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SOI 2020: Top 40 Outlook

Counselor

Sales are down overall, but the industry’s largest firms are finding ways to adapt.

The Long Road to Supplier Diversity

Promogram

Will recent outrage over racism and discrimination finally force buyers to get serious ...

Meyer-Dunlap Affiliates With HALO

The Dallas, TX-based distributor counts To...

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Promo Distributor Sales Drop 44.4% in Q2

Caused by fallout from the coronavirus pan...

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SOI 2020: Shifting the Supply Chain

The traditional industry sourcing model ha...

EIDL Emergency Grant Program Out of Funding

Promogram

The SBA gave out $20 billion in advances to nearly 6 million businesses affected by the...

Facebook Study Shows COVID’s Impact on Business

Promogram

Sales and employment are down as small businesses worldwide face what the report’s auth...

Obituary: Kenneth Mayer, ProCrest Apparel & Promotions

Promogram Canada

Kenneth Mayer, a longtime member of the promotional products industry in Canada...

SOI 2020: End-Market Upheaval

Counselor

Healthcare is up, other markets are not, but there are opportunities within all.

SOI 2020: Technology Advancement Accelerates

Coronavirus shutdowns forced businesses to...

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SOI 2020: PPE Has Been Promo’s Lifeline

PPE sales have sustained many industry com...

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California Governor Rolls Back Reopenings

The mandated restrictions shut down bars a...

SOI 2020: Learning From the 2008 Recession

As the U.S. faces a recession, distributor...

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Contest: Create Innovative Face Masks People Will Wear

There’s a million-dollar prize purse and a...

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SOI 2020: Events Going Dark

Cancellations and postponements have sent ...

SOI 2020: The Benefits of Diversification

Counselor

By providing extra services, particularly digital ones, distributors have been better a...

SOI 2020: Staffing Shakeup in Distributor Workforces

Counselor

Thinned-out ranks and empty offices are here for the foreseeable future – and possibly ...

SOI 2020: Consolidation in the Cards

Counselor

The reality of prolonged shutdowns: Many firms may not be able to recover, prompting a ...

Four Die in COVID Outbreak at Promo Supplier

Promogram

Health officials have ordered Los Angeles Apparel (asi/67971) to remain closed. The com...

Distributor Entrepreneurs of the Year 2020: Spencer Kramer, Chris Ferriter & Scott Latimer, Sobe Promos

Counselor

When Miami-based Sobe Promos (asi/245603) was named Counselor's Fastest-Growing...

iClick Partners With BibBoards

Promogram

The Top 40 supplier is the exclusive provider of bbSNAPS to the promo industry.