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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

12 Days of Gifting: Say Hello
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: Something Sweet
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 […]