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According to the just-released Distributor Quarterly Sales Survey from ASI Research, promotional products distributors collectively increased sales, on average, by 4.2% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same three-month period in 2023. It was the biggest annual-basis quarterly revenue rise in more than a year – since sales leapt 5.6% in Q2 2023.

Last month, Fully Promoted of Southern NH, a franchisee of PPAI 100’s No. 26 distributor Fully Promoted (PPAI 240143, Gold), hosted its first-ever client appreciation event. Through the end of October, the company continues celebrating the local business community with special savings for new customers. The client appreciation event welcomed more than 200 attendees, including local business...

ETS Express (asi/51197), an independent subsidiary of Counselor Top 40 supplier PCNA (asi/66887), has hired Daniel Mason as regional sales manager for the Northeast, a territory that includes New England and upstate New York. Adam Stone, vice president of sales, said the supplier is thrilled to have Mason on the team: “We’re confident that his energy, dedication and industry insight will make an...

October 17, 2024 // Franchising.com // Bedford, NH – Fully Promoted of Southern NH (FPSNH), is celebrating the New Hampshire business community during the month of October. FPSNH’s owner and NH local, Sal Calautti, has been committed ​​to business results in the Granite State for more than 20 years, and this month, Sal and team are dedicated to supporting local businesses as the community...

Subtle developments can yield positive results. While it may not be the top story in any newspaper’s business section, PPAI Research’s latest bi-monthly snapshot of August and September reveal two encouraging findings that, taken together, suggest a cautiously optimistic outlook for the promo industry. In August and September, the promo industry’s revenue grew by 2.2% over the same period last...

Halfway through the 2020s, it’s been a decade full of highs and lows: the depths of the pandemic, the trials of supply chain and labor disruption, the boom times of recovery and the current challenges of slow sales and tight budgets. It has called for leaders who can meet the moment. The Counselor Power 50 is a collection of these entrepreneurs and executives in the promo industry who have...