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• SEPTEMBER 2015

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AIA’s National Sales Summit brought together the leaders of

PPAI, ASI and AIA—

Tim Andrews

;

David Woods, MAS

and

Paul

Bellantone, CAE

; —on stage to provide an open forum on their

vision of the industry, technology and the promotional products

supply chain.

HALO Brings Account

Executives, Suppliers Together

For Its Annual National Sales

Meeting

HALO Branded Solutions

(UPIC: HBS) brought together

nearly 250 of its top account executives, who represent most

of the company’s $218 million in 2014 sales, at Belmond

Charleston Place in Charleston, South Carolina, for its annual

national sales meeting. Attendance at the late July event set a

new record for the Sterling, Illinois, distributor.

HALO held the national sales meeting’s closing ceremonies on the

USS Yorktown

, home of the Congressional Medal of Honor

Museum. HALO also donated $2,500 to support the construction

of the new Congressional Medal of Honor Museum at Patriot’s

Point in Charleston.

AIA Hosts 2015 National

Sales Summit In St. Louis

AIA

brought together more than 330 distributors, suppliers

and corporate employees at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch

in St. Louis, Missouri, in July for the distributor’s 20th annual

National Sales Summit. The mid-year conference, themed

“Gateway to Growth,” provided networking opportunities

and education sessions for participants to share best prac-

tices and learn about the future of the industry. It also rec-

ognized the professional accomplishments of distributors

and suppliers alike at an awards reception with more than

120 awards in 16 categories.

Seth Mattison

, an expert on workforce trends and generational

dynamics, spoke on navigating a new business landscape founded

on collaboration as the key to unleashing innovation during his

keynote presentation.