Joan Chaykin

Jul 24, 2024 | members.asicentral.com | Joan Chaykin

Counselor’s Woman of Distinction honor is awarded to a person who’s made a positive mark in the industry through her business acumen, leadership abilities and mentoring. Susan Lewandowski checks all those boxes and more.

Apr 17, 2024 | members.asicentral.com | Joan Chaykin

News Nominate Now for the 2024 Counselor Promotional Campaign Awards Help us honor the most creative and effective uses of promo. Each year, Counselor recognizes the creative and effective use of promotional products with our Promotional Campaign Awards. That certainly was the case last year, as we honored campaigns that featured a distributor servicing a company’s global awards program, a tiki bar summer swag kit and a CSR campaign. What will this year’s awards bring?

Dec 12, 2023 | members.asicentral.com | Joan Chaykin

Nominate Now for ASI Media’s Salespeople of the Year It’s time once again to recognize the best reps who generate major sales, demonstrate outstanding performance, exemplary service and top-notch professionalism. Attention top-performing distributor and supplier sales professionals: Here’s your chance to be recognized across the promotional products industry for your hard work and results. ASI Media is currently accepting nominations for its Salespeople of the Year awards contest.

Oct 23, 2023 | members.asicentral.com | Joan Chaykin

Counselor Power 50 2023: No. 11 John Bruellman & Kevin Walsh, Showdown Displays Welcome to the 2023 Power 50 list, which ranks the most influential people in the industry. Showdown Displays (asi/87188)The pair leading the Brooklyn Center, MN-based supplier moves up three spots on this year’s list for many reasons.

Jul 25, 2023 | asicentral.com | Joan Chaykin

One of Bill Clay’s earliest memories of the family business, Walker-Clay (asi/354530), is sitting around the dining room table with his two older brothers and neighborhood friends fulfilling an order for his father, Lou Clay. The job entailed threading string into a plastic ball and cup. “I think we were paid half a cent for each one,” recalls Bill. Another fond memory is the neighborhood excitement when his dad cleaned out the samples in his garage for all to enjoy.