PPB May 2015

“What are today’s distributors asking for most and how is your

company responding?”

Bodek and Rhodes

Marc Held, Vice President Of National Sales

I think that what distributors need most

are fresh, innovative ways to sell their prod-

ucts. We work hard to educate them about

the latest trends—like wearing performance

wear outside of the gym—so they can pass

along valuable tips and keep their customers

informed.

See our ad on the inside front cover.

ADVERTISERS’ SPOTLIGHT.........

OMNi Apparel

Craig Wallace, Sales Manager

Convenience. Today, many distributors are no longer working the traditional eight-to-five job. Add to that the

numbers of distributors working from their homes at all hours of the day and then those who work in the structure of

an office setting, but perhaps don’t have the staff to take care of the small details of order production and tracking.

Together they’re all looking for convenience.

OMNi Apparel offers a solution to distributors in the form of a one-stop solution. Our brand collection in Zorrel

provides men’s and women’s performance apparel—outfitting workers from the workplace or warehouse to the yoga

studio or gym. Within our distribution facility, we offer several various decoration methods with low minimums,

quick turnaround times and competitive pricing. Further, we are able to seamlessly service our distributors customers

who have offices in the U.S. and Canada, all from a single distribu-

tion and decoration location. Finally, we offer a free freight pro-

gram shipping to the U.S. and/or Canada.

As a one-purchase-order/one-invoice solution, we help the dis-

tributor earn more and move on to the next project instead of issu-

ing multiple P.O.s, matching multiple invoices, chasing spoilage

and losing money on fees, which creep into the process of the tradi-

tional industry model.

See our ad on page 79.

Essent Corporation

Bryan Sheaffer, Vice President Sales

As an industry solution provider, Essent

has a unique relationship with distributors,

decorators and suppliers. All have a different

set of needs, but collectively they ask Essent

for integrated CRM, order management,

accounting and ecommerce to make business

more streamlined and responsive. This is the

same basic question we’ve been asked in vari-

ous forms during our 15 years in the industry. To address the need,

we released our integrated business management system in 2000, and

in 2010 acquired the

OrderTrax Network

from PPAI to link

together and inte-

grate distributor, dec-

orator and supplier

trading partners.

See our ad on

page 75.

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