ZIPIT of Peabody, Massachusetts, which sells colorful and clever bags, backpacks and pencil boxes worldwide, has made its first gifts-in-kind donation to NAEIR, the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (www.naeir.org). NAEIR, in turn, will make those donated items available to civic organizations, churches, schools and other nonprofits without charge, helping them stretch…
Crowd Control Store donates $100,000 of traffic-control cones and physical distancing floor stickers for use in schools.With schools reopening, the health and safety of teachers and students is a top concern for principals, superintendents and parents.A timely gifts-in-kind donation to NAEIR by New York-based Crowd Control Store will help schools improve school safety.A nonprofit based in…
We appreciate teachers so much that we have created a program where teachers can receive classroom supplies for next to nothing! It’s a FREE MEMBERSHIP program called NAEIR’s Teacher’s Program. “Thank you” to Free Educational Resources for allowing us to join in the celebration of Teacher’s Appreciation Week through TeachersDay.com. NAEIR is a nonprofit organization…

NAEIR hits new milestone – over 13,000 active members.
Before you purchase anything for your school, church or nonprofit organization think of NAEIR first.
You never know what you might find!

Now Available – Multiple Contacts
NAEIR members now have the ability to add multiple contacts at their organizations.
The new contacts will receive emails as product offers become available and will have the capability to submit requests for merchandise. Catalogs will be sent to the primary contact only. All merchandise and billing information will be sent to the address on file for the member organization.
The process is quick and easy. Only the primary contact person has access to sign-up additional contacts.

“NAEIR’s warehouse and distribution center is a lot bigger than I thought it would be!” Once Treasurer Rutherford and Gary C. Smith, NAEIR’s President & CEO made their way past the reception area and actually began the walk through NAEIR’s 450,000 square foot distribution facility, those were among the first words uttered by the Treasurer;…

Gary C. Smith, NAEIR’s President & CEO, celebrated on “TODAY’S HONOREE – The #1 Blog For Recognizing The Work Of Others”. In addition to his honorable mention and headship of NAEIR, Hallmark Cards and Newell Rubbermaid are featured in particular as longstanding NAEIR donors in this insightful article. http://todayshonoree.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/gary-c-smith-the-president-of-naeir-is-todays-honoree/ Immediately following the article is an…

Chiefexecutive.net features NAEIR President & CEO Gary C. Smith’s wisdom on inventory management – • Nine “don’ts” • one absolute “must do” – gleaned from 30 years of experience in the gifts-in-kind world: http://chiefexecutive.net/nine-inventory-management-mistakes-and-one-easy-solution
First appeared on CFO.com on August 19, 2013 – CFO Magazine very recently featured an article by NAEIR’s President & CEO – Gary C. Smith, entitled “NINE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT MISTAKES – and One Easy Solution… How to avoid competing with yourself by donating excess inventory or dumping it for pennies on the dollar”. https://www.cfo.com/growth-companies/innovation/2013/08/nine-inventory-management-mistakes-and-one-easy-solution-6368/Whether you’re…
A short article (link no longer available) on NAEIR appeared in the MICHIGAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION website. It points to the importance of retailers continually offering customers new and exciting products to keep things fresh and interesting for their loyal customers. It also suggests that retailers would do well to use NAEIR as a tool in order…