{"id":1644,"date":"2012-05-10T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T15:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2012-05-10T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T15:36:39","slug":"honoring-the-2012-counselor-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/05\/10\/honoring-the-2012-counselor-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring The 2012 Counselor Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uptilt.com\/c.html?rtr=on&amp;s=dke,1n4ec,2r7a,g0u8,dhvu,avx1,gcyo\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/kevin.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>needed any further evidence that our industry is on an upswing, look no further than the success stories applauded at the 2012 <em>Counselor <\/em>Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lyons-Tarr, president of 4imprint (asi\/197045), was honored as <em>Counselor <\/em>magazine\u2019s Person of the Year for, among many other things, growing his company 18% last year and more than 30% over the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>At a black-tie gala at Cipriani restaurant in Manhattan, we also unveiled this year\u2019s Counselor&#8217;s Top 40. On the supplier side, Broder Bros. (asi\/42090) takes over the top spot on the list, after an increase of more than 30% in sales last year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uptilt.com\/c.html?rtr=on&amp;s=dke,1n4ec,2r7a,3fx9,1x0z,avx1,gcyo\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the supplier Top 40 list.<\/p>\n<p>And, for distributors, Staples Promotional Products (asi\/120601) remains the largest company in the industry, with BDA (asi\/137616) and Proforma (asi\/300094) rounding out the top three spots on the list. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uptilt.com\/c.html?rtr=on&amp;s=dke,1n4ec,2r7a,3mqy,8wqn,avx1,gcyo\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see the complete 2012 Top 40 distributor rankings.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we also honored Ash City\u2019s (asi\/37143) Garry Hurvitz for International Person of the Year, Activate\u2019s (asi\/141964) Fred Parker for Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year, BamBams\u2019 (asi\/38228) Dan Taylor for Supplier Entrepreneur of the Year, Overture\u2019s (asi\/288473) Heather Sanderson for Distributor Woman of Distinction and Leed\u2019s (asi\/66887) Sharon Willochell for Supplier Woman of Distinction. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uptilt.com\/c.html?rtr=on&amp;s=dke,1n4ec,2r7a,g0u8,dhvu,avx1,gcyo\" target=\"_blank\">www.CounselorMag.com<\/a> for pictures and videos from the <em>Counselor <\/em>Awards ceremony, and for more information on all of the award winners.<\/p>\n<p>Last night we also marked another very special occasion: the 50th anniversary of the Cohn family\u2019s leadership of ASI.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Norman Cohn, our amazing chairman of the board, and his lovely wife Suzanne, we were joined by the family members pictured with me at right.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it was an incredible night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you needed any further evidence that our industry is on an upswing, look no further than the success stories applauded at the 2012 Counselor Awards. 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