PPAI members and staff travel to Capitol Hill every spring for Legislative Education & Action Day, better known as LEAD, to advocate for the branded merchandise industry.Our efforts produced some notable wins in 2025, and to build on that mo...

Industry professionals are now welcome to apply to attend PPAI’s Legislative Education and Action Day 2026.On April 21, PPAI members and staff will meet with members of Congress and their staff on Capitol Hill to discuss pending legislation and ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUV6s-3EAQThe annual PPAI 100 measure is built to evaluate leadership and performance across the promotional products industry using a rigorous, data-driven model.For companies that care about how they’re ...

Stabilization rather than acceleration. That was the name of the game for the promotional products industry as 2025 came to a close.PPAI Research’s most recent bi-monthly survey has confirmed that the industry grew by 1.9% in November and Decemb...

Attendees of The PPAI Expo Conference on Monday had a number of opportunities to take in responsibly minded educational sessions and experiences. At one point, sustainably minded individuals were able to break away from the panels and speakers to ta...

Like everyone else at The PPAI Expo 2026, PPAI staff were eager to check out the show floor for the latest and greatest the promotional products industry has to offer. Here are a few of our favorites from branded merchandise’s largest and longest-ru...

(Editor’s Note: Since 1965, PPAI’s U.S. Distributor Sales Volume Estimate has been the most trusted, directionally accurate measure of the size of the U.S. promotional products market and trends in the industry. Selected charts displayed in this art...

The U.S. Supreme Court today did not issue a ruling Friday on a challenge to President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs using emergency powers. The country's highest court had signaled a decision scheduled for January 9 but did not make cl...

Some would call 2025 a transformative year for the promotional products industry. Others might describe it as volatile. Perhaps both can be true. But just about anyone in promo is more interested in what the future holds for the industry.That’s ...

First, the regulators came for tires, mattresses and batteries. More recently, Canada, Europe and seven U.S. states have taken aim at reducing packaging waste.Now it’s time to start thinking about textiles like T-shirts and hoodies, which consis...