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Michele Bell

  • Vice President of Editorial, Education & Special Events

An award-winning writer, Michele has been at ASI for over 20 years and has the epic bar bills to prove it.

Power 50 2022: No. 23 Jay Deutsch, BDA

Welcome to the 2022 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

Power 50 2022: No. 24 Brandon Mackay & Brittany David, SnugZ USA

Welcome to the 2022 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

Power 50 2022: No. 34 Neil Ringel, Polyconcept

Welcome to the 2022 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

Power 50 2022: No. 47 Mark Graham & Catherine Graham, commonsku

Welcome to the 2022 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

Power 50 2022: No. 48 Dale Denham, PPAI

Welcome to the 2022 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

International Person of the Year 2022: John Lynch, Lynka

The owner of Europe’s leading apparel decorator is on a crusade to help the Ukrainian p...

Corporate Specialties Named One Of The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Companies In Under-Resourced Communities

The Detroit, Michigan-based promotional products distributorship ranks #97 on the Initi...

Power 50 2021: No. 43 Derek Block, Touchstone

Welcome to the 2021 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

Power 50 2021: No. 49 Neil Ringel, Polyconcept

Welcome to the 2021 Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential people in the...

Swag.com’s Josh Orbach & Jeremy Parker: The Great Disruptors

Swag.com's founders got their start selling T-shirts & now run a fast-growing online pr...

International Persons of the Year 2021: Matt Franks & Miles Lovegrove, Fluid Branding

When Matt Franks, who had a background in the promo market, and Miles Lovegrove,...

Counselor Lifetime Achievement Award 2021: Steve Levschuk, Talbot Marketing

When Steve Levschuk enters a meeting room or a trade show floor, especially in...

PCNA Appoints Chief Revenue Officer

The supplier also announced that David Nicholson has been named vice chairman of Polyco...

Woman of Distinction 2020: Carol de Ville, The Branding Company

There are forces of nature who can make things happen by sheer will, and then there's...

Distributor Entrepreneurs of the Year 2020: Spencer Kramer, Chris Ferriter & Scott Latimer, Sobe Promos

When Miami-based Sobe Promos (asi/245603) was named Counselor's Fastest-Growing...

International Person of the Year 2020: Michael Freter, PSI

It would be a masterpiece of understatement to say that running a business during the...

2020 PSI Show Report

With an emphasis on embracing sustainability, shunning single-use items and...

Polyconcept Acquires ETS Express

Polyconcept (asi/78897), the parent company to Polyconcept North America (PCNA) whose...

2019 Promo Item of the Year: Reusable Straws

Whether they’re stainless steel or silicone, the year’s hottest product trend on land h...

Distributor Family Business Of The Year 2019: McCabe Promotional Advertising Inc.

When his parents, Jim and Sandi, began their London, Ontario-based distributor,...

Supplier Woman of Distinction 2019: Lori Bauer, BIC Graphic

At a time when young girls and older women alike look for role models who can show...

International Persons Of The Year 2019: Tom & Michael Hung, Headwind Group

The story of Tom Hung's success is like a roadmap for any business school major with...

Hong Kong Gift Fair Spotlights Growing Health & Wellness Markets, New Product Trends

Held from April 27-30, the Hong Kong Gift Fair, now in its 34th year, attracted over...

2019 Hot List: Jen Carver, PCNA

Growing up in rural Nova Scotia in a small town called Hantsport gave Jen Carver her...

2019 Hot List: RJ Hagel, Goldstar

What started with a job at Things Remembered - that ubiquitous mall bastion of...