It’s an easier time to be a distributor than it was in 2020 or 2021, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t require hard work, tenacity, and creativity. Over the last few years, distributors have had to learn difficult lessons about how to not only allow their businesses to thrive, but in some cases just stay…
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More than two years removed from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all pretty sick of hearing terms like “pivoting” and “new normal,” but there’s a reason that those phrases have been thrown around so much. It’s exactly what business owners – and everyone else – had to do. Within the promotional products industry,…
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The 2022 Top Distributors list is here. With it comes analysis on the highest-selling and fastest-growing companies, the most popular sales verticals and more.
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, printers have been fighting an uphill battle when it comes to their supply chain and rising costs. As the first quarter 2022 State of the Industry Update showed, the unknown week to week and future availability for materials, substrates and consumables coupled with increasing costs has made a significant impact on…
Read MoreWant in on the e-commerce opportunity? Then you’d better be able to provide your clients with an online store. And if you’ve never done it before (or you want to get more out of the stores you’re already operating), you’ve come to the right place. Join us as we answer some common questions about online stores…
Read MoreThe pandemic expedited the growth of the digital retail world, forcing promo distributors and their customers to quickly ramp up their online presence. But to truly stand out in an inundated virtual world of ads, marketing and more, distributors must stay on trend with their headwear offerings in order to achieve the best ROI possible for everyone…
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Restaurants now need to stay on the cutting edge of promotional marketing with capsule drops, celebrity endorsements and influencer collaborations. That’s why Denny’s partnered with TikTok stars earlier this year for new menu items, and now just introduced the next step of that plan with the “Diner Drip” merchandise collection…
Read More“Ted Lasso” took the world by storm and did the impossible: Made a U.S. audience care about soccer. Now, Shutterfly just stocked its store with a host of “Ted Lasso” products that not only rep the show as branded merchandise, but can be personalized for that AFC Richmond fan in your life…
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Here in Philadelphia, we’re serious about our sandwiches (or, as we call them, “hoagies”). We also love going “down the shore.” Sometimes we even take a hoagie with us! But, no one wants their sandwich to get sandy. Thankfully, the heroes at Dietz and Watson just added a pretty smart item to their online store: the Hoagie Holder…
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Tim Hortons struck gold in its first team-up with Justin Bieber, with the brand crediting the meal and merch promotion for almost single-handedly reversing pandemic sales declines. So it’s no surprise that Canada’s favorite coffee chain is relaunching the sold-out merch and adding a new item to the collection to promote its new Bieber-inspired cold brew…
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