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Zooming into the future

It is a pleasure to see our friend, Noleen Zasman, president of ZOOMcatalog, featured in this month's Promotional Products Business magazine. Noleen and her team are responsible for the two digital catalogs on our CredentialExpress web site. We love the work they do. By the way, thanks to ZOOMcatalog our products catalogs will have some new features in 2010 that you will love.

New CredentialExpress Web Site

Our all new CredentialExpress web site is up. We know you will enjoy the functionality with easy access to price lists and our PDF catalogs as well as the eye candy. Several more useful features are coming soon, so check back now and again.

PS: Don't forget that Dye Sublimation Lanyards at Silk Screen Prices are available through September 30, 2009!

Glitter Lanyards

Did you go to SHRM 2009 in New Orleans? If so, you probably got one of the new glitter lanyards from the Laminex booth. Tim and Jeff were mobbed for requests suring the show this year, and the glitter "Bling Bling" lanyard was probably number one on the list. Everyone had to have one! Melissa and Jason from BOA do a little modeling below:

Want to order some for your company? Contact CredentialExpress at (800) 228-6522 Ext 121.

Retail price for an order of 500 is approximately $2.16 each (P) for a non breakaway lanyard with the glitter treatment. You'll stand out from the crowd if you wear one of these, unless of course you were wearing it at SHRM 2009. Bling Bling indeed!

"Feel Good" products that actually feel good

For the last few years, my family and I have been trying our best to make the greener choice when we have an option.


In 2005 we started using the large woven-style grocery totes that are now becoming more and more popular in large markets. This was not because we initially wanted to use less plastic grocery sacks, but because omce we trued them, we realized we could make fewer trips to the car when using a few large bags (instead of 20 plastic sacks rolling around in the back seat.) These products simply made more sense, both practically and environmentally. We havent used a plastic grocery sack by choice in over three years.


When it makes sense to use recycled, renewable, or environmentally friendly products, why not use them? It's a real no-brainer when the price is right and the product quality is on par (or better in most cases) than you would experiece with a traditional, non-environmentally-friendly option.

Here's a new example of renewable bamboo fiber making its way into our little niche, the ID accessory market. CredentialExpress now manufactures a line of lanyards made from bamboo fabric that is also impregnated with an activated charcoal. This not only illustrates a shift from plastics to renewable in the fabrics, but it also yields possible benefits to the user's health. The activated charcoal in the fabric has been said to remove toxins from the wearer's body, albeit in small amounts. It may seem like a too small of a device to matter but when it comes to health improvement, every little bit helps.

The bamboo fiber lanyard is noticeably softer and more pliable than any other material I have seen used for this type of ID accessory product. It is very flexible, but doesnt stretch out like polyester or elasticized fabrics.

It looks great, feels great, takes an imprinted image very well, and makes less of an impact on the environment. It seems like a good logical alternative to plastics-based fabrics. We're excited about the possibility of the average user's level of interest in renewable lanyards.

More and more, I am trying to make the conscious decision to pick the renewable or recycled option in my daily purchases and habits. If we all made a small change, we would all see a large collective effect and realize the benefits of smarter resource management.

Next time you have an alternative, why not make the renewable choice?