Venture Marketing Acquired by Boundless Network

Technology-enabled branded merchandise distributor makes third acquisition in six months.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 7 /PRNewswire/ — Boundless Network, (http://www.boundlessnetwork.com), a technology-enabled branded merchandise distributor, today announced the acquisition of Richmond, Va.-based distributor Venture Marketing, the company’s third acquisition in the past six months.

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According to CEO Jason Black, Venture Marketing is a key acquisition as Boundless Network expands its national footprint and solidifies its position as the change-agent for the advertising specialty industry.

“Progressive distributors like Venture Marketing ‘get it,’” said Black. “Ryan Andrews [Venture Marketing CEO] and his team understand that Boundless provides a new value proposition for the promotional products industry. Using the Boundless technology platform, entrepreneurial distributors like Venture will immediately increase their business productivity, add value to their customer relationships and win big in this tough economy.”

Black believes that unlike Boundless, traditional distributorship models have failed to respond to the changing marketplace by failing to invest in technology required to meet the demands of sales professionals and end customers.

“While the Venture Marketing client list includes many Fortune 1000 companies, our growth was limited by our current infrastructure,” said Andrews. “Venture Marketing needed a partner with advanced technology to enable our sales professionals to maximize existing opportunities. Boundless is the only distributor with a technology platform that allowed us to devote our time and energy to exceeding customers’ expectations and immediately increase revenue in this tough economy.”

Venture Marketing, a 15-year-old promotional products distributor with offices in Virginia and Milwaukee, Wisc., has revenues in the top 3 percent of all advertising specialty firms in the U.S.

Already in 2009, Boundless Network has acquired two companies and added 30 independent sales professionals to the team. Boundless will continue its aggressive expansion by recruiting the top one percent of independent sales professionals, as well as identifying strategic acquisitions of distributorships with revenues between $5 million and $20 million located in key regions throughout the country.

The Austin Business Journal recently ranked Boundless Network as the No. 2 fastest growing company in Central Texas in the more than $10 million in revenue category. The company was also recognized as the No. 6 best place to work in the promotional products industry by the Advertising Specialty Institute out of more than 16,000 companies in the industry.

About Boundless Network

Venture-backed Boundless Network is transforming the $20 billion promotional marketing industry through a highly trained, professional sales organization and proprietary technology that empowers companies to proactively manage their promotional spend. Our patent-pending technology platform connects buyers across organizations to create efficiencies of scale and reduce the cost of branded merchandise by as much as 40 percent. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Boundless Network is one of the fastest growing companies in the promotional marketing industry. To learn more about joining Boundless Network, visit http://www.boundlessnetwork.com/join.

    Contact:  Thomas Terry                    Courtney Powell
              Diverge                         Boundless Network
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