Nazdar SourceOne (Shawnee, Kan.) appoints Todd Brohm as regional sales manager for the West U.S. In his new role, Brohm will provide leadership for the sales team and drive continued growth in the markets and territories of the West region.

PITTSBURGH—Leed’s launches a line of nine umbrella styles under the StrombergBrand for Leed’s Umbrellas brand. The umbrellas span a variety of sizes and are available in 10 color options. The StrombergBrand for Leed’s collection includes the most popular constructions in folding, golf and fashion umbrellas.  -Read more-

LAS COLINAS, Texas—The PPAI Woman of Achievement Awards Dinner will be held during the sixth annual Women’s Leadership Conference in Las Colinas, Texas at the Omni Mandalay Hotel. The award winner will be announced July 27.

PITTSBURGH—Leed’s recently accepted high honors from industry associations, including ASI, PPAI, as well as awards from several of its distributor partners. For the second time in its history, Leed’s was selected as the winner of the PPAI Supplier Star Award. The Leed’s website, www.leedsworld.com, was also recognized for being among the best in the industry, winning this year’s PPAI web award for the information content category.  -Read more-

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—EmbroideryFX will host four quarterly embroidery workshops in 2010 taught by Melanie Coakley, a 20-year embroidery and digitizing educator and veteran. These three-day workshops are designed for all embroiderer levels on any embroidery machine, will be held in a commercial-embroidery facility and include hands-on education on a range of topics, including hooping, quick fixes, production, needles, threads, stabilizers, how to take orders and more. For more information, contact EmbroideryFX at (423) 413-7514 or e-mail melanie@embroideryfx.com.

PITTSBURGH—Leed’s invests in a new website, which distributors can tailor to their brands, for its Aug. 17 product and service launch to capitalize on trends in online shopping. In addition to its primary website, the company’s So Much More launch is promoted through a separate, temporary site—an eShowcase, providing a customizable alternative to catalogs. The Leed’s branded site can be viewed at www.somuchmore09.com and distributors can log onto my.leedsworld.com and create an eShowcase with their logo in place of the Leed’s logo and a URL sub-domain name of choice. No Leed’s branding will appear on distributor-branded eShowcases, allowing distributors to promote the So Much More offering as their own.

LAS COLINAS, Texas—The PPAI Woman of Achievement Awards Dinner will be held during the sixth annual Women’s Leadership Conference in Las Colinas, Texas at the Omni Mandalay Hotel. The award winner will be announced July 27.