PPAI’s Promotional Products Works Expo returns this month following a successful fall 2022 debut. The premier virtual event, which brings promotional merchandise professionals together with their end-buyer clients to explore the vast world of the industry together, is back March 28. Continue Reading
James Khattak
California’s Proposition 22 circumvented obstacles this week when an appeals court ruled that independent contractor status was still permissible for companies to apply to workers in the state.
While the bill was not directly related to promo, the appeals court’s ruling comes at a time when the topic of independent contractor status has been and will continue to be discussed among legislators. A federal change in this ruling would have a large impact on the promotional products industry. Continue Reading
Jonny Auping
Spring officially begins on Monday, March 20, this year, although weather forecasters start talking about “meteorological spring” on March 1. In many areas, the onset of spring also means rainy season, and climate change has led to unusually heavy rains across the U.S. in recent years.
In fact, famously sunny southern California has seen record rainfall (and snow!) already this year, and the Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts wetter-than-usual weather this spring in the Upper Midwest, the Appalachians and the Mid-Atlantic, as well as central and western Canada. Continue Reading
Rachel Zoch
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