a21, Inc. (OTCBB: ATWO) aggregates visual content from photographers, photography agencies, archives, libraries, and private collections; and licenses that content for its customers. The company's customers include advertising and design agencies, publishing and media entities, in-house communication departments and outside corporate communications firms, small and home office businesses, and the general public. The company sells its products directly and through a global network of 150 distributors in over 100 countries. It also markets its products through print advertising, direct mail, Web mail, and telemarketing.
a21 was formed as in investment company in 2000 and acquired the stock photography agency SuperStock in 2004. They moved into SuperStock's headquarters in Jacksonville, FL and used SuperStock as a vehicle for further expansion. In 2005 they acquired Ingram Publishing Ltd., a UK-based provider of subscription and Royalty-Free images as well as vector graphics and fonts, vehicle outline templates, and print price guides. The following year they acquired ArtSelect, an Iowa-based provider of online technology and fulfillment infrastructure for retailers in the custom framed Art and Wall Décor market. In late 2007 they announced plans to launch a new Royalty-Free only brand named MediaMagnet; however the brand was not successful. MediaMagnet images are now only available for sale through SuperStock.
In 2009, it auctioned off SuperStock, MediaMagnet, Ingram, and ArtSelect due to bankruptcy.
a21, Inc., incorporated in October 1998, conducts its business through operating subsidiaries SuperStock, Inc. and ArtSelect, Inc. SuperStock aggregates visual content from photographers, photography agencies, archives, libraries and private collections and licenses the visual content to its customers. Its customer base consists of four major groups: creative (advertising and design agencies), editorial (publishing and media entities), corporate (in-house communications departments and outside corporate communications firms) and consumers (the general public). Its products are sold directly and through a global network of distributors. The Company provides subscription, compact disk - read only memory (CD-ROM) and individual royalty free images, as well as vector graphics and fonts, vehicle online templates, and print price guides for the worldwide graphics design, printing, sign making, advertising and publishing communities. ArtSelect supplies home and office framed and unframed wall décor to retailers, catalogers, membership organizations and consumers through both online and traditional retail and wholesale distribution channels.
SuperStock, Inc.
SuperStock’s images are available for delivery to its customers through online downloads or on CD-ROM and may be viewed on its Website. Certain of those images may also be viewed on its distributors’ Websites. Customers typically search for images by using the search engine on its Website. Given any number of input parameters, which include keywords, subject matter, product type and image number, the search engine returns the appropriate images for the customer to peruse and select. The search can then be refined or repeated with modified input parameters. An image search is usually an iterative process. Upon request and for no additional cost to the client, the Company makes available the search capability of its in-house research team. SuperStock’s collection of contemporary photography forms the largest part of its library. It is an offering of current and imagery in a variety of subjects, such as people and lifestyles, world travel and places, nature and wildlife, business and industry, sports and concepts. The bulk of SuperStock’s vintage collection consists of the Devaney Collection, which includes commercial and advertising photography from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. SuperStock’s offering of fine art imagery ranges from prehistoric cave paintings to modern and contemporary pieces from living artists, many artistic movements throughout history, religious and cultural works, and photographs of antiques and artifacts.
ArtSelect, Inc.
ArtSelect sells custom framed art print reproductions online through its own Website and through privately labeled sub-domains of its Website. ArtSelect’s see it as you design it, virtual frame-shop functionality instantly shows shoppers how their finished framed art print would look under each of the selected pairings. Through ArtSelect’s private labeled sub-domains, catalogers and retailers offer their customers ArtSelect’s range of choice in wall décor in their own names, with no perception by their customers that they were not being served by the cataloger or retailer.
Through ArtSelect’s Private Label Site (PLS) program, ArtSelect creates for its customer-partners branded sub-domains on ArtSelect’s global Website. ArtSelect assigns an ArtSelect URL specific to the customer-partner’s branded site. The customer-partner provides ArtSelect with its identifying graphic and ArtSelect prominently displays it on Web pages throughout the customer-partner’s branded site. The customer-partner’s identifying graphic also serves as the link to the partner’s Website. Limited customization of the customer-partner’s sub-domain is possible upon request.
ArtSelect’s drop-ship wholesale customer-partners offer specific ArtSelect wall decor stock-keeping units (SKUs), on their Websites. Drop-ship wholesale is not linked to a privately labeled sub-domain on the ArtSelect Website. The customer-partner is responsible for all promotions, Web development, transaction processing, and customer interactions.
The Company competes with Getty Images, Corbis, Jupitermedia, Masterfile, Punchstock, Index Stock and Art com.
OVERALL
Beta: 1.45
Market Cap (Mil.): $0.12
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 88.88
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): -
FINANCIALS
ATWOQ.PK Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): -- 9.46 15.79
EPS (TTM): 49.38 -- --
ROI: -19.13 2.86 2.81
ROE: -- 4.62 5.15
1 CxO(s)
R. LaDuane Clifton, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller
1 Executive Vice President(s)
Bruce Slywka, Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing
3 Vice President(s)
Susan O'Brien, Vice President of Global Channel and Product Management
Paul Ryall, Vice President of Marketing
Ian Lishman, Vice President of Visual Content
SUMMARY
Name Age Since Current Position
Rattie, Keith 57 2010 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Stanley, Charles 52 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Doleshek, Richard 52 2010 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Neese, Jay 52 2010 Executive Vice President
Richards, Perry 50 2010 Senior Vice President - Field Services
Dady, Eric 56 2010 Vice President, General Counsel
Jones, Abigail 50 2010 Vice President - Compliance, Corporate Secretary, Assistant General Counsel
Baker, Phillips 51 2010 Independent Director
Flury, L.Richard 63 2010 Independent Director
Harmon, James 2010 Independent Director
McKee, Robert 64 2010 Independent Director
Scoggins, Myles 63 2010 Independent Director
Contacts
7660 Centurion Parkway Jacksonville
, FL 32256
United States
a21 was formed as in investment company in 2000 and acquired the stock photography agency SuperStock in 2004. They moved into SuperStock's headquarters in Jacksonville, FL and used SuperStock as a vehicle for further expansion. In 2005 they acquired Ingram Publishing Ltd., a UK-based provider of subscription and Royalty-Free images as well as vector graphics and fonts, vehicle outline templates, and print price guides. The following year they acquired ArtSelect, an Iowa-based provider of online technology and fulfillment infrastructure for retailers in the custom framed Art and Wall Décor market. In late 2007 they announced plans to launch a new Royalty-Free only brand named MediaMagnet; however the brand was not successful. MediaMagnet images are now only available for sale through SuperStock.
