Distributor Business Operations Overview

COMPANY INFO

PG Distributor Roster: 1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, Bacon & Company, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, Homer Miller Co, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Keene Promotions, Lasting Impressions, LogoBoss. Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Rush Advertising Specialties, Skylight Creative Ideas, T&P Incentives, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Tryad Solutions, Vanguard Industries, W.S. Emerson, Waitz Corporations, Wallace Graphics

PG Distributors Completed Survey 2024: 1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics

Resource	Distributors
B Corporation	Callard Company, City Apparel + Merch,
C Corporation	Barker, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, Lasting Impressions, Cooley Group,
S Corporation	Action Plus Ideas, Bright Ideas, City Apparel + Merch, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, JH Specialty, The Sunshine Group, Arcon, TK Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, 1338Tryon, NEPM, Holden,
Certified Women Owned	Callard Company, Bright Ideas, City Apparel + Merch, Lasting Impressions, Creative Studio Promotions, Adprint, 1338Tryon, Impact, NEPM,
Minority Owned
Veteran Owned
PPAI Member	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Holden, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics
ASI Member	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, NEPM, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics
Regional Association Member	Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Grossman Marketing, Lasting Impressions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions,
Single Location	Callard Company, Bright Ideas, Magellan Promotions, Barker, City Apparel + Merch, Lasting Impressions, The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Adprint, Impact, NEPM, Holden,
Multiple Locations	Action Plus Ideas, Probitas Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, JH Specialty, Cooley Group, Arcon, Team IP, Creative Studio Promotions, Adprint, 1338Tryon,
In-House Decorating	Barker, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, City Apparel + Merch, Lasting Impressions, Team IP,
Contract Embroidery	Barker, Lasting Impressions, The Sunshine Group, Arcon, Team IP, Holden,
In-House Print	Action Plus Ideas, Barker, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, Team IP, Impact,
Warehousing	Action Plus Ideas, Callard Company, Bright Ideas, Barker, Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, City Apparel + Merch, Lasting Impressions, JH Specialty, Cooley Group, Arcon, Team IP, Creative Studio Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Adprint, 1338Tryon, Impact, NEPM, Holden,
Fulfillment	Action Plus Ideas, Callard Company, Bright Ideas, Barker, Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, City Apparel + Merch, Lasting Impressions, JH Specialty, Cooley Group, Arcon, Team IP, Creative Studio Promotions, TK Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Adprint, 1338Tryon, NEPM, Holden,

OPERATIONS

Resource	Distributor
Anterra	Lasting Impressions,
Aturian	Grossman Marketing, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Renaissance Promotions,
Commonsku	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Holden, Impact, JH Specialty, Magellan Promotions, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions,
ESP (order management)	Team IP,
Google Mail / Gmail for business	Arcon, Cooley Group, Holden, IC Group, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP,
NetSuite	City Merch + Apparel,
Outlook / Office 365	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics
SAGE (order management)	Adprint,
ShopWorks	IC Group, Lasting Impressions,
Smartbooks	NEPM, The Callard Company,
Thunderbird
Quickbooks Online	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Lasting Impressions, Probitas Promotions, TK Promotions,
Quickbooks Desktop	Holden, Impact, JH Specialty, Magellan Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group,
Cloud System Backup	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, Barker (Veaam), City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions (Carbonite), NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions (WPEngine & Google Cloud), The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions (Microsoft), Wallace Graphics
Local System Backup	The Callard Company, Bright Ideas, Magellan Promotions (Carbonite), Grossman Marketing,IC Group, JH Specialty, Adprint,
Other ERP / OMS	Adprint (AccountEdge), Arcon (E-Quantum-Demand Bridge), Barker (Compass/EssentOne), Bright Ideas (Lakeshore), The Sunshine Group (Profit Maker), Wallace Graphics (EFI Face, Profit Maker), IC Group (Trello-order tracking)

