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Festivals, Sports & Concerts: The Return of Large-Scale Events

Festivals, Sports & Concerts: The Return of Large-Scale Events

After two years of postponements, cancellations and limited attendance, blockbuster events are back in a big way – though there are new challenges behind the scenes. For the...

Which Side of the Promo Brain Are You? (Secrets to High-Performance Teams) — commonsku Blog

Which Side of the Promo Brain Are You? (Secrets to High-Performance Teams) — commonsku Blog

Resources for the Promotional Products Industry Which Side of the Promo Brain Are You? (Secrets to High-Performance Teams) Distributors face a demanding new client.  Today’s...

How Do You Handle 2022 Chaos? / PromoJournal - The Take Away

How Do You Handle 2022 Chaos? / PromoJournal - The Take Away

Inflation is staggering. It is time to do some necessary adjustments to selling and ordering.  Supplier pricing is based upon cost of goods, covering SG&A and adding a profit...

Clients Need to be Fed / PromoJournal - Cliff's Notes

Clients Need to be Fed / PromoJournal - Cliff's Notes

What We Do X The pandemic seems to be over for the most part. During that extended two-year period some threw up their hands, folded up their tents and decided to call it quits,...

Boom or Bust: Did the Promo M&A Explosion Happen? — commonsku Blog

Boom or Bust: Did the Promo M&A Explosion Happen? — commonsku Blog

Resources for the Promotional Products Industry Boom or Bust: Did the Promo M&A Explosion Happen? This time last year, the print and promo industry seemed poised for an...

These Two Entrepreneurs Form A Promo Supply Chain All Their Own

These Two Entrepreneurs Form A Promo Supply Chain All Their Own

Tameka Peoples, founder and CEO of Seed2Shirt, and Cher’Don Reynolds, CEO and founder of ShePrintsIt, can both fall into the habit of talking about their partnership in the same...

Finding a Nice Niche - ZOOMcatalog Blog

Finding a Nice Niche - ZOOMcatalog Blog

The next time you find yourself telling a story – maybe you’re at the sink, washing up after dinner with your family, or maybe you’re stuck in the awkward small talk portion...

The Exit Interview: Tina Berres Filipski

The Exit Interview: Tina Berres Filipski

A favorite of many promotional products professionals, PPAI staffers and board members through the years, Tina Berres Filipski chose in January to move on to the next phase of...

Too Much Talk: A Modest Manifesto on DEI in the Promotional Products Industry — PromoKitchen

Too Much Talk: A Modest Manifesto on DEI in the Promotional Products Industry — PromoKitchen

Like most of you, I still recall how overwhelmed I felt when I set foot on the tradeshow floor for the first time as part of the promotional products industry. It seemed magical...

PPAI’s Push For Industry Digital Transformation Begins

PPAI’s Push For Industry Digital Transformation Begins

Most professionals in promotional products agree that the industry needs to continue on its rapid path to digital transformation in the coming years. What exactly that might...

The Grace to Change

The Grace to Change

Other than death, taxes, and people complaining on the Promotional Products Professionals Facebook page, the only constant is change. Depending on one’s perspective, change can...