commonsku (PPAI 552077) recognized five skummunity award winners at skucon in Las Vegas ahead of The PPAI Expo 2025.

  • commonsku is a cloud-based CRM, order management and social collaboration platform tailored to the promotional products industry.
  • The skummunity awards honor the “explorers, rule-breakers, dreamers and innovators” in the branded merchandise industry.


“The commonsku community and speakers together hit a whole new level at skucon this year,” said Mark Graham, president and chief brand officer at commonsku. “They challenged us all to dig deeper, to be more generous and to make trust and creativity the focus of our growth together. We couldn’t be prouder of how this event continues to both challenge and inspire some of the brightest and boldest leaders in the business. We’re honored to play a part in kick-starting 2025.”

skumunnity Award Winners

The Distributor Community Champion Award recognizes the most outstanding distributor in the industry who continually invests in the wellness and growth of their peers, and this year’s honoree was Sarah Whitaker with The Branded Things.

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The Supplier Community Champion Award was awarded to Storm Creek for inspiring the industry with optimism and ambition and encouraging and supporting both distributors and fellow suppliers.

The Supplier Connected Workflow Award was awarded to Cutter & Buck for its integration of EPOs.

The Shops Innovation Leader Award was awarded to Kelli Rosenfeld with Blue Rose Promotions for driving sales growth through the creative use of e-commerce shops. 

The Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year award was awarded to Josh and Rachel Kozinski at Sky High Marketing for their expansion, which includes more than doubling their team size, opening a 40,000 square foot facility, expanding their client roster and hitting record growth levels.