Media Release: ASI Announces Top-Performing Suppliers At Counselor Distributor Choice Awards
The Advertising Specialty Institute names top-performing suppliers in the $23.6 billion promotional products industry, including Supplier of the Year, Las Vegas-based Digispec.
TREVOSE, Pa., Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI) honored nearly 200 of the top-performing suppliers in the $23.6 billion promotional products industry and named industry mouse pad leader Digispec as the Supplier of the Year at its annual Counselor Distributor Choice Awards.
The winning companies were celebrated at an awards ceremony held during ASI's yearly trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.
For the Counselor Distributor Choice Awards, distributors across North America choose which companies to honor by voting for their most valued supplier. Winners are selected based on votes and data from ASI's Supplier Performance Ratings. All told, 193 finalists qualified in 50 product categories. This year, distributors cast nearly 50,000 votes, with Counselor honoring 40 different winning suppliers.
Click here to view a complete list of winners in the 2019 Counselor Distributor Choice Awards.
Las Vegas-based Digispec, which was named Supplier of the Year, has won the top spot in the mouse pads category of Counselor's Distributor Choice Awards for 12 straight years. Additionally, the company has been frequently named to Counselor's Best Places to Work list. Ed Hamilton is Digispec's founder and president.
"Digispec is unrivaled in its category in the promo market," said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI, at the awards ceremony. "Relying upon cutting-edge, state-of-the-art equipment and American-made materials, they're also synonymous with top quality."
In addition to honoring individual companies, ASI also celebrated Josh Ebrahemi, an 11-time top-selling sales rep at Top 40 distributor Jack Nadel International, as the Advantages Distributor Salesperson of the Year; Beth Belich, who manages a territory of $5.5 million in annual revenue for Top 40 supplier alphabroder, as the SGR Supplier Sales Rep of the Year; and Brenda Peralta, who manages southern region accounts covering 11 states and over 400 customers for supplier Crystal D, as the SGR Customer Service Rep of the Year.
About ASI
The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI®) serves a network of 23,500 suppliers, distributors and decorators in the $23.6 billion promotional products industry.
SOURCE Advertising Specialty Institute
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