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Inc. Magazine's Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

 

Inc. magazine today revealed that TicketSauce, a complete private label event management software company, is No. 514 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Microsoft, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

“We are extremely proud of our growth at TicketSauce and thankful to our employees, customers and partners for helping us reach the top 10 percent of the Inc. 5000 recognition,” said Travis Fisher, CEO, TicketSauce. “Our commitment to our business remains the same and we will continue to provide media companies, brands associations and direct event organizers with the ability to drive revenue and first-party data to their organizations.”

Not only have the companies on the 2019 Inc. 5000 (which are listed online at Inc.com, with the top 500 companies featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands August 20) been very competitive within their markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists. The 2019 Inc. 5000 achieved an astounding three-year average growth of 454 percent, and a median rate of 157 percent. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $237.7 billion in 2018, accounting for 1,216,308 jobs over the past three years.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

“The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have followed so many different paths to success,” says Inc. editor in chief James Ledbetter. “There’s no single course you can follow or investment you can take that will guarantee this kind of spectacular growth. But what they have in common is persistence and seizing opportunities.”

The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring the companies on the list will be held October 10 to 12, 2019, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. As always, speakers include some of the greatest innovators and business leaders of our generation.

About TicketSauce
TicketSauce is a private label event management software company that drives new revenue and data for its customers. Its product-focused approach is critical in helping media organizations, associations, agencies and direct event organizers put on successful events and drive new customer engagement. 

The TicketSauce software can handle any event large or small with unique feature sets around timed entry, multi day QR codes, activity within an event, activity calendaring, registrations and more. Its clients can take advantage of various ticketing forms (PDF, mobile, RFID, ticketless, etc.) and add customizable fees as needed.

Product highlights for event organizers include venue seating, custom fees, mobile box office applications, custom banding, BOGO, activities and scheduling features, custom buyer data collection, real-time analytics, email and SMS Communication, API data feeds and multi-language support.

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology
The 2019 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2015 and 2018. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2015. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2018. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2015 is $100,000; the minimum for 2018 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

About Inc. Media
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. Inc. took home the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in both 2014 and 2012. The total monthly audience reach for the brand has been growing significantly, from 2,000,000 in 2010 to more than 20,000,000 today. For more information, visit http://www.inc.com.

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Started in 1982, this prestigious list has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The Inc. 5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony is an annual event that celebrates the remarkable achievements of these companies. The event also offers informative workshops, celebrated keynote speakers, and evening functions.

For more information on Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Conference, visit http://conference.inc.com/.

Avery Dennison to Acquire Smartrac’s RFID Inlay Business

Enhances Capabilities for Rapidly Growing Intelligent Labels Platform

GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Smartrac’s Transponder (RFID Inlay) Division, for the purchase price of €225 million, subject to certain closing and post-closing adjustments. The division is a leader in the development and manufacture of RFID products, with 2019 estimated global revenue of approximately €125 million, or approximately $140 million, and approximately 900 employees.

“This acquisition reflects a continuation of our strategy to invest, both organically and through M&A, to shift our portfolio towards faster growing, higher value categories,” said Mitch Butier, Avery Dennison chairman, president and CEO. “Smartrac’s Transponder Division represents an excellent strategic fit for us, accelerating our strategy to expand our Intelligent Labels platform across a variety of end markets and customers within the industrial and retail segments, and extending our reach to new channels."

The combination creates a platform with over $450 million in revenue offering long-term growth and profitability above the Company average, with strong research and development capabilities, expanded product lines, and added manufacturing capacity.

“We believe in a future where every physical item will have a unique digital identity and digital life, which will transform the visibility of products throughout the supply chain, all the way to the consumer, helping to improve efficiencies, increase sustainability, and enhance consumer experience,” said Francisco Melo, vice president and general manager, intelligent labels for Avery Dennison. “The capabilities of Smartrac will enable us to continue delivering on this vision across multiple verticals.”

Smartrac’s CEO and Chairman of the Management Board, Christian Uhl, added: “Our RFID transponder business is among the pioneers in the RFID industry, having built a very attractive product portfolio across a broad variety of customer needs and frequencies. The combination with Avery Dennison will help us to continue driving innovation that benefits our customers and the overall industry.”

Smartrac is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The company has manufacturing facilities in Germany, Malaysia, China, and the United States.

The acquisition is expected to have an immaterial impact to the Company’s adjusted earnings per share in 2020. Avery Dennison plans to fund the acquisition with existing cash and credit facilities, and expects the transaction to close in a few months, subject to customary closing conditions and approvals.

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and manufacturing company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs approximately 30,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2018 were $7.2 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison Corporation

Media Relations
Rob Six (626) 304-2361
rob.six@averydennison.com

Investor Relations
Cindy Guenther (626) 304-2204
cynthia.guenther@averydennison.com

Source: Avery Dennison Corporation

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Zappix Customer Deploys Digital Surveys for Real-Time Patient Feedback

Zappix Survey Engine, another on-demand customer service product from leading Visual IVR vendor Zappix, has has been deployed by a healthcare provider as a real-time patient feedback solution as well as a long-term voice of the customer (VoC) and trends analysis tool.

Thanks to the multichannel flexibility of Zappix On-Demand Apps, this healthcare provider can easily direct patients to fast and easy to use feedback surveys through QR codes printed on flyers and posters, via links embedded in emails and other digital communication, as well as on their website.

