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

Ryan Saunders, the co-founder and former co-president of Inc. 500 companies Walrus Brands and IguanaMed, is thrilled to announce his newest venture, Izo.

With the creation of Izo-an ecommerce-focused business offering innovative product customization and design tools, an online group collaboration and design platform, and mobile media distribution applications-Saunders has taken a leap into the growing and evolving online custom apparel and promotional products industries. Millions of people customize products like t-shirts, hats and jackets every year in the United States-and the numbers are growing.

Izo’s flagship site, Customizo.com, offers state-of-the-art design software and a social networking platform unlike anything else on the web. Whether getting t-shirts for a baseball team, designing hats for an entire company or ordering yoga pants for a local studio, Customizo lets users do everything in one place-with patented software that goes beyond basic fonts and designs. In addition, the site offers top-of-the-line brands, including American Apparel, Nike, Adidas and Champion. And with free shipping, apparelled customer service and price match guarantees on group orders the benefits are clear.

Customizo offers three main components that differ from other online design sites and promotional product companies:

Design Studio: Developed with Adobe Scene 7 at its core, the interactive Design Studio provides users with product design tools normally only available to professional graphic designers. Thanks to an easy-to-use interface, users can upload their own designs, create a design from scratch or work with an extensive assortment of design templates.

Groupizo: This social media platform allows members of any group, team, organization or business do everything from creating and posting designs to voting on favorites to individual ordering. And with chat rooms and shareable design tools, everyone can work together to create the product that best fits the group’s needs.

Snapizo: The mobile component of Customizo, Snapizo lets users take an image with an iPhone and apply it to any Customizo product. Spot a fabulous color, logo or design? Snap it, post it and use it in the design. In addition to sharing photos with group members, users can simultaneously post and share images via Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

Customizo also offers specific programs geared toward college students (CustomizoU) and business and charitable organizations (C-Stores). The C-Stores program boasts a fully hosted and managed online company store platform for organizations, ranging from Stanley Steemer to Shriners Hospitals for Children, as well as a stand-alone customizable website option for promotional outreach.

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Harrisburg, PA (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

MARCO Promotional Products is one of the leading companies that has provided exclusive merchandise and promotional items for over 47 years. To enhance their services and product offerings, they also support the ‘Go Green’ initiative and extend themselves for the well being of the environment and future generations.

With over 15,000 customers and counting, MARCO is known for providing ideal brand identification solutions in the form of customized promotional items. With a combination of high quality, pocket friendly rates and impeccable delivery times, they have gained the popularity and the goodwill in the industry as well as with their customers. Plus, with an added feature of eco-friendliness for these products, more and more people are opting for promotional products from MARCO. Their items are divided into four main types based on their compatibility with nature.

Organic Cotton
MARCO products are available in 100 percent organic cotton, which means that the materials used for manufacturing these items are supportive of the environment. Organic cotton crops are not genetically modified and, in the farming process, no synthetic chemicals like pesticides or fertilizers are used. MARCO has the following products in this range:

Promotional T-Shirts: Comfortable and cozy, organic cotton promotional t-shirts are available in different sizes and color. They can be styled and printed as per the customer’s requirements.

Promotional Bags: One of the most popular products of MARCO, promotional bags are available in organic cotton too. These tote bags are sturdy and ideal for corporate merchandise as well as for giving away as personalized gifts.

Recycled Fabrics
Along with organic cotton products, MARCO houses eco-friendly promotional items that are made from recyclable materials. Items like water bottles, yogurt containers, milk cartons, and more are stripped of their labels and then crushed. This smashed pulp is then turned into pellets that help create yarns of PET fibers. These fibers are knit or woven into fabrics and other materials to create durable and good quality promotional products. A few of the goods in this category are:

Recycled Pens: Using pens for promotional purposes is one of the oldest and most popular tricks. Made from things such as recycled currency, tires and denim, recycled pens from MARCO, are ideal for any corporate that wishes to reduce its carbon footprints.

Recycled Lanyards: Recycled lanyards create a good impression of the employees of an organization, as well as act as a great way to promote the business. Created from green materials, these lanyards are durable and can be customized.

Recycled Bottles and Sippers: These plastic sippers look just like regular drinkware products, but are created from recycled waste. The waste-to-wow concept will work in the favor of any company wanting to attract more customers.

Corn Plastics
Made from PLA, or polylactide/polylactic acid, Corn Plastic looks and feels just like regular plastic, but the products created from them are 100% biodegradable and compostable. Since it is a renewable source, it helps reduce the stress on exhaustible resources like oil, used to create regular plastic. MARCO supports the green initiative and therefore has customized promotional items, like stationary and other accessories, made from corn plastic.

