SOTY 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact: Memo Kahan
PromoShop Inc.
310-821-1780
surfsup@promoshopla.com
PROMOSHOP INC. NOMINATED FOR SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Excellence Working with The Walt Disney Company Puts Company on Shortlist for Top Southern California Honor
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – JUNE 26, 2018 – The Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC) today announced that PromoShop Inc. has been nominated by The Walt Disney Company as an exemplary partner in the category of Class III Supplier of the Year (SOTY). Winners will be announced at the 34th Annual Supplier of the Year Awards luncheon on July 25, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach.
Widely regarded as the most prestigious honor that can be given to a certified minority business enterprise, the SOTY Awards are determined by a panel of procurement and supplier diversity leaders who represent SCMSDC’s corporate membership. That membership includes, among others, The Walt Disney Company. American Honda, Southern California Edison, Southern California Gas Company, NBCUniversal, Amgen, Sony Pictures and AEG.
“The Supplier of the Year Awards celebrate the unique relationships that develop between our MBEs and corporate members,” said Virginia Gomez, president and CEO of SCMSDC. “It reinforces the value these relationships bring and the positive impact they have on both of their businesses.”
“We are honored to be nominated by our client Disney, and to be members of the SCMSDC.”
As a nominee, PromoShop Inc. is eligible to win either a Winner’s Circle Award (runner-up) or the Supplier of the Year Award (1st place). Both awards will be presented for each category of MBEs: Class 1 (up to $1 million in gross annual sales), Class II (between $1 million and $10 million), Class III (between $10 million and $50 million) and Class IV ($50 million or greater).
About PromoShop Inc.
PromoShop is a promotional merchandise company with the marketing talent and creative culture of an advertising agency. Leveraging the combined talents of a culturally diverse team, our privately-held, 100% minority-owned company has earned the trust of some of the world’s best-loved brands.
The rare combination of strategy, ideas, and products that PromoShop brings to the table has been helping those brands carry out bold, smart, effective promotional campaigns and design-driven customer experiences since 1998. And we are not about to stop.
We’re headquartered in Los Angeles, California with nine additional offices and five satellite sales teams spread throughout the U.S. and Canada.
About the Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC)
SCMSDC is Southern California’s preeminent corporate membership organization committed to supplier diversity and the success of minority businesses. As one of 23 affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, SCMSDC is a critically important part of the network, providing a vital connection and local touch point that bring together the mutually beneficial interests of both certified minority businesses and the corporations who collaborate with them.