You’ll find over 900 trusted exhibitors, thousands of promotional products, the best-in-class professional development opportunities, and 15,000+ industry professionals to build game-changing relationships with all in one place. Attending The PPAI Expo will set you and your business up for success in 2024.
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Promotional Products Sales Volume Surpassed $20 Billion in 2014
U.S. promotional products sales volume surpassed $20 billion last year, Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) revealed in its latest study.
Read MorePromo Marketing Participates in PPAI’s Legislative Education and Action Day
In its sixth year, Legislative Education and Action Day (L.E.A.D.), led by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), has brought promotional product professionals together to speak with legislators about issues important to the industry.
Read MorePPAI Names Essent as One of the Greatest Companies to Work For in the Promotional Products Industry
Essent, a technology solutions provider based in Eston, Pa., has been named one of the 2015 Promotional Products Business Magazine’s Greatest Companies to Work For.
Read MoreMindless Drones Selling Promotional Products
It’s actually no “secret” that a successful business is driven by knowledge. Knowledge is power in an increasingly more challenging business environment. My PPAI award-winning FreePromoTips.com industry resource program has been offering relevant business-building information and industry commentary for years.
Read MoreHow Does Amazon’s Business Model Affect Ours?
Our evolving industry business model continues to be a hot topic. Recently I started wondering how an online purchasing mentality, I’ll call the Amazon click-to-buy world, affects our industry. It begs the question, are we (aka distributors) really needed? It’s getting easier and easier for end-users to buy online or direct from suppliers.
Read MoreI Didn’t Want to Write This
As I write this, it is Saturday at 6 a.m. Normally, I would be getting ready for an enjoyable morning run with my friends. Not today. This morning, I’m lying down with a bag of frozen peas on my knee. As much as I wanted to get out, the wise move was to take this Saturday morning off and let my painful and bruised knee heal.
Read MorePPAI Honors Pro Towels
Pittsburgh-based Pro Towels won two awards at the Promotional Product Association International (PPAI) Expo in Las Vegas.
Read MoreSuppliers, Where Are You? Distributors, Where Are You?
I am hardly an expert in the area of social media. In my personal online life, I will post pictures of my cute, but very weird dogs and family outings. I’ll occasionally “check in” at restaurants, since it’s important for my “friends” to know I’m eating well and hanging with the right people that I “tag.”
Read MoreSo You Think it’s Fun?
Having just returned from some early-season trade shows, I am in awe of the commitment my industry colleagues have to help us build our business. I wrote about this some time ago in a commentary entitled, “A Salute to Our Industry Heroes.”
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