Be the Superhero with Durable Goods Labels
Have you ever wondered what it takes to adhere a label to a bicycle? A vacuum cleaner? How about a household dryer? Or, even more challenging, under the hood of an automobile?
10 Label Markets Every Distributor Should Sell Into
Everybody loves a winner. That includes distributors. If you’re selling labels, it feels great to jump on a winning train. Here are 10 of the top markets we see at Wise, along with a quick look at things to know about each. Note that many of these markets have overlap in expertise and customer bases. If you are selling into one, it’s a natural step to sell into the other. Are there any opportunities you are overlooking?
Color, Fancy, and Fun: Food and Beverage Labels
If you want labels to be fun, try selling into the food and beverage market. Food and beverage labels is a broad category that includes the colorful customer-facing labels you see on store shelves (prime labels), as well as the functional labels that offer product, nutritional, and allergen information (sometimes called product information or PI labels). They offer a little bit of everything.
Rug Labels: Not Just for Rugs Anymore
Why sell rug labels? Not only is the market huge—$5.4 billion and growing—but the cross-well possibilities are enormous. If you can sell rug labels, you can sell into any commercial fabric market that requires labeling. This opens doors to new areas of business that you might not otherwise have. Even without the cross-sell opportunities, [...]
GHS Labels: Winning Profitable Business By Protecting Your Clients from OSHA Violations
In June 2019, U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Ohio Gratings, a manufacturer of aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon products, nearly $200,000 for a variety of health and safety violations, including improper labeling of a dip tank. The same year, OSHA cited Champion Modular, a Pennsylvania modular home manufacturer, nearly $700,000 in fines, including for the lack of proper labeling of a chain hoist that ultimately caused a worker serious bodily injury.
Protecting Your Clients’ Profitability with Security Labels
Security labels may look unassuming, but they play a critical role in the safety, security, and profitability of your customers. Among their many roles, they ensure authenticity, provide secure tracking and tracing, deter counterfeiting, and prove that boxes or containers haven’t been opened or compromised.
Where the Profit Is: Industrial & Prime Labels and Tags
Most of us have heard the old adage, “Work smarter, not harder.” That applies to print distributorships, too. Want high-profit business? You are most likely used to being pointed to many sexy products like personalized direct mail, wide-format, and promotional items, the reality is that good, old-fashioned labels, both industrial and prime, are where [...]
Wise Recognized as a Winner of 2019 Best of Print & Digital®
Alpharetta, GA – March, 2019 – WWise, a leader in business forms, label and digital printing, announces recognition received as an Award Winner of the 2019 Best of Print & Digital® program. The Best of Print & Digital® is an annual program that identifies which companies have provided the highest service delivery to their customers [...]
Brandmark Inc Maintains ISO 9001 Certification for the 17th Consecutive Year
ANDERSON, South Carolina (January 2019) – Brandmark Inc announced the successful audit of its Quality Management System (QMS) at its manufacturing facility in Anderson, SC. The audit’s objective was to ensure that the QMS is implemented and is meeting the ISO 9001:2015 standard. To maintain certification as an ISO 9001:2015 compliant company, Brandmark undertook a [...]