ASB attains double-digit growth

As American Solutions for Business (American) approaches the end of its fiscal year in June, the company reports a 10 percent increase in invoiced sales over the same 10-month period last year, while the general trend for industry distributors is just over five percent.

Over 95 percent of American’s totals are derived from sales of printed products and promotional items. The print industry realized only a two percent growth in 2014, according to a report from Print Industries of America, a company that specializes in advocacy, education and research for the print industry. However, current trends are showing a more healthy increase in sales of printed products going forward. Growth in the promotional product industry has been stable at six percent per year over the past six years.

Justin Zavadil, Executive Vice President at American, sees the company’s flexibility as a key to its strong growth. “A distributor needs to be able to change directions on a dime in order to fit the customers’ changing needs. This is done through flexibility and innovation. We put the majority of our investment into the technology tools needed to secure enterprise business and to stabilize and grow the large program portion of our business.”

Adapting to stay relevent in the industry, the 34-year-old company is focusing on enhancing its end-user eCommerce experience and fine tuning the purchasing process. American’s eCommerce tools serve to streamline procedures for supply chain and fulfillment as well.

In addition, American has expanded its national footprint by growing it’s sales force. “Because we welcome all business models to the American family,” said Zavadil, “sales teams from across the country are identifying American as a good fit and are reaching out to us.”

American Solutions for Business is an industry-leading distributor of promotional products, print and document solutions, office supplies, eCommerce and marketing solutions. Based in Glenwood, Minnesota, the company employs a staff of nearly 300 employees who support the back office functions for a nationwide sales force. ASB is now employee-owned and serves thousands of clients across North America. Website: www.americanbus.com

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Billy McLaughlin coming to Central Square in Glenwood

Billy McLaughlin and special guests will be in Concert on Friday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. at Central Square Cultural and Civic Center, 105 2nd Avenue NE in Glenwood.

We invite you to see an inspirational performer with a wonderful message. Billy McLaughlin is recognized internationally as a world-class guitarist, Emmy Award winning composer and inspirational keynote speaker who has appeared on Billboard’s Top-Ten Chart. McLaughlin has 14 CD releases, 3 National Campus Entertainer of the Year Awards, 5 Minnesota Music Awards and his 

decades of national concert touring earned him the Hall of Fame Achievement Award.

But in 1999 McLaughlin vanished from sight as his career crumbled due to a little-known neuro-muscular disorder, Focal Dystonia. After suffering several years without a cure or even a diagnosis, this right-handed guitarist em-barked on an unlikely attempt to regain his career by re-learning his instrument left-handed! His remarkable comeback is captured in a documentary film, Changing Keys, and a concert film called Coming Back Alive.

Now serving as Ambassador for Awareness for the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, 

McLaughlin is the winner of the 2010 Public Leadership in Neurology Award and resides in his home state of Minnesota where he is proudly raising two boys.

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