Stationary and Accessories: From custom stationary given out in schools, to large fashionable key holders for professionals, MARCO has corn plastic products for everyone. They are stylish, durable and are an ideal replacement for regular plastic items.

Enhanced Biodegradability
MARCO creates products that have high biodegradability. However, this does not mean that these products are fragile – the company ensures that all items, like promotional bags and recyclable lanyards, have the same shelf life as the regular products. Products like office accessories, creative promotional items, boxes, and much more fall into this category.

Office Accessories: Giving note-and-pen holders, staplers, and clips to the office audience will definitely attract more people. Adding the concept of enhanced biodegradability will only create space for more goodwill about your brand.

Creative Items: MARCO also houses different and creative promotional products, like first-aid kits, classic yo-yos for children, and more. All these items are biodegradable, but more importantly, they are safe and durable.

MARCO Promotional Products have a lot more in store for the nature lovers. Visit our website at http://www.MarcoPromotionalProducts for further information.

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AUSTIN, TX (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

Boundless Network (http://www.boundlessnetwork.com), today announced that a patent has been issued for their unique GroupBuy solution. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent 8,065,192 relating to systems and methods to leverage organizational spending to realize cost savings on branded products across multiple buyers and entities.

Boundless Network’s GroupBuy solution enables multiple buyers within a single organization and buyers across different organizations to purchase products together while still allowing them to be independently branded. This creates the ability to leverage the collective buying power of an entire network of other buyers and realize cost savings, process improvements, and assurance of brand integrity.

“Our GroupBuy application delivers unprecedented cost savings opportunities for our customers globally,” says Henrik Johansson, President of Boundless Network and co-author of the patent. “Decentralized organizations with multiple locations can now leverage the collective buying power of the entire organization seamlessly, and smaller organizations can piggy-back on the purchases of larger companies to get the cost advantage that are traditionally reserved for Fortune 500 companies.”

Over the last six years, Boundless Network has been a leader in the promotional products industry with a significant focus on adding value to customers through technology. With this patent, Boundless becomes the only promotional products distributor with a patented group buying platform.

“In today’s economy, where saving money is a priority within all organizations, the GroupBuy solution is resonating with my customers,” says Amber George, Regional Director of Boundless Network’s Dallas office. “Procurement managers are seeing this as a more efficient business process than the traditional approach to purchasing logoed merchandise.”

About Boundless
Boundless Network is the fastest growing, venture-backed promotional product distributorships in the U.S. The company reached the ASI Distributor Top 40 list in its fourth year of operation, where it outpaced the average annual growth of the other ranked distributors by more than 50 percent. Last August, Inc. magazine recognized Boundless Network on its Inc. 500 | 5000 list, as one of the fastest-growing company in the “Business Products & Services” category.

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There are several categories that the typical seller can choose from. Right from apparel to automotive accessories, to backpacks and totes, SZ-wholesale lists everything and makes it possible for prospective sellers to contact the manufacturers and exporters of the products. Also available are computer accessories and hardware, along with diaries, notepads, journals, other types of electronics and jewelry. Prospective sellers and buyers will definitely spend considerable time going through all the products that have been listed in more than five thousand categories that the company offers.

There are several promotional products and gift items that are available. Promotional items are quite a rage in the corporate world today, and are hugely preferred – particularly during the festive occasions. Sellers who have a good stock of promotional products, gift items and other collateral can benefit greatly during these times. SZ-wholesale has a wide array of such promotional gifts, ranging from albums to photo frames to bracelets, personal organizers, etc.

There are more than ten thousand promotional products available. SZ-wholesale ships to over a hundred and forty countries. There are enough promotional products – of all types – to cater to every taste and budget, which would only mean lucrative business to the prospective seller.

Apart from this, SZ-wholesale also lists products like toys, key chains, and other unique products like bottle coolers, luggage tags, and more. It also provides information about computer components and accessories. Computer components and accessories have been proven to be the most sold products online, and SZ-wholesale provides a wide range of products in this category, making it simpler for a prospective businessman to invest.

Since these products are available on a wholesale basis, and are manufactured in China, they are bound to be available at some of the lowest prices, and the quality would be at par with the ones that are available at a global level. Prospective investors looking to know more about SZ-wholesale can log on to http://www.sz-wholesale.com

“Product placement is around us in our everyday lives, from the department store to the supermarket”

In the latest Blue Paper™ and podcast from promotional products retailer 4imprintTM, “The perfect placement: The science and psychology behind retail product placement,” experts demystify the rationale behind product placement and offer practical tips retailers can employ to boost sales and customer satisfaction.

