NEWS BITS: Sayre Promotional Products

Randy Sheffield Hits $1,400,000 Sales Mark

Congratulations to Randy in the Fishersville office for hitting his $1,400,000 sales mark at the end of 2007. This is a great accomplishment in the Promotional Products Industry and we are very proud. After leaving an 11-year teaching career, Randy entered the Promotional Products Industry in 1983 and enjoyed a very successful career in sales with Brown and Bigelow. While there he received the Rookie of the Year Award in 1984. During 1985-1988 he earned the “Top Ten National Sales Award” out of over 900 sales people.

Randy joined McPherson Blair Promotions in 1989. He purchased the business in 1990 and grew his sales from $275,000 to $1.2 million by 2002. In 2002 McPherson Blair Promotions merged with Sayre Enterprises to create Sayre Promotional Products.

With almost 25 years of experience Randy continues to increase and grow in the Promotional Products Industry. He and his wife Barbara, a retired educator in Augusta County live in Waynesboro and have two children, Jonathan, a graduate of the University of Virginia, Senior Systems Engineer for Space Systems Loral in California and Jennifer, a graduate of Virginia Tech, Sales Manager of National Accounts for the Hyatt Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Sayre Attends the PPAI in Las Vegas, NV

January, 2008 - Christine Kelley, Randy Sheffield and Megan Nappi attended the PPAI, Promotional Products Association show in Las Vegas, January 15th through 19th. This is the first show of the year which highlights new products and trends in the promotional products industry. The show highlights over 3000 vendors and 100,000's of products. The new product pavilion, only in Vegas, showcases all the new items and ideas for the 2007 marketing year.