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Description

SmartSign is an e-commerce company in the printing industry, operating 39 niche sites and specializing in custom sign templates. Starting in 1998 as a custom technology company that licensed design software to firms like Staples, FedEx, OfficeMax, and W. W. Grainger, the company moved to direct-to-customer internet sales in 2005. (1) SmartSign is a web 500 e-commerce site; its highest-grossing retail sites include MyParkingSign, MyAssetTag, and MySafetySign. (2) The company has offices in Jaipur, India and Brooklyn, New York.

Revenue

SmartSign’s 2012 revenue was $25.3 million. Compared to its 2009 revenue of $12.2 million, the company’s three-year growth rate is 107%.(1)

Subsidiaries

MyAssetTag MyParkingSign MyParkingPermit MySafetySign MySecuritySign XpressMats XpressTags SmartSign RoadTrafficSigns MyDoorSign LabelLab MyHardHatStickers

Sponsorships

SmartSign sponsors MADD(1), TransAlt(2), and StreetsBlog(3) by donating signs, buttons and funds. It donates products to other nonprofits through its partnership program,(4) including boys and girls clubs (5) animal shelters, (6) advocacy groups(7)(8), arts institutions(9), and the 911 memorial(10). SmartSign donates GHS standard label templates to university laboratories. (11)

BikeGuard

BikeGuard is a free bike registry, created by SmartSign in 2012(1)(2). BikeGuard partners with TransAlt(3) and the BMX Olympian Connor Fields.(5)(6) It is the official registry of Eastern Michigan University.(4)

CEO

Blair Brewster was educated at Wililams College and received an MBA from Stanford in 1980. In 1995, he purchased Electromark, a sign manufacturer, along with three other ventures: XpressMyself, Eureka, and EZ identification. Senator Hillary Clinton cut the ribbon at the company’s 2004 expansion.(1)

Brewster also became a partner in the early online design company, Bear Rock. After selling Bear Rock to Avery and Electromark to Brady Corp, Brewster created SmartSign, originally Electromark’s internet design and ordering platform, in 1998. In 2005, SmartSign became a direct-to-customer e-retailer. (1)(2)

Brewster served as the chairman for the ANSI Z535 Committee on Safety Tags and Tapes. He is an executive board member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family.(3)

External links

Official website BikeGuard

Corresponding links:

Description

(1)http://www.ceocfointerviews.com/interviews/SmartSign12.htm (2) http://www.internetretailer.com/top500/?cid=2013T500-APT

Revenue

(1) http://www.inc.com/profile/smartsigncom

Sponsorships:

(1) http://www.madd.org/feature-stories/november/tie-one-on-for-madd.html (2) http://passthrough.fw-notify.net/static/059932/downloader.js (3) http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/10/05/october-26-support-streetsblog-and-streetfilms-at-our-annual-benefit/ (4) http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/news/2012/04/12/6253059.htm (5) http://bgcn.org/donate/sponsors.php (6) http://pigs.org/Links.asp?section=Links (7) http://www.hsdcohio.org/corporatesponsor-logos.htm (MyCustomSign mentioned) (8) http://www.hero-dogs.org/donorthanks.html (MyParkingSign mentioned) (9) http://novyo.org/support/donors-and-sponsors/ (SmartSign & MyAssetTag mentioned) (10)http://www.911memorial.org/signs-support-business-directory (SmartSign is mentioned - it’s in the lower manhattan NYC bracket) (11) http://ehs.unc.edu/ih/lab/labels/

BikeGuard

(1) http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20120507/bikeguard-qr-codes-bike-recovery-work/ (2) http://www.bicycle.net/2012/bikeguard-bike-registry (3)https://secure3.convio.net/ta/site/SPageNavigator/bikeguard.html?pw_id=2401 (4)http://urbanvelo.org/bikeguard-at-eastern-michigan-university/ (5)http://mpora.com/videos/AAdfo6cekq44 (6)http://sykose.com/2013/03/12/bmx-olympian-connor-fields-partners-with-free-bike-registry-bikeguard/

CEO

(1) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070693/posts (1) http://www.ceocfointerviews.com/interviews/SmartSign12.htm (2) http://www.xpressmyself.com/interview.pdf (3) http://www.ackerman.org/people/view/70/22