Vistaprint is a global e-commerce company that produces physical and digital marketing products for small businesses. Vistaprint was one of the first businesses to offer its customers the capabilities of desktop publishing through the internet when it was launched in 1999. Vistaprint is wholly owned by Cimpress plc , a publicly traded company based in Ireland .
41-507: The company is based in Venlo, Netherlands , and employs over 5,100 employees in its 13 offices and printing facilities. Robert Keane founded a company in Paris in 1995 called Bonne Impression, a direct marketer of desktop publishing software and pre-printed laser-printer-compatible specialty papers for printing brochures, stationery, and business cards, particularly for small businesses. In 1999,
82-404: A reward voucher operated by an associated company, VPrewards.com, at a cost of GB£9.95 a month, and that no information is provided to customers subsequently. Additionally, it is up to the customers to detect the fact that they have been enrolled as members and to cancel unwanted membership. In August 2008, four class-action lawsuits were filed against Vistaprint. The four complaints alleged that
123-435: A formula based on type of job, paper stock type, print run quantity, finishing (if any) and ship-by dates, among other factors. User-selectable options are minimized, printing standard types of printed materials, such as business cards or postcards. Within each category, only specific sizes, paper stocks and ink colors are supported. This results in higher numbers of similar jobs which can be ganged together. Changeover time
164-649: A new facility in Dallas, Texas . This was to be the second manufacturing facility in the United States. Vistaprint planned to have manufacturing fully completed by 2023. In October 2021, Vistaprint acquired Crello and its parent company, Depositphotos , for a total price of $ 85 million. After the acquisition, Crello was rebranded to VistaCreate . In January 2023, VistaPrint announced that Florian Baumgartner would succeed Robert Keane as CEO as of February 1, 2023. Orders are processed online and jobs are printed using
205-459: A retreat of the German army across the river. These failed, and it was the retreating German troops who in the end blew up the bridges in an attempt to stop the allied advance. Allied forces liberated Venlo from the east, from inside Germany itself. About 300 people were killed due to those raids. The raids also cost Venlo a major part of its historical buildings. However, some old buildings, such as
246-746: A strategic partnership with Staples Inc. Vistaprint is also the official jersey sponsor for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Vistaprint became Wrexham A.F.C. 's sleeve and back-of-shirt sponsor. In the US, Vistaprint was accused of enrolling customers into Vertrue 's paid-membership reward plan without the customer's agreement. Credit card details were passed on to Vertrue (formerly Memberworks Incorporated) by Vistaprint, and charges were then made on those credit cards by Vertrue allegedly without
287-570: Is vertically integrated with production facilities for North America in Windsor, Ontario, and for Europe in Venlo, Netherlands. The company uses presses such as the Manroland 700 as part of its printing assembly line . Computer-integrated manufacturing techniques help minimize human intervention and labor costs. Using browser-based desktop publishing environment, customers design and proofread
328-477: Is a higher-education hub within the southern Netherlands, with several institutes of higher education. Venlo hosts three institutes of higher education: Venlo is connected to Germany by two motorways ( Bundesautobahn 40 and Bundesautobahn 61 ), which connect to Düsseldorf , Duisburg , Cologne and the Ruhr area within one hour. Venlo railway station is a junction station . It provides regular connections to
369-460: Is reduced because there's less need to change paper or inks between jobs. Self-service design, proofing and ordering are handled at the front-end through the web, with controlled printing, cutting, packing and dispatching handled at the back-end through printing plants . Cimpress' process involves multiple software components, and the management of multiple production components, in an end-to-end production workflow from "click to ship". Vistaprint
410-595: Is to target small-run orders usually excluded from conventional large printers. One of the company's early hires was an in-house patent attorney. Vistaprint currently holds over 100 patents worldwide and has stated its objective is to lay a "minefield of patents". Vistaprint actively pursues companies that happen to infringe on one of its many patents. In 2006, the company filed a patent infringement suit against Print24 GmbH and UnitedPrint.com AG. A German court ruled in favor of Vistaprint in July 2007. However, after appealing,
