According to market researcher Statista, the world’s largest company in 2022 was Walmart, which pulled in more than $600 billion in revenue. Yet for all its sales last year, Walmart faces something of an uncertain future.

Brick-and-mortar commerce has been losing ground for years. Even the company’s vast real estate holdings may be less valuable as shoppers continue to shift their purchasing online. The big box retailer is hardly beloved by many consumers, particularly millennials and younger generations. Employees have an unfavorable perception of Walmart, too, giving the experience a C- according to human resources data house Comparably. Continue Reading

Josh Ellis

Joshua White, halfway through his first year on the PPAI Board of Directors, has earned a reputation as somewhat of an iconoclast. White, head of strategy and general counsel at Los Angeles-based distributor BAMKO, was elected to the board last year and took his seat in January following The PPAI Expo 2023. Since then, he’s sought to further the conversation and push it in new directions for the betterment of the Association and the industry. Continue Reading

James Khattak

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) is a term gaining more and more attention in the promotional products community, and with good reason.

This concept originated from the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and has been used by investors to analyze their organizations and how they measure up to the new frontier of socially-conscious business practices. The UN Sustainable Development Goals were created with the express purpose of making the world a more equitable, hospitable, and healthier place by 2030. Continue Reading

Kathy Cheng