{"id":4388,"date":"2022-09-12T06:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T06:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2022-09-21T05:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T05:05:56","slug":"order-promotional-christmas-gifts-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/order-promotional-christmas-gifts-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not THAT time again, is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>It was October the 6th, I didn&#8217;t know whether to laugh or cry.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I do like Christmas, a lot, but when in early October last year I found them hanging Christmas decorations in my local chemist I knew that it was back on&#8230; Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-f732b56a wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault.jpg\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-4391\" width=\"408\" height=\"228\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You see, if decorations are going up in early October and not coming down until the New Year it means that over 1\/6th of our lives are spent in a state of Christmas-ness.  Too much for this particular Grinch&#8230; and most people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">You know what&#8217;s now coming-up in this merchandise blog&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to talk about Christmas&#8230; now! \ud83d\ude42 As you know things have been different this year &#8211; shortages of lots of things &#8211; including merchandise.   It was actually the same last year, we sold-out of Christmas gift merch about a month earlier than usual and had disappointed customers.  Our competitors were the same, it was across our industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The 5 Most Popular Christmas Merchandise Categories, and when most stock options were gone last year:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-348bd54e wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/merchchristmas.jpg\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/merchchristmas.jpg 1024w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/merchchristmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-4417\" width=\"\" height=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are being pro-active this year, we are busy talking with clients about their Christmas\/Holiday gift ideas now.  We do apologise for this early Christmas-ness but would rather your clients and staff did not miss-out if they did last year.  There is also a strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/keeping-staff-everyones-biggest-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">business case<\/a> for employee gifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Start looking at ideas &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/category\/gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shop Gifts Now<\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, remember our free service called <em>&#8216;Vision Boards&#8217;&#8230; <\/em>we can show your logo on any product &#8211; great for removing any doubt or selling that gift idea to your boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-389fcfd7 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-21-150406.png\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-21-150406-1024x723.png 1024w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-21-150406-1024x723.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-4437\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Upbags Eco Shopper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Promotion Products Team<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was October the 6th, I didn&#8217;t know whether to laugh or cry. 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