451-496: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated pricing irregularities on Vistaprint's UK website and leaflet distributions. The ASA also upheld a complaint that Vistaprint was misleading customers in its £40 worth of printing for a £10 spend promotion. In 2018, a recently married gay couple sued Vistaprint after they received anti-gay pamphlets, "Understanding Temptation: Fight the good fight of
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#1732793684257492-604: The Bürgerbräukeller the day before and to justify their later invasion of the Netherlands , a neutral country, on 10 May 1940. Venlo had both a road and a railway bridge over the Meuse ( Dutch : Maas ). The city was severely damaged by bombing raids (13 October – 19 November 1944) on the bridges at the end of the war. Allied forces made 13 attempts to destroy the bridges to cut the German supply lines and block
533-660: The Meuse - Rhine area, receiving city rights in 1343, and becoming a member of the Hanseatic League in 1375. Because of its strategic importance, the city of Venlo was besieged several times. The most significant siege was that of 1702, carried on by Menno van Coehoorn . Consequently, Venlo was incorporated into the Generaliteitslanden of the United Provinces at the Treaty of 1713 . After
574-757: The Napoleonic Wars it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . In 1839-1866 Venlo was not a part of German Confederation , completely surrounded by its territory. On 9 November 1939, two British Intelligence Service agents were kidnapped by the Sicherheitsdienst in what became known as the Venlo Incident . The incident was used by the Nazis to link Great Britain to Georg Elser 's failed assassination of Hitler at
615-489: The "green market", thus food, fresh and logistics markets. The aim is to provide an impulse for the economy of the region of North Limburg. Venlo is twinned with: Taylor Corporation Taylor Corporation is a privately owned printing company based in North Mankato, Minnesota . Established in 1975 by Glen Taylor . The company comprises more than 80 subsidiaries and employs more than 10,000 workers across
656-572: The Dutch cities of Eindhoven , Roermond and Nijmegen . Furthermore, it provides regular international connections to Germany, via Kaldenkirchen (the first stop in Germany), Viersen and Mönchengladbach to Düsseldorf and Hamm . VVV-Venlo is a century-old football club that plays in De Koel Stadium . Founded on 7 February 1903, it is one of the first professional football clubs in
697-530: The European headquarters of one of the world's largest direct selling companies Amway and the American office supply retailing company Office Depot are located in the city of Venlo. In 2017 also the international onlineshop vidaXL moved its headquarters and warehouse to Venlo. Greenport Venlo is one of designated five Greenports in the Netherlands. It is the second largest concentration of horticulture in
738-588: The German Federal Patent Court ruled in favour of Unitedprint.com, rescinding Vistaprint’s controversial software patent in March 2009. Separately, in May 2007, Vistaprint filed a patent infringement suit against Taylor Corporation subsidiaries 123Print and DrawingBoard. In 2007, a strategic partnership was announced with OfficeMax to provide an in-store station in up to 900 OfficeMax stores in
779-460: The LGBTQ incident in 2018 made this seem less like a one-off. In November 2019, security researcher Oliver Hough discovered an exposed database on the internet belonging to Vistaprint. The company quietly took the database offline after TechCrunch reached out to inform them about the discovery. Robert Crosland, a spokesperson for Vistaprint, said in a statement that the exposure affected customers in
820-661: The Netherlands. In recent years it has been a yo-yo club , winning the Eerste Divisie in 2009 and 2017 and being promoted to the highest Dutch professional football league, the Eredivisie , as a result. The headquarters of multinational printing-equipment firm Océ , today a part of the Japanese firm Canon , is located in Venlo, as is the headquarters of Cimpress , parent company of the Vistaprint brand. Also,
861-805: The Netherlands. Seen in conjunction with the neighbouring German region of Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), Greenport Venlo is even the largest in Europe. Together, the Greenport area Venlo and the agro business area "Lower Rhine" in Germany form a region where more than 30 million of people live. This region is a unique and vital international network of business, research, universities and politics. The cooperation revolves around stimulating innovation, creating an attractive working and living environment and integral regional development. The network offers broad chances and future possibilities to analyse, use and further develop
