2020 Top Distributors: Proforma Founder Greg Muzzillo on Adapting to Change

Each year, Promo Marketing compiles the top promotional products distributors into one comprehensive list. We asked some of the 2020 top distributors for their thoughts on the industry, their plans for the future and more. Here, we talked to Greg Muzzillo of Proforma, the No. 3 company on our 2020 Top Distributors list…

2020 Top Distributors List: Stats, Trends and Analysis

Our Top 50 Distributors totaled $6.18 billion in 2019 promotional products sales. That’s up from last year’s Top 50, which totaled $5.96 billion in 2018 sales. Overall, 44 of this year’s Top 50 distributors (88 percent) grew sales over the prior year. Elsewhere on the list, some other significant jumps took place…

How the Pandemic Is Transforming Employee Welcome Kits

As companies return to office settings and adjust even more to novel ways of going about business, many will will look for ways to welcome back staff. But employee welcome kits that may once have contained notebooks and mugs might now take on a more practical and health-centered look…

Underwear, Throw Pillows and T-shirts: George Floyd Merchandise Brings Up Ethical Debate

As protests mount across the country, wearing and distributing T-shirts with George Floyd’s and others’ names or faces on them is a common practice. It humanizes the issue, allowing people to mourn the loss of a man and commemorate a life lost. But what about a “Call for Justice for George Floyd” throw pillow or “George Floyd RIP” underwear?…

The Pink Panther Gets His Own Pantone Color

Looking to give the character a touch-up, Metro Goldwyn Mayer paired with Pantone to give admirers a new appreciation for the Pink Panther and potential new fans a reason to make him the cat’s meow. Pantone created Pink Panther Pink, a hue that has us already considering the branding possibilities…