Hong Kong’s gifts and premiums exports expanded by 15% year-on-year in 2023, after a 3% decrease in 2022. Sales to most traditional markets such as the US, the EU, the UK and Switzerland also saw a decent growth in 2023, ranging from 2% to 35%. On the other hand, export performance to Asian markets like mainland China, Macao and Taiwan also recorded a solid growth.

Pantone Color Institute crowns carmine contender as 2023’s defining new hue at the recently concluded Winter Edition of the Las Vegas Market.

With AWOL attendees back and expanded exhibitor numbers, the Las Vegas Market seemed to have regained its pre-pandemic mojo.

The promotional-products sector is once again booming in the US, at least according to showgoers at the Las Vegas PPAI Expo. Demand is high, as the US economy puts Covid-19 in the rear-view mirror, while customers re-set their expectations and accept supply chain limitations.