who we are

tmp is a leading provider of turnkey, merchandise-based marketing solutions for brands with national and global reach. We are a partnership between two Michigan businesses: Duffey Petrosky, a national brand advertising agency with exceptional direct marketing and catalog credentials; and EPI, a marketing services provider with state-of-the-art fulfillment, printing and promotion capabilities. Together, we offer 58 years of experience and combined revenues of $200 million.

tmp offers unique and creative solutions that promote and extend brand identity, reinforce corporate initiatives, promote new products, and drive customer and employee loyalty. We deliver these solutions through a managed system of technology, people, and creative thinking.

tmp’s merchandising team has over 160 years of collective experience in licensing, premium and promotional merchandising, and a long track record of merchandising innovation. We focus on developing long-term, value-based partnerships with our clients. These relationships are based on the principles of creativity, innovation, value and outstanding service.

To this end, we immerse ourselves in our clients’ brands, becoming an extension of their marketing function, and their expert partner in the complicated space of premiums and promotional offers, e-commerce, direct marketing, and catalog merchandising.

Many of the current brands we represent have chosen tmp based on our ability to innovate and interpret trends, and build custom merchandise solutions that directly address the brand’s objectives and consumer perception. Whether it’s a single solution or an intricate multi-channel Initiative, tmp has the in-house resources and built-in quality control systems to deliver the most complex assignments.

what we do

tmp’s mission is to provide a turnkey single source merchandising and marketing solution that will generate incremental revenues from audiences with a strong attachment and commitment to your brand.

Our objective in any client partnership is to protect brand identity while maximizing revenue share and royalties through merchandise sales to both internal and external audiences. We take the worry and risk out of on-line marketing and merchandising allowing client’s to concentrate on their core business.

As a private label e-commerce and merchandising partner, tmp is invisible to the audiences served. All audience interaction is through the brand’s storefronts, and all of the services and marketing communications carry the brand’s identity, without mention of tmp. The brand pre-approves every element of a tmp program to ensure that all offerings are consistent with the mission and vision of the brand.

individual bios

Phil Harder has more than 30 years of merchandising, licensing and promotional marketing experience. Trained in the department store division of Dayton-Hudson, Phil spent 18 years at Carlson Marketing Group where he was responsible for the premium and incentive merchandise programs sold to CMG’s Fortune 100 clients. While at CMG, he negotiated the first premium licensing agreement with the United States Olympic Committee and lead CMG’s entry into sports and Olympic marketing. In addition to his premium marketing experience, Phil served as Vice President of marketing and business development at FanBuzz, a leading provider of e-commerce service to sports, entertainment and media brands. While at FanBuzz, he developed and managed the Official Online Store for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, ESPN, the National Hockey League, Snoopy, Elvis and others. Phil is widely regarded as an industry expert in helping sports, corporate and non-profit brands strengthen business relations with key internal and external audiences through innovative merchandise programs.

Holly Ringle is President of Turnkey Merchandise Programs, LLC. (”tmp”) and has been privileged to participate on teams that have successfully brought to market merchandise assortments for brands including CNO Financial Group, Pure Michigan,Campbell’s Soup, ImagineToys.com and Pop-Tarts. Holly has been involved in the marketing services industry for more than  20 years, and holds an MBA with a marketing emphasis from Western Michigan University.  Before joining the leadership team of tmp, Holly worked for parent company, EPI Marketing Services, and managed the EPI Major Account Sales Team for more than 10 years, working with household brands such as The Clorox Company, Kimberly-Clark, JohnsonDiversey and Detroit Diesel. Not only meeting but exceeding expectations has been the hallmark of Holly’s career in major account management and development. Throughout her tenure, she has leveraged her strong marketing background, client relationship skills, and financial management prowess to discover and lead great teams toward reaching previously unforeseen levels of customer relationship strength and expansion. Holly is a married empty-nester, and lifelong Michigan resident.