{"id":2279,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-announces-2008-counselor-distributor-choice-awards-winners\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T16:57:13","slug":"asi-announces-2008-counselor-distributor-choice-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-announces-2008-counselor-distributor-choice-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI\u00ae Announces 2008 Counselor Distributor Choice Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Over 30 Suppliers Named Best-in-Class by Distributors<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>January 4, 2008<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae, the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, announced today the winners of the 2008 <em>Counselor<\/em> Distributor Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The popular awards recognized the most-valued ASI suppliers in 42 product categories, as determined by ASI supplier performance ratings and votes cast by ASI distributor peers.\u00a0 Over 230 finalists were recognized and 33 suppliers named winners at a ceremony at the <em>ASI Show!\u00ae<\/em> in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese awards are highly-anticipated, because winners are selected by distributors,\u201d said Timothy M. 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