Posted by Traveling Salesman at 1/28/2012 4:42 PM
As I was listening to the last episode of Fully Threaded Radio, their guest, Greg Wiener, of Quickscrews International mentioned that he had been in business 25 years. His company was celebrating ...
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This week, I got a Tweet on my phone from Brighton Best. It read, "Have u been watching the price of nickel? Up $0.70 in 15 days...".
That was it. I think that is an interesting use of Twitter. What are they saying exactly? Perhaps that ...
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A distributor customer of mine mentioned he received an e-mail from Eric Dudas of FastenersClearingHouse.com FCH & Fully Threaded Radio. My customer mentioned it had something to do with an upcoming Fastener Distributor's Index that the FCH ...
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Over the past few weeks, I have read several news releases on the American Fastener Journal’s online site, FASTENER NEWS NOW ™, about a new fastener report being introduced in the next couple of weeks. Mike McGuire, Publisher/Editor invites any ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 1/3/2012 4:52 PM
I follow a lot of different sites. Some I follow out of personal interest, some because I know people involved in an organization or cause. Southwestern College is an all graduate student ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 12/30/2011 9:32 AM
During some year end calls in the Cleveland, Ohio area, I stumbled upon an organization that is located in what used to be a shopping mall in the downtown area. Today, instead of clothing and ...
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Posted by Traveling Salesman at 12/23/2011 11:09 AM
My intentions were to finish the year with a very industry oriented post about reshoring organizations that I have stumbled upon in my travels. I think these efforts are great and I hope they ...
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I've take a fair amount of deserved grief over the fact that I talked about attending the Fastenal trade show and then never wrote about it. Sorry folks. Between work and Christmas shopping and travel I just have not found time to sit still and ...
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It is, once again, my great pleasure to introduce to you another guest blog from Mr. Charlie Accetta:
Conflict Minerals and the Fastener Distributor
A year ago, on December 15th, the Securities and Exchange Commission “voted unanimously to ...
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It's not really the end of the year yet, but it is the end of the Trade Show Year. At least for me it is. This coming week I will have the pleasure to once again attend the Fastenal Trade Show in Orlando. This show is amazing. It really is. ...
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