{"id":2396,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/fourth-quarter-sales-off-9-7\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:52:16","slug":"fourth-quarter-sales-off-9-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/fourth-quarter-sales-off-9-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Quarter Sales Off 9.7%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"style3\"><span class=\"style4\"><em>Advertising Specialty Industry Sales $15.9 Billion for 2009<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style5\"><span class=\"style3\"><span class=\"style4\"><strong>TREVOSE, PA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <strong>February 19, 2010 \u2013<\/strong> The Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae announced today that fourth quarter 2009 promotional products industry sales were off 9.7%.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">In addition, the Advertising Specialty Institute\u2019s exclusive annual industry sales estimate for 2009 shows that promotional products sales were $15.9 billion, down 19.5% versus 2008.\u00a0 The annual estimate is adjusted for certain year-end information, including distributors that exited the industry during 2009 and distributors that have not been part of ASI for the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">While sales dropped, quarter-by-quarter declines throughout 2009 have slowed consistently.\u00a0 Results also indicate that economic turbulence may be easing, with 34% of respondents reporting a year-over-year increase in sales during the fourth quarter.\u00a0 That is the largest percentage of respondents whose sales were up since the third quarter of 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">Spending on ad specialties for full-year 2009 is estimated to be about double what marketers spent on radio advertising, about 26% larger than Internet advertising, and nearly four times greater than outdoor ads*.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">\u201cThe economic climate has been one of the most challenging in our lifetime,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI.\u00a0 \u201cHowever, I\u2019m more bullish for this year, and 71% of survey respondents told us that they believe sales will increase in 2010.\u00a0 I agree, and believe that the worst is behind us.\u00a0 The industry is driving forward, as we head toward a rebound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">ASI invests over $1.3 million each year to educate suppliers and distributors on how to market themselves more efficiently, and it also recently announced a $100,000 commitment to increase education initiatives targeting end-buyers. \u00a0\u201cPromotional products work and they are a great value among all advertising mediums,\u201d said Andrews.\u00a0 \u201cMarketers still need them right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">An exclusive impressions study from ASI is available that provides ROI figures that prove the value of advertising specialties in marketing campaigns, and an additional study shows that end-buyers say promotional products are the most effective advertising medium next to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">Reactions from industry distributors show solid plans for gaining market share, accompanied by a general sense that businesses across all industries have reported mixed results recently<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">\u201cI think people are saying enough is enough, and they&#8217;re willing to do something to change things,\u201d said Marc Belanski, CEO of <em>Counselor<\/em> Top 40 distributor Evigna (<em>asi\/155460<\/em>). \u00a0\u201cIn our case, we&#8217;re increasing our marketing, both our broad marketing and direct-marketing activities. This is a time to grab market share. \u00a0We&#8217;ll also be making a big push at ASI San Diego. \u00a0We&#8217;re sending 25 sales folks out there to attend ASI Education training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">The <em>ASI Show<\/em> in San Diego takes place Wednesday, February 24, through Friday, February 26, at the San Diego Convention Center.\u00a0 It features over 55 education sessions about how distributors and suppliers can build their businesses, in any economic climate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">\u201cThese numbers are in line with what I&#8217;ve been hearing,&#8221; said David Woods, president of <em>Counselor<\/em> Top 40 distributor Adventures in Advertising (<em>asi\/109480<\/em>). \u00a0\u201cThe reality is sales were down last year in many industries.\u00a0 This business, like the economy, is cyclical.\u00a0 I think many companies are optimistic about 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\">\u201cWe were fortunate to have a modest increase in sales in the fourth quarter and we plan on carrying that into this year,\u201d said Lee Cochran, president of <em>Counselor<\/em> Top 40 distributor Newton Manufacturing (<em>asi\/283300<\/em>). \u00a0\u201cI do think the industry will come back. \u00a0I&#8217;m not looking for big increases this year. \u00a0It will take a few years to get the numbers all the way back up.\u201d<\/p>\n<article><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advertising Specialty Industry Sales $15.9 Billion for 2009 TREVOSE, PA\u00a0\u2013 February 19, 2010 \u2013 The Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae announced today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fourth Quarter Sales Off 9.7% &#8226; 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