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Small Companies: 44.4% Small Companies: +12.3%
Large Companies: 55.6% Large Companies: +1.9%+6.3%ANNUAL GROWTH
Weight Growth
BILLION24.7$
Historical Sales (in billions)
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89% of consumers have received a promotional product in the last six months
REACH1
POSITIVE IMPACT2 marketers consider promotional products an extremely to
moderately effective form of advertising8More Than
in 10
Millennials GEN Xers Baby Silent Boomers Generation
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Promotional Broadcast Online Print Mobile Products
9 in 10 recall the branding
8 in 10 recall the messaging
7 in 10 recall the call to action
RECALL1 REASONS1
Who Recalls What Best?
Millennials best recalled social media.
Generation Xers best recalled directional calls to action, or statements with definitive instructions.
Baby Boomers best recalled points of reference such as website domains or contact information.
NameBRANDING
Logo
SloganMESSAGING
Tagline
Website
CALL TO ACTION
Social Media
Contact
Directional
Hashtag
**A COMPANY’S:
people keep promotional products:
3TOP reasons
FunFunctional
Trendyresearchedthe brand
more likely to do business with the brand
REACTION1
82%had a more favorable impression of the brand
RESONANCE1
REPEATED EXPOSURE1
83%79%
81%keep promotional products for more than a year
POWER OF PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS1
#1Ranked most effective form of advertising to prompt action across all generations
1Source: PPAI 2017 Consumer Study • 2Source: PPAI 2017 Buyer Study
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