Promo Insiders

2 weeks ago | printandpromomarketing.com | Promo Insiders |Greg Muzzillo |Harriet Gatter |Bill Prettyman

In April, the White House increased the additional tariff rate it had placed on China-made imports in 2025 to 145%. So cost-prohibitive was the levy that it triggered a widespread pullback in importing from China across industries, including in the promotional products space. In May, President Donald Trump’s administration temporarily lowered the 145% tariff rate implemented in 2025 on Chinese products to 30%.

4 weeks ago | printandpromomarketing.com | Promo Insiders |Harriet Gatter |Bill Prettyman |Greg Muzzillo

Upcycling, simply put, is the process of reusing a product or material in a way that increases its value. That could entail cutting up deadstock material and resewing it into quirky color-blocked styles. Or refashioning single-use signage into vibrant grocery totes. Or transforming old umbrellas into one-of-a-kind throw pillows.

1 month ago | printandpromomarketing.com | Promo Insiders |Greg Muzzillo |Bill Prettyman

Since entering the promo industry in 2023, Jackson Williams has grown his sales by over 300% and earned last year’s Rookie of the Year award from Counselor Top 40 distributor American Solutions for Business (ASB, asi/120075). Must have been a breeze, right?

1 month ago | printandpromomarketing.com | Promo Insiders |Greg Muzzillo |Bill Prettyman

Danni Zupan has a laid-back, easygoing way about her. But don’t let that fool you: The BAMKO (asi/131431) pro is engineering massive success in the promotional products space. Only in her sixth year in promo sales, Zupan generated nearly $20 million in personal sales in 2024 while working with household name clients like Amazon. For that and more, she was named ASI Media’s 2025 Distributor Salesperson of the Year.

1 month ago | printandpromomarketing.com | Promo Insiders |Bob Saunders |Greg Muzzillo |Harriet Gatter

Randy Carr has been through ups and downs in his approximately 35 years in business. The CEO of Counselor Top 40 supplier World Emblem (asi/98264) says that 2025, with its tariff-driven tumult, has been one of the definitive down periods. “It’s a little like COVID,” says Carr.