Awards

SOI 2018: Top Products in the Promo Industry

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A breakdown of the best-selling promo items features a dominant leader and a rising cat...

SOI 2018: Distributor Size Matters in the Promo Industry

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The differences between large distributors and their smaller competitors are as strikin...

SOI 2018: Product of the Year in the Promo Industry

No matter how you spin it, this was the it...

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SOI 2018: A Look Ahead in the Promo Industry

Distributors are generally optimistic abou...

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SOI 2018: Stories of the Year in the Promo Industry

These were the promo industry’s 17 biggest...

SOI 2018: Distributor & Supplier Relationships

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A statistical look at a key part of the industry supply chain.

SOI 2018: Up-Front Intel

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SOI 2018: Videos

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Get a list of all the videos created for the 2018 Counselor State of the Industry.

SOI 2018: Distributor Order Analysis in the Promo Industry

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Promo firms of nearly all sizes won more deals and made higher value sales in 2017.

SOI 2018: Podcasts

Get a glimpse of the 2018 Counselor State ...

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Marvin Spike Lifetime Achievement Award 2018: Gene Geiger, Geiger

Gene Geiger enjoys talking about himself...

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Bess Cohn Humanitarian Of The Year Award 2018: Peter Hirsch, Hirsch Gift

As Hurricane Harvey deluged the city of...

Technology Executive Of The Year 2018: Jonas Temple, The Magnet Group

Legend has it that when IBM started to...

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Supplier Woman Of Distinction 2018: Kellie Claudio, Sweda

If you were casting the role of "mom" in...

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Distributor Woman Of Distinction 2018: Faride Jarufe, Grupo Fama

With a positive outlook and a warm smile...

Family Business Of The Year 2018: Scarborough Specialties

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Cindy Scarborough was involved in the promo products industry before she even knew...

International Person Of The Year 2018: Peter Kelly, Cimpress

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It wouldn't be a surprise if Peter Kelly had his own personal contrails. The...

Supplier Entrepreneurs Of The Year 2018: Erin Reilly & Sterling Wilson, Pop! Promos

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Erin Reilly and Sterling Wilson are best-friend millennial entrepreneurs who, while...

Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year 2018: Mitch Mounger, Sunrise Identity

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There are people who show up in the industry, seemingly out of nowhere, and are so...

Person of the Year 2018: Sharon Eyal, ETS Express

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With an unflinching focus, unwavering integrity and more than his fair share of unrepen...

Top 40 Distributors 2018

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Counselor’s exclusive ranking of the distributors with the most revenue in the ad speci...