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Accolade Reaction Promotion Group’s President Named to ASI Counselor Power 50 List for Second Consecutive Year
Marc Roy Honoured for Redefining Innovation, Setting Best Practice Standards in Advertising Specialty Industry
Toronto –Accolade Reaction Promotion Group (ARPG) – a division of Golf Town Canada Inc. and the nation's leading corporate merchandise services firm – announces that President Marc Roy has been named to the Advertising Specialty Institute’s (ASI) Counselor Power 50 List for the second consecutive year.
Moving up two spots to No. 37, Roy is the only individual representing a Canadian promotional products distributor to receive this annual accolade. The list honours the ad specialty industry's most influential leaders who redefine innovation in the marketplace and set best practice standards for fellow distributors and suppliers to emulate.
"Everyone recognized is a leader in his or her field, and it's truly an honour to be included among them," says Roy. "This is a testament to ARPG's ongoing success. As the country's premier corporate merchandise services firm and a significant player in the ad specialty industry, we continue to help our clients create, renew and strengthen their communications through corporate merchandise programs."
ARPG showcases a wide range of logo-ready products – such as accessories, apparel, appliances, electronics, equipment, home goods, jewelry, luggage and musical instruments – for companies to strengthen customer relationships, leverage sponsorships and reward employee performance. Named a 2009 Top 40 Distributor by ASI, the company is the first Canadian corporate merchandise services firm to achieve ASI Top 40 Status.
Golf Town, already a leader in logo products for golf events and other programs, purchased ARPG in May 2008 and has created a one-stop-shop for the promotional needs of businesses, meeting planners, sales and marketing executives, and human resource professionals.
Golf Town offers an unbeatable selection of clubs, bags, balls, apparel, footwear, accessories, gifts, logo merchandise, promotional services and more. This includes the world's leading golf brands, such as Adams, Ashworth, Bridgestone, Callaway Golf, Cleveland Golf, Cobra, Dunning, ECCO, FootJoy, Founders Club, Gordon Cooper, Greg Norman, Honma, Hugo Boss, LaCoste, Liz Claiborne, LIJA, Mizuno, Never Compromise, Nike Golf, Odyssey, Ogio, Paradise, Ping, Srixon, Sun Mountain, TaylorMade adidas Golf, Titleist and Wilson.
About Accolade Reaction Promotion Group
Accolade Reaction Promotion Group (ARPG) is Canada's leading corporate merchandise services firm. It has been voted Canada's Distributor of the Year by the Promotional Product Professionals of Canada for an unprecedented six consecutive years as well as receiving top designation in Canada for sales volume by the industry group ASI Canada (formerly Team Task Force) since 2003. The clear leader in the Canadian Advertising Specialty industry, ARPG and its subsidiaries employ 145 dedicated and energetic individuals including 46 sales executives within its offices in Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.
About Golf Town
Canada's largest golf retailer, Golf Town was founded in 1999 and has grown from one location in Scarborough, ON, to 46 superstores coast to coast. At an average size of nearly 18,000 square feet, these retail centres feature all the major name-brand products at the best price, ensuring customers find what they want, when they want it.
A centre of the Canadian golf community for individuals and organizations, Golf Town locations serve as sanctuaries where players of all ages and abilities try, buy, learn about and improve their games. The largest employer of CPGA professionals, Golf Town offers on-site lessons tailored to an individual's needs through its In-Store Academy.
The retailer has also established Canada's leading customer advantage initiative via its Leaderboard Membership Privileges Program. Benefits of this free membership include the chance to win a $500 gift card in a national monthly drawing; timely e-newsletters; members-only special offers on equipment, accessories, golf lessons, in-store events; and more.
Golf Town was acquired by OMERS Private Equity, the entity responsible for private equity investments of the OMERS pension fund, in September 2007. For more information: www.omerscapital.com.
Already a leader in logo products for golf events and other programs, Golf Town purchased Accolade Reaction Promotion Group, Inc., in May 2008 and has created a one-stop-shop for the promotional needs of businesses, meeting planners, sales and marketing executives, and human resource professionals. Named a 2008 Top 40 Distributor by the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI), ARPG is the first Canadian corporate merchandise services firm to achieve ASI Top 40 Status. For more information: www.arpg.ca.
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