Monrif is a leading media conglomerate in Italy with operations in newspaper and magazine publishing, online media, and commercial printing. Its portfolio of newspapers includes regional daily mastheads Il Giorno (Milan), La Nazione (Tuscany), and Il Resto del Carlino (Bologna). In periodical publishing, Monrif owns such special interest titles as Cavallo (equestrian sports), Dossier (history and culture), and Enigmistica (games and puzzles). The company's 60%-owned Poligrafici has commercial prining centers in Bologna, Florence, and Milan. Other operations include advertising (Societ� Pubblicit� Editoriale) and luxury hotels (Emiliana Grandi Alberhi). The Monti Riffeser family controls the company.

AiM&M (which stands for Advanced Integrated Marketing & Management) provides sales and marketing process and consulting services, specializing in new business development for its clients. Founded in 1993 by Keith Barnette, AiM&M, Inc. offers clients its "Go To Market" campaign service, which includes sales plan development, testing, and implementation. It also offers services in areas such as customer research, as well as database and e-marketing. Clients have included Sun Microsystems and IBM.

Founded 1976, Structural Graphics has offices located across the US in addition to its production facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Structural Graphics company bought print and promotions company Intervisual Communications in mid-2006. Structural Graphics manages all aspects of paper promotions, including design, assembly, and mailing. Products include pop-up cards and displays, telescoping folders, and reveal-wheel devices. Structural Graphics also produces paper collateral incorporating sound modules and light to create marketing materials that don't fall flat (cue rimshot).

Fortissimo Film Sales is an international film, television, and video sales organization specializing in the production, promotion, and distribution of movies from independent filmmakers. The company, which was founded in 1991, has offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and New York, and agents in London, Tokyo, and Beijing. Fortissimo's film portfolio includes about 200 productions; it adds about a dozen new films each year. Its catalog includes award-winning films such as Happy Together, In the Mood for Love, Little Sister, and Shower.

Tullo Marshall Warren (TMW) offers direct marketing and customer management services by integrating online consultancy, database, and strategic planning services. Strategic planning services include market and competitor analysis, customer needs analysis, sales channel strategy, product positioning, business case development, and marketing program development and implementation. Its digital division (digitaltmw) develops e-business strategies, integrates online and offline campaigns, and implements products within existing systems and processes. Clients include firms such as British Airways, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Nissan, and T-Mobile. TMW was bought by marketing services holding company Creston plc in 2006.

Founded by Hironao Seki in 1895 as an ad agency for educational magazines, Hakuhodo operates from offices in Japan as well as locations in about 20 other countries. Major clients include Japanese beverage maker Suntory, Apple, and automobile manufacturers Nissan, Suzuki and Hitachi. Hakuhodo company is a part of marketing and communications services provider Hakuhodo DY Holdings. Many of those esoteric Japanese commercials are no doubt the work of Hakuhodo, Japan's second-largest advertising agency (behind Dentsu). Hakuhodo company represents clients in broadcast and print media and offers other services, including marketing research, advertising production, sales promotion, and public relations.

C.A. Short Company plans and manages employee recognition and safety awareness programs to its clients, which have included Fiserv and Knoll. Its service recognition programs provide packages acknowledging employees' performance and longevity. Its Safety Awareness/Incentive segment provides customized safety instructions and rewards for safety practices. Other reward programs include attendance, sales, and birthdays. C.A. Short's prizes have included brand-name items from RCA, Sony, and Waterford. Chairman Robert Davis and his son, CEO Charles Davis, took the company private in 2002 and became its majority shareholders.

Rock River Communications licenses music from record labels in order to create compilation CDs for retailers to play in stores. Customers have included The Gap, Williams-Sonoma's Pottery Barn, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Rock River also partnered with Volkswagen to release VW Street Mix Volume 1, a compilation CD featuring music from Volkswagen's first commercials.

Thomson Local has been operating for over 25 years and has established itself as the leading local directory publisher in the UK. Today, the directory is available both in print and online following the launch of Thomson Local in 2003. 174 editions of the Thomson Local are produced and delivered free of charge to over 22 million homes and businesses throughout the UK. Each week Thomson Local directories are used by 4 million people (source: NRS) and generate 11 million referrals (source: BMRB). Following the partnership formed in 2006, Thomson Local is the only classified directory that rewards people with Nectar points for calling businesses listed in either its online or printed directory.ThomsonLocal.com is powered by the most comprehensive database of its kind in the UK with over 1.8 million businesses listed and additional content provided. With a variety of online advertising options, as well as being a Google™ Qualified Company, Thomson Local’s tailor made packages help promote businesses to an online audience that makes over 235 million searches a month across its partner network, which includes major search engines, portals and local websites. Through its Direct Marketing Services division, Thomson Local help business ‘Find, Talk to and Win’ new customers through its range of highly accurate and effective B2B data products and services for direct mail, telemarketing and opt-in email marketing campaigns. Thomson Local’s range of data products and services ensure the best possible lead generation and it is widely recognised as the market leader within the industry. With its head office in Farnborough, Hampshire, Thomson Local is an Investors in People Champion, employs over 500 head office staff and a further 500 employees at 10 regional sales offices throughout the UK.

Groupon company helps businesses attract customers by offering them a unique way to save on things to eat, see, and do in more than 150 cities across the Americas and Europe. In each participating city, Groupon advertises a daily deal, typically a half-off coupon for anything from a local restaurant or retail store to a hotel or spa; if enough consumers buy the coupon online by midnight, the deal is on and the featured business achieves a nice chunk of sales. Groupon reaches more than 7 million subscribers and uses its website (searchable by locale) and opt-in e-mails to help businesses market their goods or services.

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