ASI's Counselor Magazine Names 40 Best Places To Work In Promo Products Industry

TREVOSE, PA – October 14, 2019 – The Advertising Specialty Institute^® (ASI) today announced the top 40 best places to work in the $24.7 billion promotional products industry, with Counselor^® magazine naming Illinois distributor Quality Logo Products number one on the list of winning companies.

The suppliers and distributors on the annual list provide welcome perks and benefits, offer an inviting culture, communicate constantly, work hard and play hard.

Aurora, IL-based Quality Logo Products (QLP) employs 123 people and ranked 40 on Counselor’s 2019 list of the largest distributors in the promo industry. Co-founders are Michael Wenger and president Bret Bonnet, who developed a data-driven go-to-market strategy that generated 2018 ad specialty revenue of $44.1 million, up 70% from five years earlier. The company earned high marks from employees for balancing serious, profit-driving work with fun and good times.

“In today’s tight job market, finding and retaining great employees is more critical than ever, making Counselor’s Best Places to Work issue a must-read for any size company in our industry,” said Michele Bell (@ASI_MBell), who heads ASI’s editorial department. “Not that long ago, salaries were a top consideration. But today’s employees want a whole lot more – a strong corporate culture, management and advancement opportunities, flexible schedules, clear goals and valuable benefits. If you’re still stuck in the 1980s work-wise, this issue will tell you all you need to know to transform your company.”

Click here for the 40 promo companies celebrated as 2019’s best places to work. Below are the top 10 companies on the list:

1: Quality Logo Products Inc. (asi/302967)2: Printable Promotions (asi/299458)3: Concepts & Associates Inc. (asi/166235)4: Stowebridge (asi/337500)5: The Book Company (asi/41010)6: City Paper Company (asi/162267)7: HP2 Inc. (asi/217284)8: Brandito (asi/325944)9: Wizard Creations (asi/362568)10: Bright Ideas (asi/146026)

Along with celebrating great companies, the Best Places to Work issue of Counselor also features tips on business topics like creating a more vibrant workplace, along with numerous podcasts and Facebook livestreams with executives from winning companies.

Fun fact: Illinois scored the most companies on the Best Places to Work list with four (three based in Chicago). As in previous years, small companies (10-25 employees) led this year’s list.

Counselor conducted a months-long survey process, in which each of the participating companies had their employees rate them in nearly 20 categories. Counselor then analyzed and scored the responses to determine which firms qualified as the best of the best. QLP staffers gave the distributor top marks on everything from communication and work/life balance to overall culture.

For more information on the Best Places to Work issue or Counselor magazine, contact Editor-in-Chief C.J. Mittica at cmittica@asicentral.com. To advertise in ASI’s award-winning magazines, contact Matthew Barnes, ASI’s vice president of publishing and media services, at mbarnes@asicentral.com.

About ASIThe Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI^®) serves a network of 23,500 suppliers, distributors and decorators in the $24.7 billion promotional products industry. ASI’s flagship product, the technology platform ESP^®, manages the industry’s entire supply and marketing chain. ASI also produces award-winning digital and print content, live events and educational programs that enable companies in 55 countries to be more efficient, productive and profitable. ASI’s Counselor^® magazine provides the most authoritative business content in the industry, and the ASI Certification Program features 500+ live and online education courses for over 40,000 professionals. The company, family owned and operated since 1962, is proud to have been consistently ranked among the “Best Places to Work” in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA. For more info: asicentral.com.