It's a red-letter day for corporate leaders on the lookout for quality promotional items, rugged field wear and great prices no competitor can hope to match.
Jot down this date: Jan. 29, 2007. That's the day CPS Inc. opens its first Western Canadian showroom in downtown Calgary.
One of the country's most respected importing houses, CPS comes to town offering opportunities for discriminating purchasers who appreciate fine craftsmanship and competitive pricing.
Promotional items such as Canadian-made leather and fleece jackets (complete with custom-designed corporate logo), a broad range of other corporate apparel, mugs, exquisite Bugatti leather goods and what the affable CPS sales team describes as the "heaviest hoodie known to mankind" are available as gifts for valued customers as well as for the terrific in-house team that has made your company a standout in its sector.
From coast to coast, CPS's numerous long-term clients stand behind the company's proudest claim: CPS is NOT just another supplier of promotional products.
As corporate purchasers in Calgary will soon discover, CPS has forged long-term relationships with Asian and domestic suppliers that have enabled CPS to distribute products of incomparable character and distinction.
The secret of the company's success has everything to do with diligent quality control, says Sarah Piercey, the daughter of the founder/ president Carl Piercey and the company's vice-president of global sales. "We're able to bring in products from reliable producers who are based overseas. My father has developed bonds of trust with these people and the strength of these relationships is the reason our company can sell for less while guaranteeing personalized service and total satisfaction," she says.
CPS representatives visit their foreign suppliers at least once a month, touring production plants and keeping an eye on all the latest products, routinely stopping by all major trade shows.
"We're on top of each new trend. Since we enjoy exclusive contracts with a number of outstanding producers, we're able to stay well ahead of the curve. We get word of new products at least six months in advance of production. That way, we remain a step ahead of the competition."
Meanwhile, CPS quality-control experts stick close to their suppliers throughout the production cycle to ensure that the company's high standards are never compromised.
Piercey and Laurie Sexton, CPS key accounts specialist, are jointly spearheading the company's friendly invasion of Western Canada and the colleagues are genuinely excited by the prospect of introducing their peerless line of products to a fresh market.
Prepare to be impressed. For example, CPS's Canadian-made leather jackets combine value and enormous eye appeal with the finest workmanship, including custom embroidery. They make a perfect gift for colleagues, staff or customers.
CPS offers personalized service and remarkable savings. "We've basically eliminated the middleman," chips in Sexton.
Now, about those heavyweight hoodies: Crafted from strong, ultra-soft 28-ounce material, these warm and durable garments have become a real favourite. Utilitarian workplace gear represents another important part of this story. The sales team points to a new line of rugged coveralls that are sold under some of the best brand names in the business, Nomex and Proban, which are the preferred bands for oilpatch field workers. These water-repellent, fire-retardant garments are sold under some of the best-known brands in the business, ideal for oilpatch field workers who are routinely asked to contend with harsh weather and inhospitable work environments.
CPS was one of the original suppliers of the USB Flash Drive memory sticks. It offers not only custom imprint but also custom colours and shape and the ability to upload the customer's content to the drive before it is shipped. It's all done in Asia and delivered in weeks. CPS has done this for such clients as SAP, Raytheon & Sun Microsystems.
Custom-designed bags such as backpacks, sport bags and trolley bags are another area in which the company specializes. It has created custom designs for Cisco, JavaOne, SunNetwork, CES, Comdex and the Auto Show. CPS has been creating its own melton leather and leather jackets designs for 15 years and is the preferred custom jacket supplier to companies in California's Silicon Valley, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco, SAP & Oracle. In Canada, high-flying Bombardier pilots have their own designs. Toronto Fire Fighters parade proudly in CPS melton leather jackets. When CTV News needed jackets to wear on air, keep the camera crew warm at Portage and Main, dry in St. John's, presentable above the Ottawa River and visible in the dark at 1,000 feet, CPS was chosen to create them.
CPS jackets have been worn by presidents of the United States and of Fortune 500 companies, U.S. Navy Seals and David Letterman.
"If you have a Canadian-made jacket with embroidery through the leather before construction, chances are it passed through our hands," says Piercey.
CPS offers these superb utility products, including logos and other custom options, at volume discounts that no other distributor can equal. It responds to each request on an individual, per-order basis. "When you find a product that catches your eye, you place an order and we deliver, in the exact sizes, colours and volumes that you specify."
So inscribe a red circle around Jan. 29 and make a date to visit the CPS Calgary showroom at 505 - 6th Street S.W., Suite 1705. Please book appointments by telephone: 403.975.1235. Meanwhile, to see the great selection of promotional items CPS has to offer, visit the website at www.cpsca.com.