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#1732793684257902-531: The US and Mexico. OfficeMax ImPress is an OfficeMax-branded web site for small business printing based on Vistaprint technologies. In 2008, Vistaprint announced a strategic partnership with Intuit , a supplier of accounting software , tying their service into Intuit's QuickBooks software using an Intuit-branded web site. In 2009, the company also announced it will supply services for the FedEx Office brand. The company announced in 2012 that it had entered into
943-458: The US, the UK and Ireland. Venlo Venlo ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛnloː] ) is a city and municipality in southeastern Netherlands , close to the border with Germany . It is situated in the province of Limburg . The municipality of Venlo counted 101,578 inhabitants as of January 2019. Roman and Celtic coins have been found in Venlo; it was speculated to have been
984-495: The United Kingdom, Philippines, Mexico, India, China, Canada and in just over 26 U.S. states . As of 2016, Taylor Corporation is considered the sixth largest graphic communications company in the country, with RR Donnelley and Quad/Graphics achieving larger revenues. Taylor Corporation was founded in 1975 by Glen Taylor when he purchased Carlson Wedding Service located in North Mankato, Minnesota . Bill Carlson,
1025-608: The Vistaprint brand while the parent company rebranded to become Cimpress. As a result of the change, the company's ticker symbol was changed from VPRT to CMPR. In November 2016, Cimpress announced that it would be opening a manufacturing facility in Reno, Nevada . The facility came to serve more than 20 brands, Vistaprint being one. In August 2018, Vistaprint announced that it would expand its presence in North America with
1066-486: The city hall (the 'Stadhuis') and the 'Römer' house, survived the war relatively unscathed. Before the war, Venlo had a small Jewish community. In 1930 there were 86 Jewish people living in Venlo. In the next decade this number rose to about 248, because German Jews were trying to evade the discriminatory laws and growing hate in Germany. 6 years after the end of The Holocaust and the first wave of Jewish immigration to Israel there were 32 Jewish people left in Venlo. By
1107-481: The commercial print division of Staples Inc. The acquisition added 10 commercial print facilities to the company's manufacturing footprint. Another significant acquisition was Curtis 1000, founded in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1882 by Henry Russell Curtis. Curtis Printing Company was incorporated on September 9, 1886, and grew to become a leading provider of direct mail, labels, promotional products and other printed items for
1148-569: The company adopted an internet-based business model and changed its name to Vistaprint. In September 2005, the company filed its initial public offering and began trading on the Nasdaq . It opened a European office in Barcelona , Spain, in September 2006, and in 2009 relocated to the Netherlands. In November 2014, the company announced it would reorganize; Vistaprint continued operating under
1189-402: The customer said "this felt like very, very clear attempts to undermine our message and undermine the message we’re trying to put out". A Vistaprint representative said that an internal investigation "found that it was an error in the automated packaging process which combined two separate customer orders." In response, the customers said that they are skeptical of the explanation, especially since
1230-686: The defendants were in violation of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (which protects from unauthorized charges) and the federal Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (which prohibits the unlawful access of financial information) for charging relatively small amounts from customers accounts "hoping that consumers just won't notice." On November 30, 2009, the company announced that it had terminated its contract with an affiliate of Vertrue Inc., effective December 20, 2009, and that, it had ended all membership rewards or similar programs. In 2011, following complaints from UK customers,
1271-585: The faith", instead of the wedding programs they had ordered. Vistaprint CEO, Trynka Shineman, said that the wedding programs and the flyers were printed at the same time, and that the wrong shipping label was put on the boxes by a third-party partner. Vistaprint resolved the matter with the couple and the lawsuit was dropped, with an apology to the couple and donations to LGBTQ organizations. In June 2020, two fundraisers for Black Lives Matter found that their order for Black Lives Matter posters also came with All Lives Matter posters. In an interview with Buzzfeed News