In 2009, it auctioned off SuperStock, MediaMagnet, Ingram, and ArtSelect due to bankruptcy.
a21, Inc., incorporated in October 1998, conducts its business through operating subsidiaries SuperStock, Inc. and ArtSelect, Inc. SuperStock aggregates visual content from photographers, photography agencies, archives, libraries and private collections and licenses the visual content to its customers. Its customer base consists of four major groups: creative (advertising and design agencies), editorial (publishing and media entities), corporate (in-house communications departments and outside corporate communications firms) and consumers (the general public). Its products are sold directly and through a global network of distributors. The Company provides subscription, compact disk - read only memory (CD-ROM) and individual royalty free images, as well as vector graphics and fonts, vehicle online templates, and print price guides for the worldwide graphics design, printing, sign making, advertising and publishing communities. ArtSelect supplies home and office framed and unframed wall décor to retailers, catalogers, membership organizations and consumers through both online and traditional retail and wholesale distribution channels.
SuperStock, Inc.
SuperStock’s images are available for delivery to its customers through online downloads or on CD-ROM and may be viewed on its Website. Certain of those images may also be viewed on its distributors’ Websites. Customers typically search for images by using the search engine on its Website. Given any number of input parameters, which include keywords, subject matter, product type and image number, the search engine returns the appropriate images for the customer to peruse and select. The search can then be refined or repeated with modified input parameters. An image search is usually an iterative process. Upon request and for no additional cost to the client, the Company makes available the search capability of its in-house research team. SuperStock’s collection of contemporary photography forms the largest part of its library. It is an offering of current and imagery in a variety of subjects, such as people and lifestyles, world travel and places, nature and wildlife, business and industry, sports and concepts. The bulk of SuperStock’s vintage collection consists of the Devaney Collection, which includes commercial and advertising photography from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. SuperStock’s offering of fine art imagery ranges from prehistoric cave paintings to modern and contemporary pieces from living artists, many artistic movements throughout history, religious and cultural works, and photographs of antiques and artifacts.
ArtSelect, Inc.
ArtSelect sells custom framed art print reproductions online through its own Website and through privately labeled sub-domains of its Website. ArtSelect’s see it as you design it, virtual frame-shop functionality instantly shows shoppers how their finished framed art print would look under each of the selected pairings. Through ArtSelect’s private labeled sub-domains, catalogers and retailers offer their customers ArtSelect’s range of choice in wall décor in their own names, with no perception by their customers that they were not being served by the cataloger or retailer.
Through ArtSelect’s Private Label Site (PLS) program, ArtSelect creates for its customer-partners branded sub-domains on ArtSelect’s global Website. ArtSelect assigns an ArtSelect URL specific to the customer-partner’s branded site. The customer-partner provides ArtSelect with its identifying graphic and ArtSelect prominently displays it on Web pages throughout the customer-partner’s branded site. The customer-partner’s identifying graphic also serves as the link to the partner’s Website. Limited customization of the customer-partner’s sub-domain is possible upon request.
ArtSelect’s drop-ship wholesale customer-partners offer specific ArtSelect wall decor stock-keeping units (SKUs), on their Websites. Drop-ship wholesale is not linked to a privately labeled sub-domain on the ArtSelect Website. The customer-partner is responsible for all promotions, Web development, transaction processing, and customer interactions.
The Company competes with Getty Images, Corbis, Jupitermedia, Masterfile, Punchstock, Index Stock and Art com.
OVERALL
Beta: 1.45
Market Cap (Mil.): $0.12
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 88.88
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): -
FINANCIALS
ATWOQ.PK Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): -- 9.46 15.79
EPS (TTM): 49.38 -- --
ROI: -19.13 2.86 2.81
ROE: -- 4.62 5.15
1 CxO(s)
R. LaDuane Clifton, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller
1 Executive Vice President(s)
Bruce Slywka, Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing
3 Vice President(s)
Susan O'Brien, Vice President of Global Channel and Product Management
Paul Ryall, Vice President of Marketing
Ian Lishman, Vice President of Visual Content
SUMMARY
Name Age Since Current Position
Rattie, Keith 57 2010 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Stanley, Charles 52 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Doleshek, Richard 52 2010 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Neese, Jay 52 2010 Executive Vice President
Richards, Perry 50 2010 Senior Vice President - Field Services
Dady, Eric 56 2010 Vice President, General Counsel
Jones, Abigail 50 2010 Vice President - Compliance, Corporate Secretary, Assistant General Counsel
Baker, Phillips 51 2010 Independent Director
Flury, L.Richard 63 2010 Independent Director
Harmon, James 2010 Independent Director
McKee, Robert 64 2010 Independent Director
Scoggins, Myles 63 2010 Independent Director
Contacts
7660 Centurion Parkway Jacksonville
, FL 32256
United States
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