Workplace mental health and wellness impact all aspects of your business: performance, culture, retention and the bottom line. Additionally, the company's reputation and employer value proposition are built over years, sometimes decades, yet can be ...

Editor’s Note: This sponsored content is brought to you by SEDDI [PPAI 894437, Standard-Base]. Visit the SEDDI website to learn more.)Distributors and printers lose hours and sales chasing approvals for decorated apparel and fixing costl...

PPAI revamped and intensified its advocacy efforts on behalf of the promotional products industry in 2025, with a new lobbying partner in Washington, new guidance for advocacy at the regional association level and much more.From stopping the SWA...

Gatekeepers are everywhere. They show up as assistants, office managers, front desk coordinators and even project managers, all deciding what gets through and what doesn’t. That’s why getting past them has become a core skill for any sales rep.I...

Multiple states have enacted extended producer responsibility laws to shift the financial responsibility for end-of-life costs associated with single-use packaging and paper waste onto the companies that produce and put those materials on the market...

PromoCares is an industry-wide movement. Its Water4Good campaign is a testament to the size of the promo industry, the willingness of its community to step up and the impact it can make on the world.The Water4Good campaign raised $304,000 for t...

Most of us like to believe that we make decisions based on facts. However, our brains are constantly taking shortcuts. You see it in sales all the time. A rep hears an excited comment and suddenly thinks the deal is done. Or a prospect reads a good ...

Pantone has announced that Cloud Dancer (PANTONE 11-4201) is its 2026 Color of the Year.The institute, which is considered a leading authority on color, describes it as a “lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society red...

STRAN (PPAI 161542, Platinum), PPAI 100's No. 12 distributor, has announced the promotion of Jack Audibert to the dual roles of chief compliance officer and chief strategy officer.Audibert had previously held the title of vice president of grow...