Awards

Top 40 Distributors 2020: No. 39 Drive Marketing

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

Top 40 Distributors 2020: No. 40 APISource

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

International Person of the Year 2020: Michael Freter, PSI

It would be a masterpiece of...

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

Sai Koppaka's grandmother raised him....

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Counselor Lifetime Achievement Award 2020: Marty Lott, SanMar

Be nice and tell the truth. Marty...

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

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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

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

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

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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

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Jordie Freedman began her career in theater, moving into Broadway and TV and even...

Distributor Family Business of the Year 2020: City Paper Company

Like sweet tea and college football,...

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

When Miami-based Sobe Promos...

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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...

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SOI 2020: Staffing Shakeup in Distributor Workforces

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

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SOI 2020: The Benefits of Diversification

By providing extra services, particularly ...

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

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

SOI 2020: Restarting Sales

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Distributors see small signs of hope amid the economic wreckage.

SOI 2020: Technology Advancement Accelerates

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

SOI 2020: End-Market Upheaval

Counselor

Healthcare is up, other markets are not, but there are opportunities within all.