PPAI Board Revises Bylaws

PPAI today announced board-adopted bylaws revision and board restructure. The new board leadership structure is based on an industry-inclusive leadership and accountability model guided by the emerging association governance best practices of smaller performance-based boards.

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Should I? Or Shouldn’t I? The Value Of A Compliance Program

Our industry seems to be struggling with the question of whether or not to commit time, effort and money to developing compliance programs. It’s an oversimplification, but you can group our industry into five basic categories on this topic.

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Global Writing Instrument Market to Reach $21.6 Billion by 2017

Pens, pencils, markers and highlighters will soon have a higher value than the gross domestic product of nearly half the countries in the world, a new study shows. A report from research firm Global Industry Analysts shows that the global market for writing instruments is set to reach $21.6 billion by 2017.

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PPAI L.E.A.D. to Hit Washington Next Week

On March 7 and 8, PPAI will host meetings between industry professionals and their representatives in Congress to emphasize the importance of promotional products as part of its Legislative Education and Action Day (L.E.A.D.).

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Scan My Badge and Send Me 5 Catalogs… Please

As I have visited with suppliers at trade shows, other folks are often seen in the time-honored ritual of walking up to booths with their badge held out… asking the supplier, “Scan my badge.”

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