Bulletin Nr. 2022 / 5 (October)
Welcome to the fifth PromoTron Bulletin!
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Industry Trends
The Latest Trends
Main trends in the last 2-3 months
Peak season at the full swing
The inevitable is finally here, the main selling season has started. With the Christmas behind the corner.We wish you all success and the best possible sales results. cookie
Even the chocolate can go sustainable way
JUNG since 1828 GmbH & Co. KG has new kind of chocolate which is called "Rettergut". It's produced with chocolate which would normally be thrown away. That helps to save resources. Furthermore they have a new filler which is an alternative to chocolate - it's called Zonama. This is also very sustainable and healthy. nature_peopleNew lifestyle - VEGANISM - in promotional items
The advertising industry is also embracing alternative lifestyles and suppliers are including vegan products in their portfolios. MidOcean, for example, offers cosmetic products that are fully plant-based, skin-friendly, without any animal additives. All made in Europe and in recyclable packaging.Overall Interest by Categories
TOP 10 categories by total traffic during August-September 2022.
Changes in Interest by Categories
Categories with the highest growth and drop, comparsion June-July 2022 versus August-September 2022.
Changes in Interest by Suppliers
Change in total traffic to suppliers' products, comparsion June-July 2022 versus August-September 2022.
Product Trends
TOP ECO products
TOP 100 sustainable products by total traffic in August-September 2022.
SEE ALL TOP ECO PRODUCTS
Growing interest in products
TOP 50 products with the highest growth in total traffic, between June-July versus August-September 2022.
SEE ALL GROWING PRODUCTS
Dropping interest in products
TOP 50 products with the highest drop in total traffic, between June-July versus August-September 2022
SEE ALL DROPPING PRODUCTS
Novelties for Season
Novelties by Categories
Analysis of new products by categories added from August 2022.
New models | New products | |
Kitchen, Home & Gastro | 1 155 31,08 % | 1 279 21,66 % |
Business & Office | 737 19,83 % | 1 137 19,25 % |
Traveling & Bags | 503 13,54 % | 677 11,46 % |
Writing Instruments | 344 9,26 % | 1 207 20,44 % |
Technology & Mobile | 240 6,46 % | 272 4,61 % |
Drinkware | 222 5,97 % | 404 6,84 % |
Kids, Toys & School | 125 3,36 % | 127 2,15 % |
Leisure, Games & Sport | 103 2,77 % | 150 2,54 % |
Tools & Keys | 88 2,37 % | 103 1,74 % |
Wellness & Healthcare | 83 2,23 % | 86 1,46 % |
Textile & Fashion | 79 2,13 % | 423 7,16 % |
SEE NOVELTY ANALYSIS FOR ALL CATEGORIES
Novelties by Suppliers
Overview of suppliers and new introduced products from August 2022.

You can also check out all novelties by main categories ...
Supplier | New Models | New SKUs |
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265 | 1035 |
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505 | 696 |
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421 | 609 |
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208 | 466 |
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167 | 289 |
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172 | 250 |
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61 | 107 |
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25 | 68 |
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44 | 58 |
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27 | 43 |
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23 | 39 |
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21 | 36 |
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19 | 22 |
Virtual Sampling Trends
Data for August + September 2022 | Comparison with June + July 2022

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Supplier
Virtual Samples
News on Suppliers
Newly Added Suppliers
Details on supplier's integration, assortment status and engagement with individual PromoTron services.
Finished Templating for Virtual Samples
Overview of recently finished templating

Upcoming on Suppliers
Upcoming New Suppliers
Overview of upcoming new suppliers and their products and collections within 4-8 weeks
Upcoming Data Updates
Overview of upcoming supplier data updates in next weeks.
Supplier | Comment |
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We have successfuly completed extensive update of the their printing technologies and prices into TronCalculator. Now we are only finishing synchronization of descriptions of printing technologies in other languages. |
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L-Shop-Team improved the way of providing product data (several big excel files) via FTP = we will modify our data processing and their product data and also prices will be updated regularly (once per month) instead of irregular and unreliable updates depending on information sent to us by email. |
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Inspirion improved the way of providing product data and price lists = we will modify our data procesing and their products and also prices will be updated regularly (once per week). |
Upcoming Templating for Virtual Samples
Overview of templating queue and planned another suppliers.
Opened negotiations with New Suppliers
A list of suppliers we are currently negotiating with or have invited to join.
Delayed New Suppliers & Data Updates
Overview of suppliers where unfortunately the planned update or extension is still delayed.
Supplier | Comment |
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There are still some small glitches in data documents that did not allow us to finish their integration into our TronCalculator and TronLogo. |
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Correct colour display for some technologies in TronLogo is very complex, but we are nearing the successful end. |