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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.”

3 Fun Merch Trends From Apple’s WWDC Swag Bag

The branded items from the tech giant’s annual developer’s conference, being held this ...

So Far, Port Disruptions Aren’t Affecting Promo Supply Lines, Sourcing Leaders Say

Amid contentious contract talks, unionized dockworkers have taken labor actions that ha...

More Than 600 Attend HALO’s National Sales Conference

The event from the industry’s largest distributor included a trade show with nearly 170...

Sky High Marketing Hires Debbie Gaspar as CRO, Opens New York Office

The announcement comes as the distributorship is also building a new headquarters in Wi...

Wallace Graphics Expands Into Promo With Acquisition of The Corporate Shop

The Corporate Shop is a Duluth, GA-based distributor with an 18,000-square-foot facilit...

Ennis Inc. Acquires UMC Print

The Texas-based supplier has made at least four acquisitions since August last year.

$30 Million Printing/Promo Firm Expanding With New Production Building

Vivid Ink Graphics says a rise in branded apparel business is fueling the need to expand.

Facilisgroup Hosts Platinum Elite Trip at Resort in Mexico

Drawn from within the Facilis network, attendees included top distributor sales perform...

Taylor Corporation Subsidiary Acquires Wholesale Trade Printer

Taylor Corp. owns multiple firms in promo, including Top 40 entities.

Alphabroder Promotes Eric Levin to New EVP Role

The Top 40 supplier also announced that it has hired a new vice president of decoration...

Stran & Company Completes Fourth Acquisition Since Becoming a Publicly Traded Company

The Top 40 distributor announced that it has sealed the deal to purchase the business a...

Alex Symms Named Director of Sales at Evans Manufacturing

Symms is an industry veteran. Evans was a Top 40 supplier when it was acquired by fello...

4imprint Forecasts Slowing Growth; Facilisgroup Parent Firm Says Revenue Rising

4imprint and The Pebble Group, which owns Facilis and distributor Brand Addition, are b...

M&A Primer: How To Establish the Value of a Business

Amid recent merger and acquisition activity in the industry, potential buyers and selle...

Ennis Inc. Acquires Michigan-based Trade Printer

The purchase of Stylecraft Printing Company marks the third acquisition that publicly t...

Acquisition Creates Combined Distributorship With Forecasted $16 Million in Revenue

The deal sees Midwest Single Source acquire Roberts Hutch-Line, a company with a nearly...

Cotton Heritage Hires VP of Business Development

Greg Brown joins the apparel supplier with a resume that includes leadership roles at C...

Tests Show Some Next Level Apparel Fabric Originated from Xinjiang

The Top 40 supplier has quarantined the cotton. Xinjiang is a region of China from whic...

Branded Treats Acquires SPOTS NYC

The supplier of brandable food items has also debuted a new e-commerce solution and pro...

Indoff Acquired by Billion-Dollar Publicly Traded Firm

The distributor, whose offerings include more than promo products, generated a reported...

ScreenBroidery Promotes Alec Witham to Director of Creative & Marketing

The promotion comes as Witham played a key part in helping the distributorship again ra...

Newsweek Names Cintas One of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies

“Trust and mutual respect are foundations of our culture,” says Todd Schneider, preside...

Greater Pacific Industries Names Havens SVP of Sales

An industry veteran, Tom Havens’ resume includes founding a $25 million distributorship...

FTC Evaluating Public Comments on Proposed Noncompete Ban

Based on the feedback, the agency could modify its proposal, which as currently worded ...

SanMar Named Among Best-Managed Companies in US

The designation for the Top 40 supplier comes through the Best Managed Companies Progra...