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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 Announces Q2 Earnings, New CFO

Texas-based Fossil Group Inc., parent company of supplier Fossil Corporate Markets...

Massive Merch Store Opens at PGA Championship

The 99 th PGA Championship being held this week at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte,...

Phillies Nix Pete Rose Bobblehead Giveaway

Bobbleheads are big promotional items in the baseball world. But one recently created...

InnerWorkings Increases Q2 Revenue

Top 40 distributor InnerWorkings (asi/168860) reported Monday that its second quarter...

Beer Branding Gone Wild – Czech-Style

The Czech Republic consumes more beer per capita than any other nation on earth - an ...

Fire Tears Through Cooler Graphics’ Production Facility

A fire destroyed the production facility at Channelview, TX-based Cooler Graphics...

Study: Video Marketing Increases on Social Media

Businesses and brands are ratcheting up their use of video in social media marketing,...

Hanesbrands Announces Q2 Sales Increase

Hanesbrands (asi/59528) increased sales in the second quarter of 2017 to $1.65...

Tom Brady Wins Again. This Time At Merchandise Sales

With NFL training camps kicking into high gear, pro football fans everywhere but New...

4imprint Announces Rise in Revenue, Profits

4imprint (asi/197045) said Tuesday that it increased revenue to $298.91 million...

Manufacturing Activity Slows in China

Manufacturing activity in China slowed in July. China's official manufacturing...

New Twitter Marketing Service Aimed at Busy Professionals, Small Businesses

Twitter users keen to get more reach from their tweets might be in luck. The...

McDonald's Lets You Wear Your Big Mac Love

A new, limited time merchandise collection promotes McDonald’s delivery service.

Cintas Reports Full-Year, Q-4 Results

Top 40 distributor Cintas (asi/162167) has reported that total revenue for its...

New iPhone Case Inspired By Human Posterior

HandL’s “Maximus, aka the Butt Case” aims to offer users an ergonomically enhanced mean...

BIC Graphic Sale Completed

A deal that sees Top 40 supplier BIC Graphic North America (asi/40480) sold to H.I.G...

FBI Investigates At Ohio Promo Firm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation spent about seven hours investigating at the...

Amazon Might Launch Messaging App

Amazon might be developing a messaging application that could compete against social...

Grace Period Ends on Canadian Anti-Spam Law

Digital marketing just got a bit more complicated for companies that do business in...

Counselor Award Winners Honored

In addition to the Person of the Year announcement at this year's Counselor Awards...

Counselor Names Johansson Person of the Year

At a black-tie ceremony in Chicago, Counselor magazine named Henrik Johansson, CEO of...

New Jersey Weighs Ban on Balloon Launches

Legislators in New Jersey are considering enacting prohibitions that certain promo...

Supplier Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: Mike Szymczak & Jason Lucash, Origaudio

The jet lag isn't slowing down Jason Lucash. Just back from his second trip to...

Marvin Spike Lifetime Achievement Award 2017: Paul Lage, Gill Studios

The Marvin Spike Lifetime Achievement Award is meant to recognize a promotional...

Adidas Sneaker Promo Weds Beautiful Art & State Pride

The sportswear maker had female artists create, on sneakers, one-of-a-kind designs that...