{"id":2310,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-announces-winners-of-2009-counselor-distributor-choice-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:07:57","slug":"asi-announces-winners-of-2009-counselor-distributor-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-announces-winners-of-2009-counselor-distributor-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI\u00ae Announces Winners of 2009 Counselor Distributor Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Leed\u2019s Named Supplier of the Year<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">TREVOSE, PA \u2013<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>January 4, 2009<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Advertising Specialty Institute<sup><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00ae<\/span><\/sup>,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, announced today winners of the 2009 <em>Counselor<\/em> Distributor Choice Awards and named Leed\u2019s the Supplier of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The awards recognized the most-valued ASI suppliers in 46 product categories, as determined by ASI Supplier Performance Ratings and votes cast by ASI distributors.\u00a0 More than 250 finalists were recognized and 33 suppliers named winners at a ceremony at the<em> ASI Show<\/em> in Orlando.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u201cWith 22,000 distributor firms in the ASI network, representing about 130,000 sales executives, ASI&#8217;s balloting for the Distributor Choice Awards really represents what the industry thinks of suppliers in individual categories and which supplier is among the best of the best as supplier of the year,\u201d\u00a0said Timothy M. 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