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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
The Pharma guidelines enacted in 2009 put a huge crimp on ad-specialty sales across the US. Many companies saw their revenues cut dramatically, and were forced to reinvent themselves overnight to respond to the changes created by the new guidelines. The guidelines are voluntary and they boil down to 2 basic rules regarding the sale of technology items. The basic rules are:
- The products must be used for educational purposes.
- The products can’t have any residual value (use)
With these limitations in mind we can recommend 2 HOT products for your pharma clients. These products are:
The pharma changes definitely have caused a lot of heartburn in the industry, but fortunately, there are still many alternatives to sell into this HUGE market. If you have pharma clients or prospects, keep these points in mind to grow your business.
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
When Apple first created the iPad it was to mixed reviews of its utility, function, and purpose. Was it just an oversized iPhone? Was it just for games? Was it Apple’s big mistake? After the launch of the original iPad the sales numbers settled this one for us definitively. For 2010 Apple shipped an estimated 10 million units in the U.S., easily outpacing the original iPhone. With the breakaway success of the iPad other manufacturers are rushing to get in on the action and carve their piece of the tablet market. Early estimates indicate global sales of 44 million units for FY’11 are being reported by IDC, with early estimates for 2012 reaching as high as 70 million units. Tablet sales are expected to take outpace the sale of Netbooks for 2012.
This is great news for the promotional products industry. All of these units are going to need cases, screen protectors, chargers, car chargers, and other accessories. Targeting these products and opportunities will present great opportunities to increase sales with your existing customers, and show potential prospects that you are ahead of the market and proactively serving their needs. Being the first to show a client a new product or idea puts you in the drivers seat. No longer are you a vendor, but you are a now a partner, presenting them with new items and ideas to increase their brand awareness and help drive their marketing initiatives. When evaluating products keep these 2 pointers in mind:
- Any iPad accessories are HOT! Apple’s iPad is still 90% of the market. Examples: cases , chargers, screen protectors, etc.)
- Products that will work with any tablet. ( keyboards, stylus etc.)
Have you seen our hottest new iPad accessory? Introducing the TS01 – Stylus. Will work with any capacitive touch screen ( iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc).

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Monday, June 27th, 2011
In March we saw the enormous devastation caused by the Tsunami in Japan send shock waves through the technology sector. Fear of damage to vital factories, existing inventories, and uncertainty about Japanese infrastructure caused some pretty crazy pricing for a few days directly after the event. There was also a lot of talk in the media about the entire supply chain being a problem, even if there were no real memory inventory shortages. Fortunately these dire predictions were proven incorrect mostly because of the 4 factors below.
1) No major flash manufacturers sustained any direct damage to their infrastructure or manufacturing facilities. The only real slowdowns they suffered were related to shutting down shifts to preserve power for resuce and recovery efforts.
2) The fear of wafer manufacturers and other secondary component makers who were affected not being able to make sufficient product to meet global demand was over-hyped.
3) The global economy has been sluggish and is now entering the summer season where demand is typically lower.
4) Apple, the largest consumer of NAND flash and other major flash consumers didn’t rush their delivery dates and use up available inventories for fear of dwindling supplies. They all waited to see if there was sufficient reason for concern before reacting in appropriately.
Flash is traded as a commodity, just like Oil and Pork Bellies. Because of this prices are continuously changing and are subject to some pretty wild swings at the best of times. Fortunately there was really no material shortage given the factors above and prices returned to normal ranges within a period of a few days.
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
It appears that the original panic has calmed a bit and prices are unchanged today from Wednesday. The major concern at this point appears to be how the damage to component suppliers ( wafers, etc) will affect supply in the longer term. We are able to get inventory as needed, and are able to ship orders within normal leadtimes. Prices remain good for today only as things could still change very quickly, but rest assured we are still doing everything in our power to continue to produce your orders quickly, efficiently, and to minimize the financial strain for our valued distributor partners. We will update further if there are any significant changes to either pricing or supply issues. Thanks for your business and confidence in us during this difficult time.
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Good news. Last night we saw prices stabilize a bit and some available inventory. We are still fulfiling orders and quoting on short lead times. The market is still full of uncertainty and prices can and most likely will continue to fluctuate wildly for a few days. We will continue to provide updates as the situation continues to stabilize and we get a more accurate picture of where prices are going to trend. We appreciate your loyalty and patience through this trying time and our continued thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people who are so horribly affected by this tragedy.
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The rolling blackouts and outages continue in Japan, as well as the fear of even more widespread radioactive pollution from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear power plant and any disruptions this may cause. There are not only problems with the NAND flash supply, but there have been supply chain disruptions for wafer manufacturers and other electronic component manufacturers. We are still getting details slowly and there is still much confusion and fear in the market place. We have been able to purchase inventory and are currently quoting spot market prices that are valid till 4:00PM EDT of the same day. For larger quantities we are confirming inventory availability and pricing daily on an order by order basis. We continue to work to ensure as little disruption to you, our distributor partners as possible. We appreciate your support and will continue to provide updates as they are available and the picture begins to clear and pricing / inventory picture firms up.
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
With the current tragedy unfolding in Japan from the Earthquake last Friday, we are seeing huge increases in the cost of NAND flash memory, which is the memory component in a USB flash drive. Approximately 50% of the world’s flash memory is produced in Japan, so there is widespread fear of inventory shortages. This has caused prices to go up overnight 50-60 % across the board, and we are likely to see more price increases as available inventory drops in the market. Luckily the production plants in Japan weren’t directly affected, so we remain hopeful that the situation will be short lived. We are working diligently to minimize the impact of this to our valued distributor partners and we will continue to provide updates as this situation continues to unfold. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the unfortunate people in Japan who have been so directly affected by this tragedy.
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