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Dan Carlson started Adventures in Advertising in 1982 in Seattle. The company acted as an independent distributor of logo merchandise, but soon moved into the design and consulting side of the promotional products business. Adventures in Advertising franchisees work with organizations and corporations, helping them put together marketing programs involving promotional items such as T-shirts, [...]

In 1965, Bill LeVine converted his commercial printing plant into a while you wait printing center. Four years later, his company, PIP Printing, began franchising.Today, PIP’s more than 1,200 centers provide a variety of printing and business services.

Founded by Joseph McGuinness in 1986, Signs By Tomorrow provides customers with a variety of printing and sign-making services. Each location can create special event banners, graphics and signs; full color graphics; architectural signage; real estate signage; and vehicle signage, usually in one day.

Founded in 1983, Signs Now was among the first companies to purchase time-saving machinery that cut letters and designs from a roll of thin vinyl to produce signs. Within three years, the company was purchased and began offering franchises. Today Signs Now has stores across North America and in South America, Europe and Asia providing [...]

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In 1985, print broker and catalog developer Gary Salomon visited a computer shop in Austin, Texas. Impressed with how quickly the shop was able to produce vinyl signs, he decided to open a signmaking shop of his own. Salomon and partner Robert Schanbaum convinced the store’s owner to train them on the new technology and [...]

Founded by Greg Muzzillo in 1978, Proforma provides medium-sized businesses and large corporations with business documents, forms, promotional products, printing and other services.Proforma franchisees act as sales agents, helping their clients select the best forms or promotional products and then contract the work with wholesale printers and materials suppliers.