Jo Gilley, CEO of Overture Promotions, joined the show to tell us how Overture grew sales from $81.6 million to $126.9 million in the middle of the pandemic (and from $60.6 million the year before) en route to a No. 14 overall finish on the 2021 Top Distributors list. And Print+Promo editor Elise Carr joins Sean and Brendan to discuss the big takeaways, surprises and success stories from the list…
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We’re not quite ready for Halloween, but we can celebrate the changing weather. We can also celebrate some promotional products, whether they’re extremely autumnal or not. This week, our collection includes some spooky brewery merchandise, all sorts of public transportation-related gifts and more…
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There are two big obstacles standing in the way of jackets and outerwear sales: a changing market still rebounding from the pandemic, and a shaky supply chain that’s making product pricier and harder to find. Let’s take a look at both of those challenges and explore some ways to address them…
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Proforma’s Owner Advisory Council (OAC), recently held its annual planning meeting with Proforma’s top Executive Team members. Every year, the Proforma OAC members are elected by their fellow affiliate owners in their North American geographical area…
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The Sonic Swag Shop, the drive-in restaurant’s e-commerce store, is now full of new T-shirts, can coolers, socks and pins. That’s all plenty exciting for Sonic fans, but one item from the drop has already sold out: a replica of the tumbler that “America’s Got Talent” judges use…
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As part of our 2021 Top Distributors list, we asked some of the top-ranked distributors about how they fared during the first year of the pandemic, their thoughts on the industry, their future plans and more. Here, we talked to Marc Simon of HALO Branded Solutions, the No. 1 company on this year’s list…
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For many distributors, the coronavirus pandemic has been a mixed bag of challenges and opportunities, ups and downs. That helped shape our newly combined (and expanded) 2021 Top 75 Distributors list. According to our data, the top 75 print and promotional products distributors totaled $6.79 billion in 2020 sales…
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From Labor Day through December, your clients receive catalogs from Harry & David, Mrs. Fields, and all the other giant food gift companies almost daily. As a result of their huge budgets and massive marketing efforts, these mail-order and internet companies sell about 10 times more food gifts to U.S. businesses each year than the…
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Award shows always go all-out for the gift suites for nominees. This year’s Emmy Awards event is no exception, with merchandising experts estimating that the gift set is worth $104,825.98. It was also filled with luxury versions of various promo favorites, plus a personal photo printer from HP…
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