You’ll see many social media posts with recollections of 20 years ago tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2001. Like the assassination of President Kennedy a generation before, the horrible attack...
For over 65 years, ASI has set the standard for editorial excellence and professionalism in the promotional products industry. To date, ASI Media – which now includes our digital o...
It’s clear by nearly every metric – continued low interest rates, huge pent-up demand for travel and entertainment, “help wanted” signs all over America – that we are on the brink ...
The news is all over the story about a startling predicament in our red-hot economy: Businesses are begging for new hires, including many in the promo industry.
If you’re a suppl...
Spring is a tricky season on the East Coast. One day is warm and mild, the next is frost and flurries. Still, each year we hit an inflection point – a time when even though cold ma...
With another year underway, I did something that might surprise a few of you. I signed up for swimming lessons. That’s right: I never learned to swim. No matter how sweltering summ...
It’s been about a year since we sent the majority of ASI employees home, thinking they’d work remotely for a few weeks at best. This week, we surveyed those same employees to learn...
The past year has been one of personal introspection, with months of pandemic isolation while watching decades of anger erupt across the country. For me, the hardest words to hear ...
It’s been a long winter for much of the country, and that’s entailed a lot of snow shoveling. When you first get out there, the task can seem insurmountable. But soon, you find a r...
One year ago, after two decades, I said farewell to my beloved home and gardens in Princeton for a new condo life in a walkable downtown I had discovered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, ...
Back in 2012, I challenged the audience at the ASI Power Summit to hire one minority sometime in the next year, calculating that if every top distributor heeded my call, in five ye...
As always, no matter what, ASI Chairman Norman Cohn remains optimistic, thoughtful and forward-thinking. Below is his latest email to the industry, which is well worth a read.
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Going live online with hundreds watching is a little nerve-wracking. Happily, ASI’s very first live Power Summit was pretty much glitch-free, a positive example of the many ways we...
Every year, pre-Covid, I looked forward to one of my favorite industry events: a gathering of top leaders at the ASI Power Summit. This year of course, everything’s virtual, includ...
How many of you remember when seat belts became the law of the land in 1968? Back then, lots of people refused to wear them, complaining they were uncomfortable or, despite the fac...