ALDRIDGE MARKETING, FULL COMPASS
TAKE BAG END'S TOP REP, DEALER AWARDS

Aldridge Marketing of Houston, Texas, walked off with two of BAG END Loudspeaker Systems' top rep awards for 1999 and Full Compass of Middleton, WI, took top "Dealer of the Year" honors for an unprecedented fifth straight year.

Randall Aldridge, president of Aldridge Marketing, was presented with both 1999 "Rep of the Year" and "Most Improved Territory" honors during BAG END's annual sales meeting at the recent NSCA show in Las Vegas.

Aldridge Marketing, which represents the Barrington, Ill., manufacturer in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, bested all BAG END rep firms in 1999 gross sales. Full Compass topped all dealers in 1999 gross sales.

"The `Most Improved Territory' award usually indicates a rep firm has taken a territory that wasn't doing very well and turned it around," said James P. Wischmeyer, president of BAG END. "But, in this case, when the Aldridge people came on board a little more than a year ago, they stepped into one of our best territories - and made it even better, no small feat by any measurement."

Commenting of Full Compass' string of five straight "Dealer of the Year" honors, Wischmeyer said, "Jonathan and Susan Lipp have just been sensational in their support of BAG END - they are the class of the industry."

A special honor that BAG END presents each year is for top "In-House Sales of the Year," and in 1999 the company doubled its pleasure with a tie: the award was presented to both Steve Krizka of Audio Biz, Wauconda, Ill., and Robert Conklin of Gary Castelluccio and Associates, Clifton, N.J. Audio Biz reps BAG END in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, Castelluccio reps the company in New York City and New Jersey.

William Cafey Associates, Inc., was named top "Hi-Fi Rep of the Year" for BAG END. Cafey of Highland, Mich., reps BAG END for the hi-fi market in Michigan.

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