Accolade Reaction Promotion Group Becomes the First Canadian Distributor to Achieve ASI Top 40 Status

May 6, 2008

New York, New York – The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) has named Accolade Reaction Promotion Group (ARPG) a Top 40 Distributor at its annual Counselor awards ceremony. The Top 40 ranking is based upon sales revenues and ranks all ASI member companies worldwide. Accolade Reaction Promotion Group is the first Canadian corporate merchandise services firm to achieve ASI Top 40 Status.

“This announcement is a testament to the support we receive from our suppliers, the partnerships we value with our customers and the commitment our people have every day to strive for Outperformance” said Marc Roy, CEO of ARPG. “We are honored to be named to such a prestigious list and to be the first and only Canadian based organization to achieve Top 40 Distributor status.”

Earlier this year, Accolade Reaction Promotion Group was named National Distributor of the Year by the Promotional Products Professionals of Canada (PPPC) for the fifth consecutive year.

About Accolade Reaction Promotion Group
Accolade Reaction Promotion Group (ARPG) is Canada’s leading corporate merchandise services firm. Voted Canada’s National Distributor of the Year by the Promotional Products Professionals of Canada (PPPC) for an unprecedented 5 consecutive years, ARPG has also received top designation in Canada for sales volume by the industry group ASI Canada (formerly Team Task Force) since 2003. ARPG and its subsidiaries employ over 100 employees at its offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary and Boston. For more information, please visit: www.arpg.ca

To view the complete Top 40 list click HERE

About ASI:
Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, with a membership of over 25,000 distributor firms (sellers) and supplier firms (manufacturers) of advertising specialties in North America. Supplier firms use ASI print and electronic resources to market products to distributor firms. Distributor firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which contain nearly every product in the industry from more than 3,500 reputable suppliers, to locate supplier firms and to market services to buyers. ASI provides catalogs, information directories, newsletters, magazines, websites and databases, and offers e-commerce, marketing and selling tools. Visit www.asicentral.com