Promo Products

Gray skies got you feeling down? The promotional product write-ups below will help you put on a happy face. You're welcome.

Drinkware—it's one of the fundamental components of the promotional industry. Maybe it's because our bodies are 75 percent water, or maybe it's because it is the most efficient way to get sugar, alcohol and precious, precious caffeine into our bodies, but humans just can't get enough drinking. As a result, nine times out of 10, distributors just can't get enough drinkware selling.

Unlike its seasonal counterparts, winter tends to get a bad rap. But, what would happen if we stopped lamenting over our chapped lips and dry skin for just a few minutes?

If House of Cards has taught us anything, it is that political campaigns can't start too early and never really end. (And that Kevin Spacey should narrate everyone's lives.)

The PPAI Expo, the 53rd-largest trade show in the U.S., held Jan. 13 to 17 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, generated growth in both attendee and exhibitor participation in 2014, attracting a five-year high of nearly 11,500 attendees.

Prime Line, the supplier based in Bridgeport, Conn., announced today two major acquisitions of established factory direct sourcing lines—R.O.I. Line by Source Abroad and Get It Global—in separate, simultaneous transactions.

The apparel supplier located in Trevose, Pa., announced that it is rebranding as alphabroder. The new name unites the company's four brands—Alpha Shirt Company, Broder Bros., NES Clothing Company and Imprints Wholesale—under a single umbrella to create simplified business practices and clear company messaging.

Holy Moly! It's 2014. We hope you had a successful fourth quarter and that you're excited to create new programs in the New Year. To get you started, we collected some of the best new products for 2014.

The holiday rush has come and gone, and if you missed out on all the good doorbusters—the 90"

On Dec. 18, 2013, Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, the world’s largest and oldest international not-for-profit promotional products association, announced that Norma Jean Knollenberg, CIP, CPIM, president of Oshkosh, Wis., supplier Top Brands Inc., has joined the PPAI board of directors, effective immediately.