second to none

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.second-to-none.com
Employees: 90

Second To None helps companies and their brands achieve a position without peers. The company provides market research services including mystery shopping that measure customer experience and customer satisfaction. It also offers consulting services based on research, helping clients improve all points in customer interactions. Its assessment tools include marketing and point-of-purchase audits, and the company's operational compliance audits ensure consistent marketing across locations. Second To None also provides competitive intelligence and employee survey programs. Founded in 1989, the firm serves small, midsized, and large businesses across industries including banking, restaurants, and retail.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $8.6M

Officers:
President: Jeff Hall
VP Operations and Finance: Greg Wozniak
Director Information Technology: Mark Kordyzon

Competitors:
Lieberman Research Worldwide
RQA, Inc.
Sinclair Customer Metrics

The best, as in Mom's chocolate cake is second to none. Shakespeare was among the first to use this term in The Comedy of Errors (5:1), when Angelo speaks warmly of Antipholus of Syracuse: "Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, second to none that lives here."