Amidst all the turmoil and fears about the pending tariffs there are a number of fundamental issues promotional product distributors need to consider when conducting their business.

Will Tariffs cost you money?

Yes. It’s a TAX on the American business and consumer.

Will Suppliers take advantage of the Tariff’s to raise prices?

Absolutely. Don’t expect SUPPLIERS to only add the Tax/Tariff to the price. The tariff rates are confusing at best and this is an excellent time for traditional ASI Suppliers to jack up prices.

Think about it this way. If you were sitting on a bunch of inventory in your warehouse and there was a good reason to tell your clients “sorry but we have to raise prices due to tariffs” don’t you think you might just add in a few points to add to your bottom line. You bet you would.

“Expect suppliers to jack up prices and blame them on the Tariffs”

In fact, “I was speaking with a couple of distributors the other day and they said that a major T shirt supplier was issuing a new tariff price sheet that had a price range to cover the cost of the new Tariffs”. I am not sure this is true but heard it twice.

How to defeat the Tariff’s impact on your bottomline.

Weird as it may sound “go factory direct” to save money on the tariffs. How?

The traditional supplier already has the product warehoused stateside where the products are priced anywhere from 50-100% margin priced over the initial factory cost.

Now that they will add an additional 25% to cover the “cost of the Tariffs”. Don’t fall for it!

Now is the BEST time in history to order your promotional products direct from the factory!

In short, the factories in Asia are more competitive, their minimum orders are as low as possible and shipping is cheap and fast. If you have about 10 days from approval to in hands just about anything can be logo’d and delivered for less than you will pay stateside.

” If you have about 10 days from approval to in hands just about anything can be logo’d and delivered for less than you will pay stateside!”

Contact us at 407 403 0054 or email Emily for a quote.

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Big statement but totally true. We do make the world’s best custom flash drives.

Promo Crunch is the king of custom flash drives. We can turn just about any product, shape, logo, icon or shape into a custom shaped USB flash drive. As I am currently updating the new PromoCrunch.com web site I came across a ton of old custom flash drives we have done in the past and I thought I would post them here. If you would like a FRE Virtual design just ask. 407 403 0054 or email us here. Sage 51742

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POP phone grips are one of the hottest new trends in b2b marketing and promotional swag. Whether it is for a tradeshow, conference or promotional swag marketing the POP is popping up everywhere.

The idea for a Square Popsocket was first raised by online blog Tech Void where in a Jan 18 2017 review of the original and trademarked Popsocket they lamented the only shortcoming being that there should be a square collapsible phone grip.

Now there is a Square Pop Phone Grip.

Logo’s for business marketing, tradeshows and corporate branding come in 3 main shapes, Circular or round, square and rectangular. With a square logo it is often a poor match to use it on a round surface or imprint area. That’s why we now offer a square POP phone grip for your logo.

Why are phone grips so popular?

Ideas and products trend up and down and this coming year it seems these ideas are up.  

Expandable, Collapsible Pop out, Popable are just a few of the names used to best describe the pop out style phone holders so prevalent in the market place.

Promotional Product trend spotter Promo Motive announced today that their algorithm has clearly shown that “these phone stands are the next big thing in trade show swag”.

The reason for this surge is best explained in an article written about the POPSockets in an article from the INDEPENDENT from the UK. Also further explained in this article from the promotional product swag source Promo Motive. Read more.

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