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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.”

Fossil Group Reports Decline In Sales, Net Income

Texas-based   Fossil Group, parent company of Fossil Corporate Markets (asi/55145),...

Emoji Graphics Are Now A Thing On Pro Soccer Jerseys

To the delight of some, the indifference of others, and the palm-to-forehead-and-gasp...

Taylor Communications Acquires NY-Area Firm’s Assets

Top 40 distributor Taylor Communications (asi/333647) announced that it has completed...

Branded Merch Abounds at 20th Annual Philadelphia Tattoo Convention

Dave Clarke's deft artistic skills with a tattoo needle landed him a coveted spot on...

Branded Merch Abounds at 20th Annual Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention

Dave Clarke's deft artistic skills with a tattoo needle landed him a coveted spot on...

Alibaba Reports Huge Quarterly Sales

China-based Alibaba Group said its revenue rose 56% year-over-year to $12.76 billion...

InnerWorkings To Appoint New CEO

Top 40 distributor InnerWorkings (asi/168860) has announced a CEO succession plan...

iPROMOTEu Honors Suppliers & Affiliates

Top 40 distributor iPROMOTEu (asi/232119) recently hosted special events in Las...

Snapchat Launches In-App Merch Store

Snapchat, the popular image messaging and multimedia mobile application, is now...

Pro Towels Promotes Benson to COO

The Pro Towels Family of Brands has a new chief operating officer. The...

Sunscope Says It No Longer Has Relationship With Aprinta

Top 40 supplier Sunscope (asi/90075) says it no longer has a business relationship...

10K Tee’s Anatomical Logo Gets National Media Attention In UK

A logoed T-shirt for a 10K race in the United Kingdom was the subject of...

Networking Opportunities, New Products Draw Droves of Distributors To ASI Dallas

Sean Ingram has carved out a cool niche. The president/project manager for...

Fully Promoted Says 2017 Sales Are Into Nine Figures

Preliminary results show that Top 40 distributor Fully Promoted (asi/384000)...

Retrospective: Industry Veteran Barb Wells Is Retiring

It was relationships that drew long-time promo executive Barb Wells into the...

Philanthropy & Patriotism Power Hirsch Gift’s New Line

For Paul and Peter Hirsch, running a business is about more than profits. It's about...

Cimpress Reports Strong Sales Gains

Top 40 distributor Cimpress (asi/162149), parent company of Vistaprint and National...

Elon Musk’s Branded Flamethrower: The Hottest Promotional Product In The World

Elon Musk is a lot of things: genius, billionaire, pioneering entrepreneur,...

Import Tariff Bill Could Benefit Promo Industry

The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that could send ripples through the promotional...

Scott Keynotes ASI Dallas

David Meerman Scott wanted to move his office to a new location. So, he hopped on...

Adopt The Practices of Top Sales Pros

Want to succeed in sales? Rob Liano says it's all about consistently engaging in...

Enhancing Communication With Customers

Given the different ways clients and prospects might prefer to communicate in...

AIA Acquires OfficeZilla

Top 40 distributor AIA Corporation (asi/109480) has acquired Kennesaw, GA-based...

Survey: U.S Consumer Sentiment Declines

A new survey shows that consumer sentiment in the United States unexpectedly dropped...

4imprint Reports Preliminary 2017 Sales

Top 40 distributor 4imprint (asi/197045) increased sales more than 12% year-over-year...