For those who know me, you’re probably wondering why I’m using a word I can’t even pronounce. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 and no, I’m not afraid of that number, nor am I superstitious. But since today is Friday the 13th, I was thinking about how many people out there do consider this a [...]

I know that a lot of people collect or compulsively buy t-shirts to commemorate a vacation or a concert they attended. I’m sure if you look in your own closet you will probably find more than you could wear in a week or so. Before you get rid of any old shirts (or before your spouse [...]

I hear there’s about 1,000 people outside the Grosse Pointe High School this evening, with people waiting to catch a glimpse of none other than Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore, at least according to GroupeSTAHL VP of Marketing Carleen Gray. She mentions that it is the second or third time this summer that she has [...]

GroupeSTAHL CEO Jan Starr just forward an interesting article from the New York Times online edition that celebrated American ingenuity…in the realm of junk food. We might not recognize the names of the people who created some of our favorite childhood treats, but this article does a great job of telling the back story of classic American junk food. [...]

PPAI’s Promotional Consultant Today (PCT)  has introduced the promotional industry’s first iPhone app. It is always great to see when companies–or better said, the people at the companies–take the initiative to use popular technology and make it easier to get information that can help build their businesses. We are huge proponents of education and information [...]