“Product placement is around us in our everyday lives, from the department store to the supermarket,” says Greg Ebel, vice president of marketing for 4imprint. “This blue paper has some insight on how stores are using product placement to help generate sales and influence purchasing decisions.”

The latest Blue Paper™ examines product placement strategy development from multiple angles, including:

• The importance of product placement
• The basic psychology behind consumer behavior
• Consumer shopping habits both in-store and online
• Retail store layout and traffic flow considerations
• Visual product placement, category-based merchandising and occasion-based merchandising
• The use of planograms and other tools for developing product placement strategy

To read this Blue Paper, or download the podcast, visit www.4imprint.com/bluepapers.

About 4imprint Blue Papers™

4imprint Blue Papers™ are in-depth, how-to articles, distributed to 4imprint customers to help their organizations succeed. Accessible at www.4imprint.com/bluepapers, Blue Papers™ have covered popular, cutting-edge topics such as podcasting, online social media, search engine optimization (SEO) and experiential marketing.

About 4imprint

4imprint is part of 4imprint Group, Plc, a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange, serving more than 100,000 businesses with promotional items throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. 4imprint offers corporate gifts, personalized gifts, custom t-shirts, promotional pens, travel mugs, tote bags, water bottles, Post-it® Notes, custom calendars, custom shirts and much more. For additional information, visit www.4imprint.com.

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Since 4imprint launched the one by one program, six years ago, the company has awarded more than $800,000 in in-kind donations to charitable organizations in the U.S. and Canada. In 2011 alone, 4imprint distributed nearly 1,255 product donations throughout the United States and Canada and to troops overseas.

Each business day, 4imprint donated approximately $500 worth of promotional items to a charitable cause in the U.S. and Canada. Demand for the program continues to grow. A total of 2,159 applicants requested one by one donations in 2011. In addition to providing in-kind promotional product grants to 256 organizations, 4imprint also provided product samples to 1,356 additional applicants, helping as many nonprofits, schools and community organizations as possible.

“The recipients are so varied in the causes they champion,” says Kevin Lyons-Tarr, 4imprint president. “But, what unites them are the wonderful, creative ways they gain awareness and support for their causes. We’re pleased promotional products can play a small role in that work.”

4imprint is currently accepting applications for its 2012 one by one program online at http://onebyone.4imprint.com . Any 501(c) 3 organization, registered Canadian charity, school or religious organization is encouraged to apply. Interested organizations are to submit applications a minimum of two (2) months before items are needed for use. This allows time for applications to be processed and products to be delivered for scheduled events.

Fourth-quarter 2011 one by one recipients include:

