Smart Buying Tip #4: Sell-offs and Discounts. Many promotional product manufacturers have been carrying too much inventory recently so you can find excellent value by searching for Sell-offs and Discounts. Manufactures will offer deep discounts to sellout a discontinued item. To capitalize on this you may have to accept an unusual color choice or mixing up colors but the price should more than make up for it. On your next project get quotes on a current inventory item and a discontinued comparable. I think you will be impressed by the price difference.
Smart companies won’t stop buying premiums and incentives in the next 18 months, they will hold budgets steady or purchase slightly less. Hopefully they will buy smarter by utilizing two or more of the strategies outlined above.