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Incorporating data from NAPCO Research, insight from government affairs analysts and reporting from our editors, the 2021 State of the Industry report is a comprehensive look at the challenges of the past year and the opportunities available to industry businesses as the year progresses. The report features four subsections and five Q&As with industry experts…

Forty affiliate owners of Proforma, Cleveland, have achieved 2020 sales growth success that places them on the list of companies nominated for the prestigious Inc. 5000. Each year, Inc. Magazine identifies the nation’s fastest-growing companies through the publication of the Inc. 5000...

On March 31, President Biden publicly rolled out his expected transportation and infrastructure plan, known as the American Jobs Plan, and urged Congress to begin the legislative process to enact it. The President’s vision notably redefines traditional “T&I” (transportation & infrastructure) bills, which generally...

Fredley Berman, a giant in the printing industry, is being remembered among the thousands of people he touched professionally and personally which, to him, was pretty much the same relationship...

To find out what the most common order mistakes are, we went to the experts—suppliers that handle your orders on a daily basis and have seen it all. Read on to find out if you’re guilty of any of these missteps and learn how you can improve your purchase orders to make both supplier partners and end-buyers happier...

In the print and promo world, there are more women than ever before running the show—creating dynamic marketing campaigns, generating sales dollars, running machinery and leading multimillion-dollar companies...

Windows present valuable real estate for retailers and brands to showcase products, create impressions, and entice customers. In turn, they are a valuable market for print service providers for producing graphics and displays that help brands achieve their unique visions and needs through the range of capabilities enabled by wide-format printing...

Halo Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced the addition of Paul Bellantone to the company’s executive team in the newly created role of senior vice president of sales for the Western U.S. Bellantone previously served as president and CEO of PPAI...

Video killed the radio star and Venmo killed the personal check. With the tap of a button, we can now send our child’s room coordinator money for class party supplies. We can transfer the $5 that we hope our coworker turns into $500 million when he purchases the team’s Powerball ticket. We can use it to order...

One distributor’s one-on-one meetings at a recent Promo Marketing virtual business development event led to $7,000 in orders after the supplier helped put together virtuals for a few of her clients. More than that, though, the meetings laid the groundwork for future business. Here’s how…