Type: Public
On the web: http://www.valassis.com
Employees: 6,735
Employee growth: (9.5%)

Valassis Communications offers door-to-door marketing without taking a toll on its shoes. A giant in the marketing services industry, Valassis is a leading producer of newspaper inserts, selling space for advertising and coupons in its four-color booklets. Each week its consumer brand RedPlum delivers coupons and deals to more than 100 million households through the mailbox, in the newspaper, on the doorstep, or on the Internet. Outside the US, Valassis' products and services reach about 7 million Canadian households. In order to provide its services, the company works in collaboration with more than 15,000 advertisers worldwide. It has about 25 operations facilities in the US and eight internationally.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $2,333.5M
One year growth: 4.0%
Net income: $385.4M
Income growth: 477.2%

Officers:
Chairman: Alan F. Schultz
President and CEO: Robert A. (Rob) Mason
COO: Ronald L. (Ron) Goolsby

Competitors:
News America Marketing
News Corp.
Vertis Inc

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