Article: 2004 promotional products sales climb to second largest total ever.

IRVING, Texas - Based on a recent study conducted exclusively for Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), estimated sales of promotional products in 2004 increased 5.94 percent to $17,311,730,376, the second largest sales figure in the history of the industry.

This increase puts 2004 figures close to the record of $17.8 billion in 2000. Sales in 2001 and 2002 saw the first decline in more than 20 years, and in 2003, sales rebounded to $16.3 billion.

The study was conducted exclusively for PPAI by Alan D. Fletcher, Ph.D. at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University and Rick Ebel, former marketing communications ...

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