By the end of business on Thursday there was no longer any doubt the economy of the United States was once again slowly falling into negative growth. Across the spectrum the news was terrible today from the housing markets to the employment picture. There is no good news and all a sales organization can do at this point is steam ahead and introduce new products.
I was introduced to Wenger many years ago while traveling in Iraq on business. They make a lot of high end military type gear and their Wenger Scan Smart Compu-Backpack is but another example of the high grade construction the Swiss Army people have always been known for using. There are almost no manufacturers using 840d ballistic grade construction because it is so dense and heavy. Although they use a lower grade material the Slazenger Sport Vertical Compu-Messenger Bag will hold up to 17 inches of laptop but please note that few of these screens are being designed for the newer widescreen laptops. When buying a promotional compu-case or compu-messenger bag please make sure you take that into consideration.
As we look forward to the coming months we see that many of the promotional products industry suppliers are gearing up for what they thought was a full recovery. They do not however understand the average purchase cycle for a majority of ASI distributors is 50 days which means orders coming into the pipeline now were started back in June. The pipeline is now running dry which will mean much more difficult times ahead. Smart distributors will have kept expenses to a minimum but the fear is that many thought the good times were back and spent a fortune in the process. Time will tell as it always does. Meanwhile the hurricane season has so far sputtered providing a welcome relief from natural disasters.
