OPPA

The momentum is building for OPPA’s Women in Merch 2026! 💼💫

Our annual gathering brings together inspiring women from across the promotional products industry for connection, collaboration, and powerful conversations you won’t want to miss. From dynamic speakers to meaningful networking and our signature Fashion Show, this event continues to grow bigger and better each year!

And here’s the exciting part…
🎉 Registration will officially open by the end of this week! 🎉

Get ready to grab your spot, invite your colleagues, and be part of an empowering experience designed to connect, educate, and elevate women in our industry.

Stay tuned — it’s almost time! 💕

🔔 𝙊𝙋𝙋𝘼 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚 ✨𝙣𝙚𝙬✨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩!!

This May we are introducing our Spring Fling Client Showcase! This will replace our Sales Safari event and allow Distributors to bring their clients to see items from top Suppliers in the industry

May 5th - Cleveland
May 6th - Columbus

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🌺 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
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🌼 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
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We can’t wait to see you there!

OPPA would like to recognize a couple of key individuals who have contributed so much to our organization over the last year and beyond!

First up, this year's OPPA Hall of Fame inductee... Donna Vorce of First Impressions. We thank Donna for her long list of accomplishments during her time on the OPPA board, and congratulate her on joining an incredible group of individuals vital to OPPA's longevity.

Donna was honored during our OPPA annual meeting and dinner Tuesday night in Columbus, along with Supplier of the Year winner Matt Eysoldt. Matt is always willing to jump in and help our group wherever possible, and is a large supporter of our OPPA events. Clearly we think he's amazing, but so do his distributors.

We thank you both for your constant support and contributions to our organization! Please help us in congratulating Donna and Matt!

Huge thank you to all of our distributor and supplier partners who braved the cold and ice in Cleveland to come out and make Day 2 of our TOM Show incredible! We are so grateful for all of you, and hope you enjoyed all the show had to offer!

OPPA has some awesome new events coming up and we are so excited for what 2026 will bring! Can't wait to see you all in the Spring! Stay tuned for more details and teasers....

The TOM Show is open and ready to welcome all our distributor partners in Columbus at the Ohio Expo Center! Come join us and take a look at all our top suppliers have to offer for 2026!

Cleveland get ready!! We will see you tomorrow!!

🎄✨ Holiday Wishes from OPPA ✨🎄

OPPA would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season! May your days be filled with warmth, joy, good health, and time spent with those you hold dear.

Thank you for being part of our community — we look forward to the year ahead. 🎁❄️

Yesterday was day two of our first Women in Merch event, and we could not have been happier with how everything turned out!

Sending big thanks to our featured speakers Shawna Trom, Nikki Ahern-Rea, Jamie Johnson and Jodie Schillinger….and an even bigger thank you again to all of our attendees!! We hope that you had an amazing time and we are so looking forward to seeing everyone at next year’s event!

We absolutely could NOT have had this incredible event without all of our sponsors… our featured product sponsors, our cash sponsors, or supplier partners! Thank you all… some of you have even offered to continue on to next year’s event and we feel so honored to have you on this journey with us!!!

…until next time!!!

Day one of the Women in Merch event is coming to a close! Today was absolutely amazing….more than we anticipated it would be! We appreciate everyone being so open, vulnerable and engaged!

Thank you again for all of our attendees… and especially today’s distinguished guest speakers! Kelly McDonald, Susan Lewandowski and Kara Keister.

Also sending a special thank you to Scott Mulhollen from Dynamic Self Defense for the self defense pointers and lesson and Dr. Jen Lisy from Ohio University for the lesson on AI.

Can’t wait for tomorrow!!!

The OPPA Women in Merch event is off to a roaring start!!! Thanks to all of our ladies who joined us for our inaugural event and those who walked the runway in tonight’s fashion show!

Special shout outs to TerryTown and HPG for our welcome room drops; J. Charles for our welcome reception champagne glasses; Raining Rose, Warwick, All American Writing Instuments, and Aakron Line for registration gifts; Snugz and ID Line for our badges and lanyards; S&S Activewear for all the apparel for our fashion show.

We are so grateful to have amazing and supportive partners! Tomorrow the fun begins!!!

Tomorrow we welcome our Women in Merch to the Cherry Valley Resort!! Our team is so excited to get things started, and we are very grateful and honored to have all of our amazing attendees join us this week! Stay tuned for all the highlights… looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 🩷🎉🍾