The Dwyer Group, based in Waco, Texas, a holding company of six franchise businesses, has established ProTradeNet LLC, a new buying group that will include an e-commerce portal to place and track orders with national vendors that work with its franchisor subsidiaries.
Prinson Sales and Dick Johnson & Associates, two veteran independent factory sales agencies based in the Portland, Ore., area, announced their intent to merge and form a new corporation: Cascadia Sales Group Inc.
Supply New England (Attleboro, Mass.) treated almost 250 of its top qualifying contracting customers and their guests to a weeklong Caribbean cruise this past spring, sailing out of Puerto Rico on the Princess Cruise Line's Golden Princess to various ports of call.
Omni Honored: Hubbard/HOLDRITE presented an award to buying group Omni Corporate Services Ltd. for its outstanding sales performance at the Omni spring meeting earlier this year in Marco Island, Fla.