Posted by Traveling Salesman at 6/2/2012 1:18 PMCategories: uncategorizedFollowing up on my recent post regarding fastener training, Nancy Rich sent me the following information from the Mid-West Fastener Association. I wanted to post it now because ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 5/25/2012 12:25 PM
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In a recent post, I mentioned how regional organizations are so important to networking and training in our industry. The following was submitted by the Fastener ...
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Dave Audia of Advance Components recently traveled to the Hannover Fastener Fair and, as one Traveling Salesman to another, I asked him to share with us some of his experience and observations. Dave was kind enough to be a guest blogger and submit ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 5/20/2012 1:57
April gave out a lot of mixed signals. A lot of people I spoke with about April shared with me that April was not bad but a little bit flat. For instance, I spoke with someone from Fastenal who ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 5/3/2012 8:29 PM
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Congratulations to Vickie Lester, the new Executive Director of the NFDA. We also know Vickie as the Executive Director of the PacWest organization. This recent appointment ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 4/26/2012 3:57 PM
Just was included on a private note from Heidi Voltrauer and thought I would share it below. Looks like the All American Fastener Show is on again in 2013!
Hey guys,
I just wanted to let ...
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If you have not heard about it yet, you will. The Tweetersphere was abuzz all day with people reporting on Amazon's new website www.amazonsupply.com. Amazon has introduced a new website that offers fasteners and over 500,000+ (I've been told) ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 4/22/2012 1:04 PM
I am reading Timothy Ferriss' book, "The 4-Hour Workweek". Possibly you've seen it on a Barnes and Noble book shelf and maybe you've read it. I'm not entirely sure why I got it (from the ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 3/29/2012 7:51 PM
It seemed like a lot of industry people were on the road last week. There were a lot of Tweets from the PacWest meeting in San Francisco and also a lot from Houston, the location of the Southwest ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 3/25/2012 3:36 PM
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about "re-shoring". The idea that manufacturers are bring jobs/manufacturing back to the U.S. after they had been sent overseas to take advantage of real or ...
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