PPAI 100 Distributors: Navigating Uncertainty Trade, Costs & Supply Chain Challenges in 2025

You must go back 237 years for the dawn of political – and patriotic – merchandise in the United States, as commemorative buttons were distributed at George Washington’s presidential inauguration.  “There was a dozen different buttons, and some said ‘Long Live The President’ because they were treating him like a king. They didn’t know what […]

Getting better doesn’t always mean making major changes. You don’t necessarily need to start from scratch or change what’s already working. Instead, getting better often comes down to small things, like testing a new approach or trying a new follow-up email. Ron Friedman, a psychologist and the founder of Superteams Inc., surveyed thousands of workers […]

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Yesterday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced new 25% duties on many imports from Brazil starting July 22, with a wide-ranging list of exemptions that includes beef and coffee. This follows the fresh set of additional Section 301 tariffs USTR proposed on the imports of goods coming in from 60 countries. ICYMI: Trump Administration […]