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1312-516: The graphic arts industry since its inception in 1975. One of the largest was its acquisition on June 17, 2015 , of Standard Register Co., founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1912, for a reported $ 307 million. Brothers John and William Sherman, along with local Dayton inventor Theodore Shirmer, founded Standard Register Co. to sell the pinfeed autographic register , a device invented by Shirmer. The device enabled multiple copies of printed forms to be fed through
1353-571: The job. Jobs are routed for printing without intervention. The printing is done in a single pass on automated, high-volume, large-format presses. Once printed, the products are cut down to size using a computerized robotic cutter, assembled, packaged and addressed using proprietary software-driven processes, and shipped to the customer. In a form of mass customization using as little as 60 seconds of production labor per order versus an hour or more for traditional printers, orders are printed faster and at lower costs than traditional printers. Their strategy
1394-482: The late 1990s, drug-related nuisance had become a problem in the centre of Venlo. National and municipal officials launched the Q-4 Project and Tango initiatives that, amongst other measures, included moving the town's largest coffeeshops to the outskirts, where they continue to do business, while the city centre was freed from disturbances. In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into
1435-502: The machine using a hand-cranked wooden cylinder. Over the next century, Standard Register rose to prominence as one of the largest printed communications companies in the United States. Several months after the transaction was complete, Standard Register was re-branded as Taylor Corporation's new go-to-market subsidiary, Taylor Communications. Less than one year following the acquisition of Standard Register, Taylor Communications announced its intentions to purchase Staples Print Solutions,
1476-470: The municipality of Venlo. Tegelen was originally part of the Duchy of Jülich centuries ago, whereas Venlo has a past in the Duchy of Guelders . On 1 January 2010, the municipality of Arcen en Velden , was merged into the municipality of Venlo. In 2003 Venlo was awarded the title "Greenest city of Europe". Venlo was the host of Floriade 2012 , the world's largest horticultural exhibition. In 2013, Venlo won
1517-460: The owner's consent. Numerous complaints were received by ConsumerAffairs.com and The Better Business Bureau by consumers objecting to these charges including the complaints of still being charged after canceling and that more than a year after cancelling membership, the charges began again. Vistaprint's partnerships in the United Kingdom have attracted criticism. Critics have stated that Vistaprint's customers are enrolled without their knowledge in
1558-517: The prestigious 'Best City Centre of the Netherlands' award. It amazed the jury by all the investments which have been made in the last couple of years in the Maas Boulevard, the railway station, the tunnel in the centre and the Maas bridge. Venlo, being a city with a 100,000-plus population, is served by a large number of schools both at primary and secondary education levels. In addition, Venlo
1599-401: The previous owner, had decided to sell the company in preparation for retirement. Taylor had worked for and alongside Carlson since 1959. Carlson Craft has become Taylor’s largest company and is the leading wholesale printing company in the U.S. In June 2015, it was announced that Taylor Corporation would be acquiring Standard Register for a reported $ 307 million. In 2016, Deb Taylor
1640-456: The settlement known as Sablones on the Roman road connecting Maastricht with Xanten , but the little evidence there is concerning the location of Sablones speaks against this thought while there is no evidence in support of it. Blerick, on the west bank, was known as Blariacum . Documents from the 9th century mention Venlo as a trade post; it developed into one of the more important ones in
1681-401: Was appointed to serve as the chief executive officer of Taylor Corporation, with Glen Taylor remaining active in the company as its chairman. In 2019, Deb Taylor stepped down and Glen Taylor reassumed the role of CEO until appointing Charlie Whitaker as the chief executive officer in 2020. Glen Taylor remains chairman of the company. Taylor Corporation has grown by acquiring 187 companies in