Last week, a number of prominent promo industry companies released earnings reports. While some of those companies are faring better than others as they navigate the pandemic, the news overall was encouraging. Here’s how a few of these promo businesses performed…
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The State of the Sports Promotional Products Market: What’s Selling and What Comes Next
Sports aren’t yet totally back to normal. That has hurt promotional products businesses that rely on sporting events from the pros down to the high school or youth level. As we wait for sports to fully return, we asked three industry pros for insights on what’s selling in this market, what they expect the recovery to look like and what comes next for sports promos…
Read MoreMarket Tracker: Coronavirus News and Economic Updates From Top Promotional Products Verticals
Welcome to Market Tracker. This is an updating resource compiling the latest news on coronavirus impacts and economic recovery for top vertical markets promotional products distributors sell into. The Promo Marketing team will update this post regularly with new information from each market as it becomes available. Here are this week’s updates…
Read MoreThe 2019 Top 50 Promotional Products Suppliers: Stats, Trends and Analysis
Some projections show the promo industry’s recent and unprecedented sales growth slowing in the coming years. But 2018 was not that year. Our 2019 Top 50 Suppliers totaled more than $6.5 billion in 2018 sales, with 44 of the top 50 increasing year-over-year sales and 18 posting double-digit percentage growth…
Read MorePRINTING United 2019 Recap: Everything You Missed at the 720,000 Square Foot Mega-Show
Built on the foundation of the SGIA Expo, the inaugural PRINTING United brought basically the entire printing industry under one roof, with 600-plus exhibitors in just about every print application and segment. The Promo Marketing gang had a front row seat for the 720,000 sq. ft. show, and now we’re sharing our experience with you in case you couldn’t make it…
Read More2019 Top Distributors List: Stats, Trends and Analysis
This year, we compiled the industry’s Top 65 distributors by sales volume, collected more information on each distributor company and added a Top 30 Fastest Growing Distributors list, opening the door for companies of all sizes to showcase their sales success. Here are some of the stats and trends we saw…
Read MoreProposed Prop 65 Changes Aim to Make Warning Rules a Bit Clearer
When provisions to the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986—also known as Prop 65—went into full effect August 30, it was likely easy for many individuals to predict that the California legislation would not win unanimous esteem. Barely three months into its implementation, folks who engaged in such foresight could engage in…
Read MoreThe 2018 Top 50 Promotional Products Suppliers
Each year, Promo Marketing sets out to compile and rank the largest promotional products suppliers. The 2018 Top 50 Suppliers list is the result—a comprehensive ranking of the industry’s power players by 2017 sales volume, with additional in-depth analysis on mergers and acquisitions, geographic trends, sales statistics and more. It was a big year in…
Read MoreThe 2018 Top 50 Promotional Products Distributors
It’s back! Each year for more than a decade, Promo Marketing has compiled a ranking of the biggest promotional products distributors. The 2018 Top 50 Distributors list is the result: a comprehensive ranking of the largest companies in the business, ranked by 2017 sales volume. The list is a helpful reference tool for distributor companies…
Read MoreWhat the Heck Is Going On With CafePress?
Companies like Walmart and Cimpress (parent company of Vistaprint and National Pen Co.) give distributors and suppliers reasonable cause for concern, as they are pulling in more business than in the past. One of the heavyweights in that category, however, seems to be in a weird free fall. We’re talking about CafePress…
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