Natural Trends (PPAI 235352, Silver), a Utah-based supplier, has added Taylor Mote as account executive for its Southwest and Southeast territories.

• Mote brings three and a half years of promotional industry experience, having worked on both the distributor and supplier sides. In her new role, she will support the multi-line representative groups of McDonald Terry in the southeast and BS Marketing in the southwest, along with providing day-to-day sales support.
• Prior to joining Natural Trends, Mote was a national account executive for supplier LogoIncluded.

Joel Krane, vice president of sales and marketing at Natural Trends says, “Taylor was a natural choice for us. Her experience on both the distributor and supplier side of the industry, coupled with her education and enthusiasm, will bring the exemplary sales support and customer service our customers expect from us.”

Orbus (PPAI 428128, Silver), a supplier specializing in exhibit and display products, graphics and solutions, introduces CUSTOMIZE – eight new online display product configurators.

• The robust, self-serve tools enable distributors to specify unique sizes of specific displays, making quoting and ordering easier.

“Through CUSTOMIZE, we offer extensive size options for a variety of products and help our distributors quote and order custom-sized products in a fast and easy way,” says Natalie Whited, enterprise vice president of marketing for Orbus. “We are always looking for ways to improve speed to market and make it easier for our distributors to do business with us. This is just the beginning of our customizable product offering and we look forward to introducing more in the near future.”