PPB March 2020

We Came. We Saw. T he PPAI Expo is the promotional products industry’s undisputed launch point every year. It’s where trends are spotlighted and the “oohs and ahs” of discovering new and distinctive products reverberate as an unmistakable hum across the show floor. Bes t Of Expo 2020 by Tina Berres Filipski The PPAI Expo offered exhibitors almost unlimited opportunities to showcase their most clever introductions for 2020. Here’s a look at six trends and 18 of the most memorable new products at this year’s show. We Liked! FromPPAI’s first trade show in 1914 through decades at Chicago’s Palmer House and the show’s 26-year run at the Dallas Convention Center to its 18th show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas this past January, The PPAI Expo is the industry’s foremost showcase for the latest and greatest in product innovations. Covering the sold-out show floor teeming withmore than 1,220 exhibiting companies is next to impossible but the PPB team spotted six clear trends among the thousands of product introductions at the PPAI Expo 2020. 68 | MARCH 2020 | GROW