Vector Marketing / Cutco Awards & Honors

AFL-CIO Labor Award

• Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO 2002 Labor-Management Award.

Consumer Digest Magazine "Best Buy"

• Award "in recognition of excellence" for the Paring Knife, Petite Chef Knife, Boning Knife, Table Knife Sets and Galley Set Plus Six.

Cooking Club of America Member Tested and Recommended Seal of Approval

• Trimmer
• Petite Chef
• Santoku Knife
• Super Shears
• Garlic Press
• Ice Cream Scoop

National Home Gardening Club Member Tested and Recommended Seal of Approval

• Transplanting Trowel
• Garden Trowel
• Cultivator
• Weeder

Educational Resources

• To recognize the role of academia in its success, Vector Marketing supports The Association for Excellence in Sales and Marketing Education (AESME), a group of faculty members and Vector executives that helps prepare college students for careers in sales and marketing.
• CUTCO is presented as a case study in the ninth edition (2001) of Strategic Marketing Problems (Kerin and Peterson), a leading undergraduate marketing casebook used in class discussion for developing decisionmaking skills.
• CUTCO’s ergonomically-designed Wedge- Lock handle featured in American Design Classics (Wessel and Westerman), a book about the discovery of excellence in U.S. product design.
• CUTCO’s international operations profiled in a 20-page case study in a collegiate textbook entitled, Strategic Marketing Management Cases (Cravens, Lamb and Crittenden).

Vector Marketing and Cutco Memberships

• Direct Selling Association (DSA)
• Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
• International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
• American Culinary Federation (ACF)
• Direct Selling Education Foundation (DSEF)