November 07, 2007 // Franchising.com // Cleveland, Ohio – Proforma, a leading provider of print and promotional products, achieves a record-breaking $30 Million in system wide sales. This represents a 10% increase over the previous record, achieved in December of 2006. These record breaking sales come as Proforma prepares to celebrate its 30th Anniversary in 2008.
"We are proud to announce this milestone in the growth of Proforma," begins Greg Muzzillo, Founder and Co-CEO of Proforma. "Proforma is focused on increasing system wide sales through the retention and recruitment of quality Owners who believe in Proforma and in selling comprehensive business solutions to their customers. This record-breaking month is another exciting indication that Proforma is thriving and continuing with the steady growth that has characterized our last 30 years."
The driving force behind Proforma's growth is its member network of over 600 independent Owners throughout North America that has more than doubled in number, and increased system wide sales 210% over the last five years. Proforma Owners specialize in selling solutions instead of products, which means they offer comprehensive services along with traditional offerings to truly fulfill the customer's graphic communications needs. Services offered by Proforma Owners include print and promotional products programs, eSolutions such as online company stores, web to print programs and variable data printing, 1:1 marketing, warehousing and fulfillment and business forms and labels services.
Since its founding in 1978, Proforma has received numerous awards. In 2007, Proforma was proud to be ranked as the number one distributor by Print Solutions magazine. In the promotional product industry, Proforma has been ranked the number two distributor by Promotional Marketing magazine; the number three top distributor by Counselor magazine; and was awarded both a 2007 PEAK Award and an ASI Spirit Award for self-promotion efforts. Proforma also received a Northeast Ohio Success Award in 2007 recognizing their innovation and dedication to cutting-edge and value-training programs
With 29 years of experience, Proforma remains clearly focused on providing solutions to North American businesses for their printing and promotional needs. A leading provider of promotional products, printing, business documents, and e-solutions, Proforma has received numerous awards and is recognized by ASI as one of the five largest distributors of promotional products. Proforma serves over 30,000 clients through more than 600 member offices in North America. The Proforma Worldwide Support Center is located in Cleveland, Ohio. www.proforma.com.
Proforma offers custom promotional product, custom business forms, commercial print, and other graphic communications solutions to a wide variety of businesses and organizations.