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Article: Monroeville, Pa., Hosts Promotional Products Industry Expo.
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- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2004
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Byline: Bob Batz Jr.
Mar. 4--An industry you may think you know nothing about is likely everywhere in your home, all over your desk, touching your body.
It's right there, meant to be seen -- from the front of your NASCAR cap to the back of your University of Pittsburgh fanny pack, on your Norah Jones T-shirt, your Chub's Plumbing calendar magnet, your IC Light bottle-opener keychain and your Post-Gazette mug.
Promotional products, as they're called, have ballooned -- and penned and mouse-padded -- into an industry that in 2002 had sales of $15.6 billion and left its imprints on an estimated 750,000 different products. One of this year's hottest ...