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 […]
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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 […]
2020 Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday gifting season is nearly upon us, but in the promotional products industry, shopping early is always key — since demands on production flow and inventory become higher the closer it gets to the holidays. That’s probably even more important this year, as our vendor partners have implemented various safety protocols to keep their teams […]
Stay Safe: Products to Promote Your Business During Covid-19
We’ve now been dealing with a Covid-19 world for several months, and it’s become very clear that this is going to be our bizarre normal for a while. We previously discussed some products offerings that specifically dealt with Covid-19, but now that our industry has had more time to get items to market, we wanted […]
COVID-19 Essentials
It’s a weird time in our world, and the next days and weeks and months are filled with lots of uncertainty. One thing we’ve been inspired by is how our vendor-partners have stepped up to meet the increasing demand for essential items like hand sanitizer, face masks, and other PPE. If your business is in […]
Suck It Up: Reusable Straws Are Here to Stay
You can argue about the choice major companies like Starbucks and Disney have made to eliminate single-use plastic straws in their businesses all you want, but the reality is that reusable straws are here to stay, and they’re a trend worth embracing. When it comes to the promotional side of things, there are a variety […]
Brand Your Kicks
During this year’s PPAI Expo (the promotional products industry’s largest trade show), we noticed one exciting new trend emerging in the world of promotional apparel … footwear. We started seeing branded socks emerge a couple years ago, and those are really taking off. (It’s no secret that we LOVE fun, patterned socks here at Jag.) […]
Top Trends Spotted at PPAI 2017
The Jag team went south to Las Vegas earlier this year for the 2017 PPAI Expo – the promotional product industry’s single largest trade show. It takes up two floors of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center – hundreds of thousands of square feet of space! Yes, it’s as overwhelming as it sounds! But it was […]
The Personal Touch of Print
For 25+ years, people have been saying — and saying to us, specifically — that “print is dead.” We can safely tell you, print is very much alive & well. Not only does print — printed paper, the printed word — continue to thrive, but in some ways, it is seeing a Renaissance, of sorts. […]
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