COMPANY STORES

Resource	Distributors
Commonsku Shops	Action Plus Ideas, Holden, JH Specialty, Magellan Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics
ESP Stores	The Promotions Dept.,
InkSoft	Lasting Impressions,
Order My Gear	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Holden, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept.,
PromoHunt / Tenmerch
SAGE Stores	Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Bright Ideas, Impact, JH Specialty, The Sunshine Group,
Shopify	Grossman Marketing, IC Group, Lasting Impressions, Team IP, The Promotions Dept., Wallace Graphics
Wix
Wordpress	Lasting Impressions,
Own Platform / Custom Dev	Arcon (E-Quantum/Demand Bridge), Barker, Bright Ideas (Creative Merchandise), City Merch + Apparel (own platform, moving to woocommerce), Cooley Group (LiftOff), Creative Studio Promotions (Magento-Adobe Commerce), Grossman Marketing (Big Commerce, Magento), JH Specialty, NEPM (ASI Ecommerce Gold), Team IP (Magento), The Callard Company (PFI for Awards Program),

HR & FINANCE

Resource	Distributors
Full Time - In Person (primarily or combination)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Full Time - Remote (primarily or combination)	Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, Lasting Impressions, Cooley Group, Arcon, Creative Studio Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Holden,
Part Time - In Person (primarily or combination)	Action Plus Ideas, The Callard Company, Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, IC Group, City Merch + Apparel, JH Specialty, Arcon, TK Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, 1338Tryon, Impact,
Part Time - Remote (primarily or combination)	Action Plus Ideas, Lasting Impressions, Renaissance Promotions, Adprint,
Overseas Team - DCX	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, Lasting Impressions, Renaissance Promotions, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept.,
Overseas Team - independent/in house	Probitas Promotions, Action Plus Ideas, JH Specialty, Holden,
ADP	Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Holden, Renaissance Promotions, The Promotions Dept.,
Gusto
Intuit / Quickbooks (payroll)	Impact, Probitas Promotions, Team IP,
Local or Regional Firm (payroll)	1338Tryon, Creative Studio Promotions, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, TK Promotions,
Paychex	Grossman Marketing,
Paycom
Zenefits
Bonus / Profit Sharing (benefits)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions,
Performance Reviews (benefits)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Additional Vacation time (benefits)	1338Tryon, Adprint, Arcon, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., Wallace Graphics,
401k / Retirement Plan (benefits)	Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, Impact, JH Specialty, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
ESOP Ownership Plan (benefits)	Cooley Group,
Medical Insurance (benefits)	Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Disability Insurance (benefits)	Action Plus Ideas, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, NEPM, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Other Payroll	Adprint (AccountEdge), Bright Ideas (Heartland), Cooley Group (Heartland), IC Group (iSolved), JH Specialty (Paylocity), The Callard Company (ASO & CES), Wallace Graphics (Certipay),