        4RKids Foundation - Enid, Okla.
        Action Sudbury - Sudbury, Ontario
        Alamo Shape - Zia Therapy Center - Alamogordo, N.M.
        Amputee Connections of Redlands - Grand Terrace, Calif.
        Anchor Center for Blind Children - Denver, Colo.
        Angels4Epilepsy - Williamsburg, Ohio
        Association of Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations -
        Alexandria, Va.
        Bartlett High School - Bartlett, Tenn.
        BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund - Burnaby, British Columbia
        Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Weyburn - Weyburn,
        Saskatchewan
        Blessings in a Backpack of Citrus County - Lecanto, Fla.
        Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation - Portsmouth, N.H.
        Brevard C.A.R.E.S. - Rockledge, Fla.
        BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont - Ruthland, Vt.
        Canadian Cancer Society - Ottawa, Ontario
        Central Ontario Leadership Seminars - Shelburne, Ontario
        Chase After a Cure - Summerville, S.C.
        CHATS - Community Adult Education - Aurora, Ontario
        Children First: CEO Kansas, Inc. - Wichita, Kan.
        Christ United Methodist Church - High Point, N.C.
        Cure with Hope - Hollis, N.H.
        Derby Community Foundation - Derby, Kan.
        Dorchester County Adult Education - Summerville, S.C.
        Downtown Women's Center - Los Angeles, Calif.
        Emancipet - Austin, Texas
        Empty Bowls - Leavenworth, Wash.
        The Empty Stocking Fund - Atlanta, Ga.
        Encompass/Foster Grandparent Program - Green Bay, Wis.
        Family Service Regina - Regina, Saskatchewan
        A Friend's House, Inc. - McDonough, GA
        Friends of Creamer's Field - Fairbanks, Ark.
        Foundation Fighting Blindness - Toronto, Ontario
        FPC Church CRUSH PROJECT - Belleville, Ontario
        Friends of the Orphans - Chicago, Ill.
        The Generous Garden Project - Simpsonville, S.C.
        Genesis Development - Jefferson, Iowa
        Goodwill Homes Community Services, Inc. - Memphis, Tenn.
        Great Guys Group - Wayne, Pa.
        Heart of a Champion (One Heart) - Colleyville, Texas
        Helping Haitian Angels - Gainsville, Va.
        HEROES, Inc. - Washington, D.C.
        Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Indianapolis, Ind.
        It Ain't Chemo - Las Vegas, Nev.
        JOY (Jewels of Youth) - Santa Monica, Calif.
        Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children, Inc. - Frankfort, Ky.
        Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta - Calgary, Alberta
        Lake Forest College - Lake Forest, Ill.
        The Learning Disabilities Association of WNY, Inc. - Kenmore, N.Y.
        Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. - Fort Meyers, Fla.
        The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Denver, Colo.
        The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Sacramento, Calif.
        M-CM Network - East Lansing, Mich.
        M.A.D.D. Lunenburg-Queens - Liverpool, Nova Scotia
        ManExam Coalition for Testicular Cancer Awareness - Cape Girardeau,
        Mo.
        Mary Berglund Community Health Centre - Ignace, Ontario
        Maternity Homes of Fox Valley - Aurora, Ill.
        Matthew's Giving Tree Foundation - Sayville, N.Y.
        Mental Health Center of Dane County - Madison, Wis.
        Methodist Home of KY - Mary Kendall Campus - Owensboro, Ky.
        Michigan Donor Family Council - Britton, Mich.
        Mid-America Science Museum - Hot Springs, Ark.
        Natural Science Center of Greensboro - Grennsboro, N.C.
        New York City Anti-Violence Project - New York, N.Y.
        No Boundaries International - Edmond, Okla.
        North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher - Kure Beach, N.C.
        North County Women's Shelter & Resource Center - Paso Robles, Calif.
        Northwest Coalition Against Trafficking - Vancouver, Wash.
        The O'Neal School - Southern Pines, N.C.
        Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks - Columbus, Ohio
        Operation Kenya Kids, Inc. - Largo, Fla.
        Peace Officer Down Benefit - Lemoore, Calif.
        Pink & Blue United - Littleton, Colo.
        Purchase Area Sexual Assault & Child Advocacy Center - Paducah, Ky.
        Rainbow Girls of Washington Idaho - Des Moines, Wash.
        Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (FWISD) - Fort Worth, Texas
        The Ronald McDonald House of Delaware - Wilmington, Del.
        The Ruth Bancroft Garden - Walnut Creek, Calif.
        Sacred Heart Sandwich Program - Peoria, Ill.
        San Miguel Firefighters Charitable Foundation - Spring Valley, Calif.
        Send ME Foundation - Chula Vista, Calif.
        Shared Adventures - Santa Cruz, Calif.
        Sisters4Sisters, Inc. - Lanham, Minn.
        Soroptimist International of Farmington Valley, CT - Canton, Conn.
        Starlight Children's Foundation - Vancouver, British Columbia
        Status C Unknown - Medford, N.Y.
        Suffolk Meals on Wheels - Suffolk, Va.
        Sustainable Surplus Exchange - Carlsbad, Calif.
        Sycamore Land Trust - Bloomington, Ind.
        TEARS, Inc. - Phenix City, Ala.
        UC Berkeley Dance Marathon - Berkeley, Calif.
        Veteran Outdoors - San Antonio, Texas
        Victim Services Niagara - St. Catharines, Ontario
        Volunteers of America northern New England - Brunswick, Maine
        Welcome Newborns - Escanaba, Mich.
        Wheels for Prostate Cancer Research, Inc. - Baltimore, Md.
        Wish Upon a Wedding - Greensboro, N.C.
        Women Against Prostate Cancer - Washington D.C.
        Wyoming FFA Foundation - Newcastle, Wyo.
        YPAAC - Denver, Colo.
        YWCA Durham - Oshawa, Ontario

About 4imprint’s one by one program

one by one is the charitable giving program of 4imprint. Now in its seventh year, 4imprint’s one by one program supports nonprofits with IRS-approved 501(c)3 status or Canadian-registered charities, religious organizations and accredited schools. Since the program began, the promotional products retailer has awarded more than $800,000 in promotional products grants to nonprofit organizations.

About 4imprint

4imprint is part of 4imprint Group, Plc, a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange, and serves more than 100,000 businesses with its innovative promotional items throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. Its product offerings include business gifts, embroidered apparel, promotional pens, tradeshow and tabletop displays, travel mugs, tote bags, water bottles, Post-it(R) Notes, custom calendars and much more. For additional information, log on to www.4imprint.com .

SOURCE: 4imprint

        4imprint
        Greg Ebel
        920-236-7272, ext. 8396

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