Our 2020 PPAI Expo, In Photos
1/23/2020
After almost two decades in the promotional products industry, we've learned that there's nothing quite like the PPAI Expo. |
Turning a PPAI Expo Booth Into Charity
1/22/2020
Essent donated a TV and furniture from its Expo booth to the Kids In Need Foundation, which provides school supplies to financially distressed schools. It’s the second consecutive year that Essent has donated to the Foundation. |
Windows 7 Support Ends
1/21/2020
Microsoft has ended support for the 10-year-old operating system. |
Firefox Users Need to Update the Browser Immediately Due To Critical Flaw
1/9/2020
Updating to version 72.01 fixes the security problem. |
OrderTrax Processes 7 Millionth PromoStandards Request
1/2/2020
Promotional products companies used the Essent® OrderTrax® Network to process PromoStandards™ requests more than 5 million times in 2019. |
Worldwide Manufacturer's Ecommerce Weekend Thrives Again on Essent Technology
12/3/2019
Essent SiteBuilder and the Essent Commerce Cloud can accommodate a virtually inexhaustable number of concurrent online shoppers. |
PromoStandards Workshop Returns for 2020 PPAI Expo
12/3/2019 |
PPAI Expo 2020: Technology Solutions in Action, Booth 3157
12/3/2019
Technology solutions for business management, ecommerce, integration, and more at 2020 PPAI Expo Booth 3157. |
Understanding the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), aka ‘GDPR-Lite’
11/12/2019
Once it takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020, the CCPA will become the strictest consumer privacy protection law in the United States. |
Out-Of-State Sales Tax in Forefront as Amazon Seller Faces $1.6M Bill
11/7/2019
States are empowered by the Wayfair decision to ramp up sales tax collections on out-of-state sellers, and they are acting on it. |
PromoStandards Launches Significant Improvement to Product Data Standard
10/24/2019
6 of the top 7 promotional products suppliers representing $5.4 billion in annual sales are among the suppliers who adopted the PromoStandards Product Data Standard. |
Donation Management Functionality for the Promotional Products Industry is Here for Season of Giving
10/16/2019
For businesses who want to add a charitable component to their sales, collecting donations is just the start. Donation management software is for what comes next. |
What Does the Dominos ADA Ruling Mean for Business Websites?
10/10/2019
Citing the ADA’s guarantee of "full and equal enjoyment of the goods and services ... of any place of public accommodations,” a blind man’s lawsuit claimed Domino’s did not provide accommodations for him to order pizza online. |
Slow Websites Slow Sales: Optimizing Ecommerce For Page Speed
9/10/2019
Slow ecommerce websites are frowned upon by both search engines and shoppers. What can be done to please the robots and the people alike? |
Essent Party at AT&T Stadium Provided Once-In-A-Lifetime Experiences
8/21/2019
The Essent party reached almost larger-than-life proportions when it was held this year at AT&T Stadium, the NFL stadium in Arlington, Texas. |