Last month, I wrote about planning for success and how distributor owners would benefit from looking forward using tools such as a business plan template and budget.While reviewing 2025 results with clients, one clear trend has emerged that indi...

Coaching a sales team looks different than it did just a few years ago. It’s no longer about weekly call reviews and counting on reps to apply your feedback. Deals often take more time and prospects expect more insight along the way. If you lead a s...

Tariffs dominated the industry’s advocacy conversations in 2025, but the Association also keeps tabs on other trade issues pertinent to the industry, including the African Growth and Opportunity Act. This trade preference program has facilitated dut...

Before Elizabeth Wimbush, CAS, came to PPAI to become the Association's director of sustainability and responsibility, she found herself upset with The PPAI Expo.It felt like all over the convention center, the recycling wasn't properly labeled...

These quick updates were provided to PPAI’s Product Responsibility Action Group during its January 2026 meeting by Karolyn Helda, QIMA:U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationAsbestos TestingIn November, FDA withdrew a proposed rule for stand...

It’s easy to call a meeting. Calling a good one takes more thought. Before you hit send on your next meeting request, consider the purpose of the meeting and if it’s truly necessary. People’s calendars are already getting booked up, with one study s...

4imprint (PPAI 107200, Platinum), PPAI 100's No. 1 distributor, has released its trading update and notice of final results, containing financial results for 2025. While revenue remained mostly stable compared to 2024, the company did dip lower in p...

New year, same tariff turmoil.President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would no longer impose a 10% tariff on several countries in the European Union beginning February 1 after reaching the “framework of a future deal” on Greenland with ...

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