Crossmark
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History
The company was founded in 1906 as Johnson and Hunt Merchandise Brokers in Fort Smith, Arkansas.[8] In 1914, the company was renamed as Willis Johnson & Company and operations moved to Little Rock, Arkansas.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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In 1997, Crossmark was one of three companies that collectively controlled 75 percent of the sales and marketing services industry.[4] In 2012, The Dallas Morning News reported that the Plano, Texas-based Crossmark had 34,000 employees and an estimated annual revenue of $1 billion.[9][1][4] In December 2012, a majority of the company was sold to the private equity firm Warburg Pincus.[10][11]
In October 2013, Mike Graen joined CROSSMARK as Vice President/Managing Director for CROSSMARK's Center for Collaboration in Bentonville, Arkansas, which opened in July 2014.[12][13]
In May 2024, Acosta Group agreed to acquire Crossmark from WIS International. The transaction was finalized two months later.[14]
Sales and acquisitions
Crossmark's services include headquarter sales, retail merchandising, in-store data collection, event marketing, retail technology, and retail analytics.[15]
On August 6, 2013, Crossmark agreed to buy Marketing Werks. The Marketing Werks deal will contribute to its total annual revenue of nearly $1 billion.[9][16] Based in Chicago, Marketing Werks provides experiential marketing campaigns for companies in several consumer industries.
In November 2013, Crossmark acquired the assets of PromoWorks.[17]
Recognition
In 2010[18] and 2011,[19] InformationWeek ranked Crossmark on its list of most-innovative users of business technology.
References
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