

JUNE 2015 •
PPB
• 91
MLR Alliance Hosts North
Texas Table Top Show
MLR Alliance
hosted an invitation-only tabletop show in April,
bringing together product education and promotion ideas for
North Texas-based distributors and their clients. The MLR
Alliance, a cooperative effort of four rep groups—Tuso
Marketing, Pinto Marketing, The Identity Group, and Reisack
Sales and Marketing—held the event April 15-16, splitting it
between the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas, on
the first day and Delaney Vineyard in Grapevine on the next.
PPAI staff, including Account Managers
Connie Brazil
(left) and
Melissa Massey
(second from left), and Business Development
Manager
Ellen Tucker
(right), attended the MLR Alliance’s show at
the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, where they met with
Tony Pinto
,
Pinto Marketing (center) and
Mike Hicks
, Best Promotions USA,
LLC, among others.
SNAPSHOTS
Jeff and Shelly Stevens
, owners of Fallbrook, California-based
WesCo Marketing, were presented the award while at Custom
Logos’ offices for a product presentation.
Seth Weiner, MAS
, president of Sonic Promos and CPPA past
president, was presented with the association’s highest honor,
The Peake Award. The Peake Award recipient is recognized each
year for outstanding service to the association and the industry.
CPPA Honors Industry
Accomplishments At Peake
Awards
The
Chesapeake Promotional Products Association
(CPPA)
celebrated the top promotional consultants and promotional
products suppliers in the Chesapeake region at its 2015 Peake
Awards earlier this year. The awards highlighted distributor-
specific and supplier-specific accomplishments along with cam-
paign excellence and commitment to the association.
Custom Logos Names WesCo
Marketing Its Inaugural Supplier
Of The Year Recipients
Distributor
Custom Logos
, headquartered in San Diego,
California, awarded its inaugural Supplier of the Year award
this spring to WesCo Marketing. WesCo Marketing has worked
with Custom Logos for the past 25 years and was chosen by
Custom Logos’ sales force for the recognition for its work
supporting the distributor’s sales efforts in 2014.