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Christopher Ruvo

  • Executive Editor, News & Content Strategy

Chris spearheads ASI Media’s news coverage, leading the creation of daily articles, in-depth feature reports, podcasts and videos that tackle the most important topics in the promo products industry. His writing and multi-media work has earned numerous regional and national awards, including the 2019 and 2022 Neal Awards for “Best Range of Work By A Single Author.”

Ennis Inc. Acquires Michigan-based Trade Printer

The purchase of Stylecraft Printing Company marks the third acquisition that publicly t...

Acquisition Creates Combined Distributorship With Forecasted $16 Million in Revenue

The deal sees Midwest Single Source acquire Roberts Hutch-Line, a company with a nearly...

Cotton Heritage Hires VP of Business Development

Greg Brown joins the apparel supplier with a resume that includes leadership roles at C...

Tests Show Some Next Level Apparel Fabric Originated from Xinjiang

The Top 40 supplier has quarantined the cotton. Xinjiang is a region of China from whic...

Branded Treats Acquires SPOTS NYC

The supplier of brandable food items has also debuted a new e-commerce solution and pro...

Indoff Acquired by Billion-Dollar Publicly Traded Firm

The distributor, whose offerings include more than promo products, generated a reported...

ScreenBroidery Promotes Alec Witham to Director of Creative & Marketing

The promotion comes as Witham played a key part in helping the distributorship again ra...

Newsweek Names Cintas One of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies

“Trust and mutual respect are foundations of our culture,” says Todd Schneider, preside...

Greater Pacific Industries Names Havens SVP of Sales

An industry veteran, Tom Havens’ resume includes founding a $25 million distributorship...

FTC Evaluating Public Comments on Proposed Noncompete Ban

Based on the feedback, the agency could modify its proposal, which as currently worded ...

SanMar Named Among Best-Managed Companies in US

The designation for the Top 40 supplier comes through the Best Managed Companies Progra...

iPROMOTEu Promotes Hoffmann, Kneram, Codner & Segal

“Each of these key leaders consistently contributes in notable ways to iPROMOTEu’s grow...

ASB Brings Together Sales Pros, Suppliers With Accelerate

The Top 40 distributor held the annual collaboration event at Breezy Point Resort in ru...

Stran’s Sales Rose in Q1 2023, But the Firm Sustained a Loss

The Top 40 distributor said organic revenue growth was 17.7%, but a range of expenses –...

Elasto GmbH Opens New Production Facility

The Germany-headquartered firm is one of Europe’s biggest suppliers.

HALO Names Rachel Levin to VP Role

Levin has worked with multiple Top 40 distributorships and is the immediate past presid...

Goldstar Promotes Duggan, Baumgardner and Hokanson

It’s been a busy time for the supplier, which also recently announced a new global web ...

Alan Vaught, Co-Founder of Evans Manufacturing, Is Retiring

The Power 50 member is calling it a day after more than 30 years in the business. Top 4...

Rise of the Robots: Meet the Industry’s New AI-Powered Helpers

Signaling a new era of industry logistics, the use of autonomous mobile robots by sever...

Distributor Sales Cool in Q1 Amid Recession Concerns

Industry sales still increased 3.3% in the first quarter due in part to rising prices, ...

Proforma Spectrum Graphics Acquires Boston-Based Distributor DataGuide

The deal is part of a strategy to reach $25 million in annual sales, says Proforma Spec...

Grace Schettler Promoted to Senior VP of Sales at Cap America

Schettler joined the Top 40 firm in 2017 and has earned multiple promotions in her six ...

BAMKO Sales Decline Nearly 16% in Q1

Softer demand from clients in the tech and gig economy end-markets contributed to the r...

Bankers Advertising Hosts 2023 National Sales Conference

The Iowa-headquartered distributorship was Counselor’s 2021 Distributor Family Business...

Investment Firm Led by Jeff Lederer Acquires Top 40 Distributor Myron

An industry veteran, Lederer is the past owner and CEO of former Top 40 supplier Prime ...