SALES & MARKETING

Resource	Distributors
Marketing Team - In House	Action Plus Ideas, Bright Ideas, Barker, Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, IC Group, Lasting Impressions, JH Specialty, Cooley Group, TK Promotions, NEPM, City Merch + Apparel,
Marketing Team - Outsourced	The Promotions Dept., Wallace Graphics, Lasting Impressions, Team IP, Creative Studio Promotions, Impact, Holden,
Graphic Designer - In House	The Promotions Dept., Action Plus Ideas, Bright Ideas, Barker, Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Wallace Graphics, IC Group, Lasting Impressions, JH Specialty, Arcon, Team IP, TK Promotions, NEPM,
Graphic Designer - Outsourced	Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Impact, Holden, City Merch + Apparel,
Business Development - In House	Bright Ideas, Barker, Probitas Promotions, Grossman Marketing, IC Group, Lasting Impressions, JH Specialty, Team IP, Creative Studio Promotions, Impact, Holden, City Merch + Apparel,
Business Development - Outsourced
Commonsku CRM	Action Plus Ideas, The Callard Company, Magellan Promotions,
Monday CRM
Hubspot CRM	The Promotions Dept., Grossman Marketing, JH Specialty, Holden,
Pipedrive CRM	Probitas Promotions,
Salesforce CRM	Wallace Graphics,
Zoho CRM	Team IP,
CRM Other	Bright Ideas (Lakeshore), Barker (Compass/EssentOne), City Merch + Apparel (NetSuite), Lasting Impressions (Antera), The Sunshine Group (Profit Maker), Cooley Group (Autrian), Arcon (Insightly), Adprint (AccountEdge), 1338Tryon (Apollo), Impact (Goldmine), Creative Studio Promotions (TeamDesk), NEPM (ESP),
SAGE (product research)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, Probitas Promotions, The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions,
ESP (product research)	1338Tryon, Arcon, Barker, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Impact, Grossman Marke0ting, Holden, NEPM, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group,
PromoHunt (product research)	1338Tryon, Arcon, Barker, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP,
Factory Websites (product research)	1338Tryon, Barker, Cooley Group, TK Promotions,
Distributor Central (product research)	Barker, JH Specialty, Probitas Promotions,
Commonsku (product research)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions,
Commonsku (presentations/product proposals)	The Promotions Dept., Action Plus Ideas, The Callard Company, Probitas Promotions, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, JH Specialty, Team IP, TK Promotions,1338Tryon, Holden,
Word (presentations/product proposals)	Bright Ideas, JH Specialty, The Sunshine Group, Impact,
Powerpoint (presentations/product proposals)	Action Plus Ideas, Barker, Grossman Marketing, JH Specialty, Cooley Group, Arcon, Team IP, 1338Tryon,
Google Docs (presentations/product proposals)	Barker, The Sunshine Group,
Google Slides (presentations/product proposals)	Barker, Grossman Marketing,
Visme (presentations/product proposals)	Barker,
Other (presentations/product proposals)	Bright Ideas (SAGE), Wallace Graphics (EFI Pace), IC Group (PhotoShop & Illustrator), City Merch + Apparel (SAGE), Lasting Impressions (SAGE), Cooley Group (Autrian), Creative Studio Promotions (Autrian), Renaissance Promotions (PromoHunt), Adprint (SAGE), NEPM (ESP),
Canva (presentations/product proposals)	Action Plus Ideas, The Callard Company, Barker, Magellan Promotions, Grossman Marketing, JH Specialty,
Email Marketing	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, Impact, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Social Media Marketing	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, EPM, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Direct Mail Marketing	Action Plus Ideas, Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, Probitas Promotions, The Callard Company, Wallace Graphics,
Merch Box Marketing	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Arcon, Barker, City Merch + Apparel, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, Probitas Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept.,
Reward Programs	Action Plus Ideas, Barker, Probitas Promotions,
Mail Chimp (email marketing)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Arcon, City Merch + Apparel, Grossman Marketing, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, The Callard Company, TK Promotions,
Constant Contact (email marketing)	IC Group, Impact, Lasting Impressions, The Sunshine Group, Wallace Graphics,
Outbound Engine (email marketing)	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Barker, Bright Ideas, Creative Studio Promotions, IC Group,
Same As CRM or Other (email marketing)	Arcon (Insightly), Barker (same as CRM), Cooley Group (Mad Mimi), Grossman Marketing (same as CRM), Holden (same as CRM), JH Specialty (Cordial), NEPM (same as CRM), Probitas Promotions (same as CRM), Team IP (Zoho),
Host End User Events	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Barker, Bright Ideas, Creative Studio Promotions, IC Group, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, The Callard Company, The Sunshine Group, TK Promotions,

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE/RESOURCES

Resource	Distributors
Adobe Suite	1338Tryon, Action Plus Ideas, Adprint, Barker, Bright Ideas, City Merch + Apparel, Cooley Group, Creative Studio Promotions, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, JH Specialty, Magellan Promotions, NEPM, Renaissance Promotions, Team IP, The Callard Company, The Promotions Dept., TK Promotions, Wallace Graphics,
Asana	Grossman Marketing, Lasting Impressions, Probitas Promotions,
Dunn & Bradstreet	Barker, Holden, JH Specialty, NEPM, Team IP, Wallace Graphics,
Predictive Index	Holden, IC Group,
Seamless AI	Creative Studio Promotions, Probitas Promotions, The Callard Company,
Slack	Grossman Marketing, Holden, JH Specialty, Magellan Promotions, The Promotions Dept.,
ZoomInfo	1338Tryon, Grossman Marketing, Holden, IC Group, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, The Promotions Dept.,
Trello	IC Group, JH Specialty, Lasting Impressions, Magellan Promotions,

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