Awards

Top 40 Distributors 2020: No. 38 Quality Logo Products

Counselor

Counselor's exclusive ranking of the distributors with the most revenue in the promo...

Top 40 Distributors 2020: No. 39 Drive Marketing

Counselor

Counselor's exclusive ranking of the distributors with the most revenue in the promo...

Top 40 Distributors 2020: No. 40 APISource

Counselor's exclusive ranking of the...

---

International Person of the Year 2020: Michael Freter, PSI

It would be a masterpiece of...

---

Technology Executive of the Year 2020: Sai Koppaka, BEL USA

Sai Koppaka's grandmother raised him....

Counselor Lifetime Achievement Award 2020: Marty Lott, SanMar

Counselor

Be nice and tell the truth. Marty Lott attributes his nearly 50-year career and...

Supplier Entrepreneur of the Year 2020: Ryan Moor, Allmade/Ryonet

Counselor

Ryan Moor has come a long way from his days as a high school punk rocker screen...

Bess Cohn Humanitarians of the Year 2020: Jordan Bartlett, Scott Henderson & Logan Altman, Doing Good Works

Counselor

When Jordan Bartlett was in college, a new social network called The Facebook was...

Woman of Distinction 2020: Carol de Ville, The Branding Company

Counselor

There are forces of nature who can make things happen by sheer will, and then there's...

Supplier Family Business of the Year 2020: Jornik Manufacturing

Jordie Freedman began her career in...

---

Distributor Family Business of the Year 2020: City Paper Company

Like sweet tea and college football,...

---

Distributor Entrepreneurs of the Year 2020: Spencer Kramer, Chris Ferriter & Scott Latimer, Sobe Promos

When Miami-based Sobe Promos...

Person of the Year 2020: Jo-an Lantz, Geiger

Her ascension last year to Geiger’s CEO ch...

---

SOI 2020: Consolidation in the Cards

The reality of prolonged shutdowns: Many f...

---

SOI 2020: Staffing Shakeup in Distributor Workforces

Thinned-out ranks and empty offices are he...

SOI 2020: The Benefits of Diversification

Counselor

By providing extra services, particularly digital ones, distributors have been better a...

SOI 2020: Events Going Dark

Counselor

Cancellations and postponements have sent distributors back to the drawing board.

SOI 2020: Learning From the 2008 Recession

Counselor

As the U.S. faces a recession, distributors are using the wisdom they gained from the l...

SOI 2020: PPE Has Been Promo’s Lifeline

Counselor

PPE sales have sustained many industry companies through the pandemic. That could conti...

SOI 2020: Restarting Sales

Counselor

Distributors see small signs of hope amid the economic wreckage.

SOI 2020: Technology Advancement Accelerates

Counselor

Coronavirus shutdowns forced businesses to implement new tech very quickly, and for man...