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Webinar Quality and Risk in the Promotional Products Industry: A Fireside Chat with Nicki Staats
DATE Aired On 22 Jun 2022	TIME On-Demand
FEE Free	LANGUAGE English
TOPIC Gifts & Premiums
SPEAKER Nicki Staats Karolyn Helda
ORGANIZER events@qima.com

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Quality and Risk in the Promotional Products Industry: A Fireside Chat with Nicki Staats

The promotional products industry is a relationship industry, it’s being able to provide the right pricing to your clients and delivering on time, every time. It all comes down to managing your suppliers and distributors to ensure quality and compliant products, but what challenges does this dynamic industry face?

Join QIMA’s Karolyn Helda as she speaks with Nicki Staats, Director of Merchandising for iPROMOTEu, one of the largest and fastest-growing distributor organizations in the promotional products industry. Nicki has over 18 years of experience within the promotional products industry and is responsible for the merchandising efforts and compliance standards for over 1000 Affiliates and salespeople across North America.

About The Speaker

Nicki Staats

Director of Merchandising

Nicki Staats is the Director of Merchandising for iPROMOTEu, one of the largest and fastest-growing distributor organizations in the promotional products industry. Nicki has over 18 years of experience within the promotional products industry and is responsible for the merchandising efforts and compliance standards for the 1,100+ iPROMOTEu Affiliates and salespeople in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining iPROMOTEu, Nicki served as the Global Vendor and Compliance Manager for National Pen and Vendor Relations Administrator for HALO Branded Solution.

Karolyn Helda

Managing Director

Karolyn Helda is the Managing Director of QIMA’s Laboratory in Buffalo, New York. She has worked in the consumer products safety, compliance and quality assurance industry for over 30 years. Her knowledge and direct experience span the categories of promotional products, toys and children’s products, softlines, general merchandise as well as consumable consumer goods such as food, over-the-counter drugs, and health and beauty care items. Prior to assuming responsibility for the QIMA Buffalo lab operations, Karolyn held various roles at independent consumer products testing laboratories including laboratory and client services management, business development, global compliance program development and management, as well as technical consulting, training and protocol development.

About The Organization

QIMA is a leading provider of supply chain compliance solutions, that partners with brands, retailers and importers to secure, manage and optimize their global supply network.

QIMA has on-the-ground presence in 95 countries, combining industry-leading experts for onsite inspections, supplier audits and lab testing with a digital platform that brings accuracy, transparency and intelligence for quality and compliance data.

For all our clients in 120 countries who use the QIMA platform and benefit from 24/7 support in over 20 languages, QIMA is Your Eyes in the Supply Chain^tm.

This webinar will cover

Our discussion will cover:

The difference between a supplier and distributor
How quality and compliance challenges vary between suppliers and distributors
Unique stories from the field