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Christopher Ruvo

  • Executive Editor, News & Content Strategy

Chris spearheads ASI Media’s news coverage, leading the creation of daily articles, in-depth feature reports, podcasts and videos that tackle the most important topics in the promo products industry. His writing and multi-media work has earned numerous regional and national awards, including the 2019 and 2022 Neal Awards for “Best Range of Work By A Single Author.”

Altitude Group Reports Strong Fiscal-Year Results

The U.K.-headquartered firm is the parent company of U.S-based promo industry solution ...

Deborah Gaspar Named Director of Sales & Marketing at Zagwear

The industry veteran has more than 25 years of promo experience, including time spearhe...

Logomark Names New Chief Operating Officer

John Lear comes to the Top 40 supplier following a 25-year career in the capital and co...

Sales Growth From Vistaprint, National Pen Helps Drive Cimpress’ Revenue Gain

The Top 40 distributor reported that total global company sales, which include revenue ...

Federal Cannabis Rescheduling Could Lead to Opportunity for Promo

The planned move from the DEA to classify marijuana as a less dangerous substance could...

PromoCentric Projects $25M in 2024 Sales Following Acquisition

The New Hampshire-based distributorship has purchased New Jersey-based Glazer Promos.

Court Denies Motion To Dismiss Lead-Related Lawsuits Against Stanley’s Parent Company

A federal judge has approved the consolidation of three civil complaints tied to the po...

Google Delays Elimination of Third-Party Cookies From Chrome Browser

It will be at least 2025 before the search giant nixes the online trackers – a change t...

Distributor Warns of Scammer Posing as HVAC Company Buyer

The crook was crafty, but Tom Broadbent discovered that the request for logoed items wa...

The Campaign Case Study: ‘Rounding Up’ For a Cause

A California-based distributor’s on-trend custom merch solution is propelling a heartwa...

Whitestone Promotes Dominique Volker to VP of Sales

Volker was the company’s first employee and has had a glittering career through her fir...

The Bright Side: Kaeser & Blair Celebrates 130th Anniversary

The Top 40 distributor is in its fourth generation of Kaeser family leadership.

Melissa Ralston Leaving Koozie Group, Trish Daly Becomes VP of Sales

Executives at the Top 40 supplier said they are confident of a “smooth transition.”

Companies Owe More Than $1M for Wrongly Classifying Employees as Independent Contractors

The U.S. Labor Department adopted controversial new rules regarding employee-vs.-indepe...

FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements Throughout the U.S.

The commission adopted a new final rule that prohibits the contract clauses with worker...

Anthony Fullenkamp Named Manager of Links Unlimited’s Promo Division

Fullenkamp has been with the supplier for several years, having previously worked at a ...

Five Gildan Directors Departing Board Amid Corporate Battle

The Top 40 supplier also indicated there would be no official update on the potential s...

Obituary: Brian Haner, Image Source

Haner founded the Washington-based distributorship, leading it to become a $30 million-...

HALO Branded Solutions Acquires Wisconsin-Based Distributorship

The team from Star Promotions is joining the Illinois-headquartered Top 40 promo firm.

The Vernon Company Holds National Sales Meeting, Names SanMar Supplier of the Year

The Top 40 distributor held the three-day event in Indianapolis.

Stat Spotlight: Inflation Entrenches, Throwing Fed Interest Rate Cut Into Question

It’s part of a tricky economic reality promo firms are trying to navigate, though there...

Parent Company of Stanley Tumbler Wants Lead-Related Lawsuits Dismissed

Pacific Market International is facing at least four suits and has asked a judge to tos...

FTC Set To Decide Fate of Noncompete Agreements on April 23

This Q&A primer fills you in on the controversial proposal that could see the contract ...

Amid Corporate Fight, Gildan CEO Outlines Strategic Priorities

Activist investors have criticized the plan. The Top 40 firm also released preliminary ...

Proforma Names Bori Ly VP of Business Development

Ly has leadership experience at both a Top 40 supplier and Top 40 distributorship.