to its Facilisgroup partners, with direct search now available through its flagship proprietary software, @ease V2.

ASI’s ESP data powers search, presentations and digital order flow, allowing Facilisgroup users to generate ideas, create presentations and offer quotes from within a single platform, simplifying workflows and reducing administrative tasks.

“We’re thrilled to continue to partner with ASI,” said Facilisgroup President Ashley McCune. “We’re confident that the integration of ASI into our system delivers a seamless experience and impeccable industry data to our partners and that our preferred suppliers also greatly.

Said Bob DeFord, ASI’s senior vice president of distributor sales and marketing: “This renewal extends the long relationship ASI has enjoyed with Facilisgroup and reaffirms our strong commitment to providing the best possible technology and ESP data to our technology colleagues.”

Facilisgroup, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, with additional offices in Ottawa, Canada, provides services that range from CRM and order management to consolidated buying power for promotional products distributors in North America. Facilisgroup promo distributor members now represent more than $800 million in annual sales.

ASI’s ESP is the number-one business platform in the industry, allowing distributors access to over 1 million products from 3,000 ASI suppliers, along with live inventory, live order status updates, live product feed (which delivers up-to-the-minute pricing), guided navigation/search filters, visual search, virtual samples and presentations.

To date, 36 of the Counselor Top 40 distributors rely on ESP. Over the past year, tens of thousands of distributor users have performed nearly 97 million searches across ASI platforms, including ESP, ESP Distributor Websites, Company Stores and ESP Supplier Websites. Over 9,000 distributor companies used the ESP Orders platform in the past 12 months, with purchase orders submitted increasing 46% over the previous year.