Wondering what’s new in ’22? The real question isn’t what’s new (not much) so much as what’s trending. Here’s a look at what you should be thinking about as you plan your marketing and promotional purchases in 2022: DRINKWARE Top trends include retail-inspired styles (think of what you’d see for sale at Starbucks), pieces that […]

Planning to order in 2022? Here’s what you need to know.
It’s a new year, but somethings have not changed. The problems that have been plaguing our industry (and many others) will continue to be a major consideration as we move into 2022. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to order any printed or promotional products this year: PLAN AHEAD Those supply chain […]

Holiday Gift Guide 2021
‘Tis the season to start your holiday gift shopping. Actually, we recommended you start shopping back in July — due to the on-going supply chain issues and production delays our industry is experiencing related to the Covid-19 pandemic — but there IS still time to order holiday gifts for 2021. (We just don’t recommend waiting […]

Make a Plan for Christmas … in July
‘Tis the season to start your Christmas shopping. Really. All things summer may be front of mind right now, but given the on-going supply chain challenges our industry has been facing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it really is more important than ever to start planning early for your year-end/holiday gifting and promotional needs. A […]

Supply Chain Challenges
We all know that the last year has been full of challenges on so many fronts, and our industry has not been an exception. Perhaps one of the biggest issues to emerge for the promotional products industry as a result of this pandemic is the impact on our supply chains. Our vendor partners are struggling […]

Top 5 Favorite Promo Products from PPAI Direct-2-You
We saw a TON of new and newly-imagined products at this year’s PPAI Direct-2-You virtual trade show for the promotional products industry. Here are our top 5 favorite items we saw this year: 1. Car Visor Mask Dispenser This is the one item that got us both extremely excited when we first saw it, and […]

Trends & Fresh Promo Ideas for 2021
Every January, PPAI Expo — the largest trade show in the promotional products industry — comes to Las Vegas. This year, for obvious reasons, the trade show became a virtual event. While we missed seeing our vendor partners in person, we were still able to get a sampling of what’s new, fresh, and trending in […]

12 Days of Gifting: Fun & Games
This post is part of our 12 Days of Gifting — a series of posts designed to help inspire your gift-giving this year, for the holidays or any occasion. A lot of these ideas were put together with the idea of inspiring togetherness from afar. In a year of remote learning, working from home, and […]

12 Days of Gifting: Taco Tuesday
This post is part of our 12 Days of Gifting — a series of posts designed to help inspire your gift-giving this year, for the holidays or any occasion. A lot of these ideas were put together with the idea of inspiring togetherness from afar. In a year of remote learning, working from home, and […]