NPTA generates exclusive benchmarking data generated from distributor members, economic data based on industry-specific indicators, research on industry topics and trends.

• NPTA’s Quarterly Economic Reports (In partnership with Institute for Trend Research): These reports correlate macroeconomic data to specific product categories directly related to the printing and packaging industries, allowing members to forecast what effect the economy has on their business and what they can reasonably expect for up to six quarters in the future.
   
• NPTA’s Distributor Financial Benchmarking Program (In partnership with iLumen): Subscribing distributor members automatically upload key financial metrics into a secure, online tool that provides these firms access to real-time benchmarking and analysis of their financial information compared to similar industry distributors. Individual financial performance can also be compared to select industry peer groups based on membership segment, company size, geography and buying group/marketing group affiliation.
   
• NPTA’s Distributor Compensation Report: This biannual report provides an analysis of management and employee pay scales, employee benefits and sales policies across paper, packaging and supplies distributors, as well as a broad spectrum of distributors across various industries outlined locally by hundreds of cities across the U.S. and Canada.