Yesterday’s measures taken by the German Federal Government shows how dynamic the developments regarding COVID-19 are. They also make medium to long-term planning for all areas of economic life more difficult. Of course, this also affects the PSI show in January.

Sourcing City have published a report analysing: PPE Products in the Promotional Merchandise Market. The report illustrates that the demand for core promotional merchandise is down 64.5% since the pandemic and lockdown down took hold.

The entire industry have been invited to take part in anonymous survey hosted by the BPMA. The aim is to see how the pandemic crisis is affecting companies the promotional merchandise industry in real terms.

With the need for efficiency and cost management being ever more prevalent this year, Andrea Hatcher has recently equipped the company with Promotional Office, the trade business management package from the software team at Sourcing City.

With the advent of significant spikes in Covid-19 across the UK, Merchandise World have taken the decision to again move Merchandise World to 23rd & 24th June 2021.

We are delighted to announce that long standing BPMA Board Director, Haydn Willetts, Regional Director UK & Ireland at Mid Ocean was requested by unanimous vote to take the position of Vice Chair on the BPMA Board.