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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.”

Best Places to Work: #29 – BEL Promo

Find out what makes this supplier a top promo industry workplace.

AAA Innovations Partners With American Forests

The promo products supplier will plant a tree for every wood market umbrella it sells.

Russia’s Invasion Spurs Anxiety, Humanitarian Action From European Promo Firms

Market leaders say business activity hasn’t yet been affected in European countries not...

Best Places to Work: #33 – Brand Fuel

Find out what makes this distributor a top promo industry workplace.

Pop! Promos Names Vice President of Sales

Maria Acquarola has earned a promotion to the leadership position at the Philadelphia-b...

Best Places to Work: #45 – Gemline

Find out what makes this supplier a top promo industry workplace.

Best Places to Work: #47 – Kaeser & Blair

Find out what makes this distributor a top promo industry workplace.

U.S. Hiring Soars, Creating Opportunity for Promo

Non-farm employers in the United States added 678,000 positions in February. Some analy...

Survey: Desire for Better Pay, Remote Work Drive Worker Quits

The insights come as companies across industries, including the promotional products sp...

AIA Names SVP of Finance

Cynthia Kopesky has been hired to the C-suite role at the Top 40 promo products distrib...

BAMKO Partners With Carder and Associates

There’ll be a merger of operations and BAMKO will provide Carder with a suite of suppor...

USDOT Releases Report on Improving Supply Chain

Transportation officials have dozens of recommendations for helping overcome supply cha...

Polyconcept Acquires Spoke Custom Products

Polyconcept, the parent firm of Top 40 promo products supplier PCNA, made the move as p...

ASB National Sales Conference Draws Hundreds

The event marked the Top 40 promo products distributor’s first in-person conference in ...

Officials Warn of Increased Cyberattack Threat From Russia-Backed Hackers

Promo products companies are not top on the list of potential targets, but should still...

Gildan Reports Record Q4 Performance as Full-Year Sales Surge

The Top 40 promo products supplier says annual revenue for 2021 was greater than in 201...

Promo Supplier Crystal D Buys New, Larger Facility

The company said the new building will have double the space for inventory.

Scammers Use Merch to Scheme Locals Who Would Support Police

Perpetrators are trying to lure people into buying T-shirts with local police departmen...

The Image Group Names Rob Watson Managing Director

Watson is a promo veteran who comes to the Top 40 distributorship with a resume that in...

Distributor Sales Soar 12% in 2021

Industry sales increased to $23.2 billion – not quite pre-pandemic levels, but a remark...

Bill Would Require Big Companies to Audit Supply Chains for Forced Labor

The audits would have to be conducted annually, submitted to the government and made pu...

Critics: Pro-Union Proposals Could Impact Federal Contractors, Grant Seekers

A task force has issued a report with recommendations for facilitating unionization eff...

Private Equity Acquisition Brings Together Competitors InkSoft, Printavo

InkSoft and Printavo specialize in cloud-based software solutions for apparel decorators.

Promo’s Opportunities With Cruise Industry Could Be on the Rise

The cruising business was hard-hit by the pandemic, depressing merch sales in the segme...

NJ Plastic Bag Ban Effective Date Nears

The prohibition is creating opportunity for promo products firms to sell branded reusab...