Greenbax Enterprises began as a sister corporation to Piggly Wiggly Carolina in the 1950s. What started as a simple trading stamp program has become a multifaceted, consumer-oriented organization with a variety of redemption options and earning opportunities. Today, Greenbax Awards is one of the nation's oldest and most successful customer loyalty programs.In the beginning of the program, customers saved and earned stamps only at Piggly Wiggly stores. Shoppers had a limited selection of items to choose from at redemption stores located throughout South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Over time the choice of redemption options increased tremendously as the products grew to include national name brand items. The selection of merchandise was also eventually made available through more Greenbax Redemption Centers, the Greenbax mail order catalog, via the Internet at www.Greenbax.net, through the Partner Merchant network, and at more than 120 Piggly Wiggly stores.

The firm was founded in 1979 when husband-and-wife co-chairs Tim and Nina Zagat, both New York City-based Yale-educated lawyers, invited avid diners to rate and review the restaurants they visited. No snobby restaurant critics here. ZAGAT (rhymes with "the cat") Survey publishes restaurant guides based on the reviews of about 375,000 connoisseurs who take part in its surveys on restaurants in some 100 countries worldwide. Its approach separately rates the distinct qualities of a restaurant (food, decor, service, and cost) based on a 30-point scale. ZAGAT content is available in books, online, and on mobile devices. It has expanded to review on nightspots, hotels, attractions, and other leisure activities.

Rogue Arts is a film production and distribution company. The firm, formerly called FilmKitchen, has produced six feature films and handles the North American distribution of more than twenty movies. Titles include My Brother's War, Intoxicating, Hard Luck, and 3 Days of Rain. Founder Kirk Harris is also an actor and filmmaker and stars in five of the films Rogue Arts has produced.

RBI US is a unit of global trade publisher Reed Business Information, itself a subsidiary of information provider Reed Elsevier Group plc. All work and no play could be the motto for Reed Business Information-US (RBI US), one of the nation's largest business-to-business publishers. The company operates about 70 trade publications and related Web sites covering the media, manufacturing, construction, electronics, and furnishings industries. Magazine titles include Hollywood trade paper Variety, as well as Marketcast, Reed Construction Data, and Buyerzone. The business unit also provides custom publishing, directories publishing, and direct marketing lists, and owns lead generation business BuyerZone.com.

cruz/kravets:IDEAS has more than a few thoughts on how to influence Hispanic consumers. The agency offers expert brand planning, creative development, media buying, sales promotion, public relations, and direct response services. Clients have included restaurant chains El Pollo Loco and Denny's as well as Diageo and H&R Block. Working out of its headquarters located in California, the independent agency was founded in 1991.

Moderne Communications, Inc. was founded in 1990. Moderne Communications company specializes in street-smart marketing and promotions aimed at those who love the nightlife. Moderne Communications has three divisions. Moderne Promotions creates and manages sponsored events and promotions in such venues as nightclubs, bars, concerts venues, and cafes. Moderne Interactive is a digital agency for social networking sites and virtual reality games such as Second Life, and Moderne Mosaic targets demographics such as college students, the gay and lesbian community, and parents. Clients include McDonald's, Heineken, Nestle, and Harlequin romance novels.

Merkle Inc. was founded in 1971. Merkle, a customer relationship marketing agency that has counted enterprises such as Dell, GEICO, and the American Heart Association among its clients. Merkle helps clients market themselves by providing strategic consulting, business intelligence and analytics, media targeting and measurement, and mail creation and production management services. The agency, which manages more than 75 databases, serves customers from three main industry sectors: direct-to-consumer, financial services, and nonprofit fundraising. It manages billions of direct mail pieces each year and owns a dozen offices throughout the US.

Chello Zone is a leading international broadcaster and creator of bespoke thematic television channels. Since its creation more than 15 years ago, it has built a dynamic and innovative business primed to respond to gaps in the media market with the flexibility to react locally. With a growing portfolio of nine channels, Chello Zone offers audiences a captivating choice of television’s most popular genres. Broadcast in more than 126 countries and 23 languages, the appeal of its global brands crosses national and cultural boundaries.Chello Zone is a business unit of international media company, Chello Media, the European content division of the Liberty Global, Inc.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) has a knack for publishing prize winners. FSG has published Pulitzer prize winners Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife), Jeffrey Eugenides (Middlesex), and Paul Muldoon (Moy Sand and Gravel). In addition, the firm boasts more than 20 Nobel Prize recipients and more than 20 National Book Award winners. FSG also publishes audio books, and operates imprints Drawn and Quarterly (art and literary comics), Hill and Wang (non-fiction titles), Enchanted Lion (books for children and young adults), and Faber and Faber (arts and culture-related publications). FSG was founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus. (Straus died in 2004 at age 87.) The firm is a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings.

Established by celebrated ad man Hal Riney in 1977, it was acquired by Paris-based advertising and media services conglomerate Publicis Groupe in 1998. It operates today as the flagship San Francisco outpost of Publicis Worldwide. This Bay Area firm brings together Hollywood style and Madison Avenue savvy. Publicis & Hal Riney is a leading creative advertising agencies in the US, known for its visually stunning and sometimes edgy campaigns. It has provided creative development and campaign planning services for such clients as 24 Hour Fitness, Jamba Juice, SanDisk, and Sprint.

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