Available now in all warehouses! Art Alternatives developed these limited-edition Pink Ribbon Pen & Ink sketch books and notebooks to help in the fight against breast cancer.  Our goal is to raise much needed funds for research.  Together, MacPherson’s and retailers will donate $1 per book to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF.)  “How does that work?”, you may wonder.  Well, we usually give you an extra 5% discount when we promote Pen & Ink, but we are doing something different this time.  By purchasing the Pink Ribbon Books at our regular discounts, you give 50¢ per book to the BCRF.  MacPherson’s takes the other 50¢ per book out of…

Back in the day new customers looking for local products and services let their fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages.  Those days are not quite over, but consider this; over 80% of people are now using web search engines to get their local shopping information. That means Google, Yahoo, Bing & Yellowpages.com are a new consumer’s gateway to your store. To underscore the point, Google according to comScore/TMP, grew its local search market share from 15% in June 2008 to 26% in June 2009. As these numbers grow, are you getting your rightful piece of the local search traffic? All of these sites want to offer the most…

Go back to school with a new Eco-Friendly Line of art products featuring Eric Carle! Canson’s new Eco-Friendly art products featuring the illustrations of renowned and beloved artist Eric Carle, are the perfect pads to pack in kids’ backpacks as they head to school next month.  The art pads all feature illustrations from Eric Carle’s “What Do You See” collection, such as Brown Bear, the Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Lonely Firefly among others. Canson recognizes the importance of art in a child’s development; in fact, experts say that exploring different artistic options like drawing and painting are all first steps to the development of reading and writing, while…

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ELMER’S has some hot things to share this month… PRODUCTS ON TELEVISION Elmer’s Products will be running all 4 of its commercials on television throughout the Back-to-School Season. Watch for them! 1.    Krazy Glue Bungee Jump 2.    Elmer’s no run School Glue 3.    Elmer’s Glue Sticks 4.    Elmer’s New Improved Glue All Back-to-School is like Christmas for Elmer’s Products, so Elmer’s pulls out all the stops to promote Elmer’s at this time of year. Take advantage of this national advertising by promoting Elmer’s products! ELMER’S PRODUCTS “BACK TO PROJECTS” BOARD REBATE PROGRAM New for 2010, Elmer’s Products is offering a $5.00 rebate when purchasing 1 Elmer’s…