THE WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER AND OUR INDUSTRY IS BECOMING MORE GLOBAL! 

Shanghai, China - Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce firm that is aggressively marketing in the United States, seemingly took another huge step forward by purchasing the rights to Promo35.

Promo35 is a fast growing group of promotional product professionals, that has become THE place for industry professionals to get their news.  While details of the deal have not been made public, it is believed that purchase price is in the area of two million dollars...a significant investment to infiltrate the US promotional products industry. 

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For those who are new to FreePromoTips,
in addition to business content, we like to share personal stories, which have a positive message.

Here is a message from one of our
industry friends, Teresa Moisant, MAS:

Sometimes you just get the urge to write something and today is that day.  Many years ago when I had a real job (you know the corporate world kind) I had the good fortune to be mentored by a pretty neat guy who was the president of the company (the guys used to say he took a liking to me because I reminded him of his daughter (the rebellious one). 

I learned so much from this gentleman but one thing in particular that he shared with me.  At that time the company would always shut down on Good Friday

In casual conversation in my kidding way I asked him what he was going to do with his day off,  that I really appreciated my day off.  He shared with me his yearly ritual.

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In our next PromoTips issue we will return
to our traditional business-building content.