September 2020
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first ever Virtual Show held in conjunction with our partners at the Americasmart and Las Vegas Market. We loved hearing from you and wanted to share the feedback with our community with hopes it will encourage you to connect with us in new and exciting ways!
If you missed the Virtual Show, you can still catch up here…
Thank you for this opportunity. I can’t wait to see all that will be presented. Here are the three vendors that I am most excited to learn more about.
Cait & Co – apothecary! Just reading over the creative names in their lineup of giveaways made me relax
EcoVessel – I have to say that the moment I learned that EcoVessel was with PPP I jumped at the opportunity to sell their product. My order is slated to ship the first of October. I’m looking forward to seeing them in the showcase however, because it’s always nice to learn more about a new product and see their latest offerings.
Mary Meyer Corp – I struggle with baby inventory. I really like their offerings and appreciate that a number of them serve a duel purpose. I look forward to seeing and learning more.
Michelle Kronner
I am excited to learn about Burton + Burton. I like the items that you featured in the photo and can’t wait to see more. I am anxious to learn about EcoVessel. I have had Nate reach out to me about this line, but I would like to see what you guys can share about this line. I have not seen Mud Pie before, but just learned that one of my vendors now carries the line. I have not had a chance to meet with her, though, so I am excited to see what they have to offer. I’m curious about Transpac. I am not familiar with them and look forward to learning more about their products.
I can’t wait for the call!! See you there!
Jessica Krauss
I was excited about the Squishables. I had not really ever looked at all their products and now I am hooked. I will be making an order once I decide all my favorites. I really enjoyed the show.
Thank you,
Rhonda Hernandez
I am looking forward to trying Cait & Co. We are a small community and do not have a mall or even anything like a Bath & Body Works sort of company. I think this will do well for us.
Thank you for the vendor introductions. I currently utilize several of the vendors but found a couple more I will be trying soon.
Angela Quinn
I’m excited about Cait & Co. It sounds like they have wonderful fragranced natural products. These will be great holiday gifts. The other vendor I’ll be looking into is Squishables. Their products are super cute and sound like great gifts for all ages.
We currently buy from Giftcraft, Mary Meyer, Transpac, Burton & burton and Mud Pie. They are all great vendors and have wonderful products for hospital gift shops!
Keri Schwartz
As you went thru the vendors, I made notes and starred the ones that I plan to follow-up on. Here’s my list: Burton + Burton, EcoVessel (Nate had actually reached out to me previously, but I had not acted on it yet), GiftCraft (we already use them, but I was unaware of the show special), Mary Meyer (I loved the soft books), MudPie, and Transpac.
Jessica Krauss
I ordered the $10 Christmas throw pillows from Peking Handicrafts. I would not have known about this if it wasn’t for the Zoom meeting. Thanks!
Lee Patterson
I have found the PPP community to be very helpful and encouraging during this trying time. My first experience with PPP was the breakfast I attended at the 2019 January Las Vegas Market. The networking was invaluable as I met other gift shop managers and listened to their ideas and experiences. Also, after listening to the vendors presentations, I bought from several that have been great additions to our shop. As I have attended the morning coffee, read the network news, emailed questions, listened to presentations, and used some of the tools provided by PPP, I can honestly say it has made me better prepared and able to deal with our current situation. Thank you for the amazing insights, up to date information, and professional details. Your organization has been a great resource for me and I look forward to utilizing it in the future. Thank you.
Stephanie Byrom
Thank you for yesterday. It was great. Please continue doing this…Thanks –
Linda Bacon
Thank you for the great information/tour. I made a lot of notes and will be looking into some of the vendors that I’ve not used before. I will say that just yesterday I met with Connie from Sales Associates and placed my first Mary Meyer order.
Michelle Kronner
I have never sold product from Mud Pie in the 6 years that I have been manager. I see the product in some other locations and am excited to gain access to a rep (and a PPP discount).
Angela Quinn
Good afternoon ! I’m excited about attending your virtual event today. I’m really excited to see more from Cait & Co. so that I can get an idea of the quality of their product.
Mary Linda Hays
Thank you for organizing the Virtual Showcase, I did enjoy it and learned about some new products. The vendors I was not familiar with prior the virtual meeting was Peking Handicraft, looks like great product. Also it was nice to see the new introductions from Bonitas and Squishables.
I was not available to attend the last Zoom but I did listen to the recording it was very informative learning what is happening in other hospital gift shops. Again, Thank you.
Susan Fiorillo
…thanks to you and your team for hosting that. I was looking for a couple of new lines and think I found one that I might pick up!
Ali McCrary
