TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
ASICentral Enhances Navigation, Education and Search
Wednesday March 18, 2009 | Filed under:
One thing that really makes my day is when I visit a website that's well-designed, easy to navigate, and provides useful information - which is why I'm delighted to announce ASI's ...
SAAC and State of the Industry
Thursday August 13, 2009 | Filed under:
I participated in an industry event recently - the 2009 SAAC Show in Long Beach, California. The Specialty Advertising Association of California invited me to discuss the state of ...
Counselor Survey Shows Higher Employee Morale
Tuesday July 14, 2009 | Filed under:
What is your company doing to boost morale? Counselor magazine's second annual Best Places to Work survey indicates higher morale at industry firms. Interesting, considering the ...
End-User Buying Habits Study
Tuesday November 3, 2009 | Filed under:
ASI recently completed an exclusive study about end-buyer expectations for promotional products compared to other forms of advertising, the types of programs that use promotional p...
Power Summit Video About Economy
Tuesday November 3, 2009 | Filed under:
Everyone gathered at the 2009 Power Summit in California has seen, heard and learned a lot already at numerous sessions, speeches and networking opportunities.Click here for a vide...
New ASI Study Reveals Third Quarter Sales Off 10.9%
Thursday October 22, 2009 | Filed under:
Today we're announcing the results of a new study that shows third quarter sales of promotional products are off 10.9% versus third quarter 2008. But while sales are still off, the...
Congrats to a Winning Editorial Team
Friday March 15, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI had good reason to cheer this week when Counselor® magazine was honored with its fourth Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for its 2012 “State of the Industry” is...
Sustain the Growth
Monday February 4, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI’s latest research analysis shows total 2012 distributor sales rose 5.2% to $19.4 billion. To put it into perspective, the promotional products industry grew last year at over t...
Camaraderie in the True North
Friday June 14, 2013 | Filed under:
One thing I’ve learned from 30 years in business is that the bigger the world gets, the more we need to work together. Today, even the most successful businesses are networking and...
Go Social
Wednesday April 10, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® recently welcomed about 35 members of the Philadelphia Area Promotional Products Association to our headquarters in Pennsylvania for a social media seminar.PAPPA members (who ...
The Era of Innovation
Thursday November 21, 2013 | Filed under:
Thanks to strong Q3 results, distributor and supplier sales in the promotional products industry have now risen for 15 straight quarters, which is solid proof that companies big an...
A Mountain of Information and Inspiration
Thursday September 19, 2013 | Filed under:
This year’s ASI Power Summit in Park City, Utah, had it all: Breaking news, early morning inspiration, late-night camaraderie, tons of expert advice, incredible views and great gol...
SOI: Cautiously Optimistic
Monday August 5, 2013 | Filed under:
Remember the dark days of the Great Recession? We were mired in a subprime mortgage crisis, losing millions of jobs and experiencing 10% unemployment. Nearly every industry took a ...
Taking the Industry’s Pulse
Wednesday August 6, 2014 | Filed under:
To most people, summer means family road trips, zeppelin-sized zucchini, backyard barbecues and lightning bugs. Here at ASI, summer means all that and more, since summer is when we...
Slow, Steady Growth
Wednesday May 7, 2014 | Filed under:
With the U.S. reporting modest economic gains and a European recovery finally taking hold, the most recent ASI North American sales report on the promotional products industry also...