PPB March 2021

reported annual Canadian revenue. Small suppliers generated less than fivemillion dollars per year, medium generated between five and 12million and large generated over 12million in annual Canadian revenue. • Small Supplier—Ad n Art • Medium Supplier—Cutter & Buck • Large Supplier—Debco Solutions* Distributor Awards Distributors fromacross Canada were honoured for their professionalism, creativity, proactive selling, loyalty and business management. Divided by region (west, central and east) and size (small—less than nine staff, medium—10 to 35 staff and large—36-plus staff ), the top member-voted distributors of 2020 were as follows: • Small western distributor— Cubbon Advertising* • Small central distributor— Insinc Promotions* • Small eastern distributor— Lerner Promotions • Medium western distributor— Image Group Inc.* • Medium central distributor— Brand BLVD Inc. • Medium eastern distributor— Gagnon Levesque Inc. • Large distributor—Genumark Promotional Merchandise* * reigning champions National Distributor In addition to the individual distributor categories, PPPC suppliers voted for one distributor that displayed all of the qualities that the distributors from the other categories embodied. However, the distributor who was awarded the National Distributor of 2020 had a larger, national presence in the promotional products industry. Congratulations to Genumark, the National Distributor of 2020 for, again, winning both National and Large Distributor of 2020. Thank you to all who voted, and all who attended the PPPC Awards at TOPS+ Virtual 2021. We had a blast hosting the awards, and we are thankful to all who participated. We look forward to hosting more virtual events throughout 2021, and eventually hosting live, in-person events again hopefully later in 2021. Jonathan Strauss is president and CEO of Promotional Product Professionals of Canada (PPPC). !"# $!$% & " ' # ()) * !$%! )+, - h h h h h !" h # # # $2.89 (C) BELOW EQP SALE! . (/ / &!.0+11) with | MARCH 2021 | 81 CONNECT