“We are proud to provide time-critical, immediate patient feedback for healthcare providers,” said Yossi Abraham. “Our solution allows healthcare workers to quickly respond to survey responses and provide premium care to patients and visitors and also monitors responses over time while providing valuable trends analysis.”

Zappix surveys are fully customizable and easily tailored to any use case. Zappix Survey Engine customers use the tool to reach out to their customers and receive feedback after service calls, distribute evaluation forms after a conference, or automatically collect results and encourage customer service feedback after technician visits, healthcare appointments, and more.

Companies using Zappix surveys or the digital feedback solution can easily apply those insights to CX improvements with the Zappix portfolio of On-Demand Customer Service Solutions for impressive ROI, including:

• Enhanced customer satisfaction — easy to use self-service tools
• Reduced amount of repetitive mundane calls sent to live customer service representatives
• High containment rates of over 80%
• Reduction of call center costs
• Agents empowered to focus on high-value complex calls

Fast, insightful customer feedback is at business leaders’ fingertips with the new Zappix Survey Engine and digital feedback offerings. Proactive communication, automated surveys, instant delivery, and end-to-end digitization is transforming the way customers interact with businesses.

About Zappix

Zappix delivers On-Demand Customer Service Solutions: Visual IVR, On-Demand Apps, Outbound Engagement and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The cloud-based solutions improve the customer journey during contact center interactions. The open platform enables workflow automation, rapid deployments, and seamless integration to back-end systems (CRMs, ERPs, etc.), and IVRs, and provides a comprehensive Analytics Suite.

The Zappix solution provides significant benefits and ROI: reducing costs by increasing containment rates for contact centers, improving customer experience and Net Promoter Score (NPS), creating new revenue opportunities using targeted promotional banners and automation of revenue-generating use-cases.

To learn more about Zappix, go to http://www.zappix.com

Barcode Reader SDK Adds Support for Many New Barcode Types

 

Dynamsoft announced its Barcode Reader software development kit, version 7.2, now supports seven additional barcode symbols and that other performance improvements were made to the SDK.

These updates cover SDKs for Windows, Linux, Android and iOS platforms.

The newly added barcode types are widely used in various industries. The GS1 Databar (omnidirectional, truncated, stacked, stacked omnidirectional, limited, expanded, expanded stacked) is commonly found in grocery stores on produce labels. 

The PatchCode is commonly used to categorize documents during batch scanning. Maxicode (mode 2-5), developed by UPS®, is used to manage and track package shipments. Micro PDF417 is a smaller variant of the PDF417 used in transport, ID cards, and inventory management. Similarly, the Micro QR is a small variant of the QR code commonly used with smartphones. Finally, the GS1 Composite (combination of OneD and PDF417/Micro PDF 417) is commonly used in grocery stores.

The new symbol support is in addition to other updates that include improving the decoding speed for PDF417 and improving decoding capabilities for QR and Data Matrix bar codes that have cylinder-like deformations. The company had also recently announced Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK 7.2 is now capable of supporting Direct Part Marking (DPM) barcodes. This is ideal for customers in aerospace, automotive, electronic manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and other industries in need of tracking parts through their full life cycle.

DPM bar codes contain important information used to identify parts, provide manufacture dates, safety requirements, warranty information, and much more. However, they are in a class of their own in that they are difficult to decode. As a result, they require a special barcode reader due to a variety of unique scan and decode challenges. More details about the DPM solution are available here.

Pricing and Availability
Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK Version 7.2 is now available for download from the Dynamsoft website. It is provided with rich code samples. Developers can also try a live online demo and download trial versions from the product page. There are various technical support channels for the SDK, including email, chat, phone, an online knowledge base, and more. Pricing varies by license configuration options and these details can be found one the company website.

About Dynamsoft Corp.
Dynamsoft Corp. provides enterprise-class TWAIN™ software development kits (SDK), a Barcode Reader SDK, and a Camera SDK to help developers meet document imaging requirements for developing web or desktop document management applications. 

The company also provides enterprise-grade version control software to help developers manage developer teams and projects. The imaging SDKs help today’s businesses seeking to migrate from wasteful paper-based workflows to efficient paperless electronic document and records management. Dynamsoft is an associate member of the TWAIN Working Group that develops TWAIN standards. 

Thousands of customers use Dynamsoft's solutions. Customers include 3M®; Apple®; EMC®; FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.; Fujitsu®; GE®; H&R Block®; HP®; IBM®, Intel®; Infosys®; Lockheed Martin®; Olympus®; Philips®; PricewaterhouseCoopers®; Samsung®; Siemens®; Symantec®; Unisys®; Verizon®; and more. The company was founded in 2003. 

More information is available at http://www.dynamsoft.com.

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Successful newspapers need to have business cards for multiple people. You need cards for managers, Public Relations, Reporters, editors and other individuals individuals within your business. We can help you get all the cards you need! You can order business cards for each staff member by calling 858-292-7715 and taking advantage of our Card Management services. We'll create your private login, upload your logo and card layout and give you access to online card request forms, approval processes and other services you need to order personalized cards for everyone.

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We have a variety of business cards available for your newspaper. From local to national, business and finance to Agriculture, you'll find the card design you need to represent your newspaper perfectly. Our easy card editor makes it simple to upload your own logo or photo for use on your card and we offer a wide selection of artists, photographers and designers from our talented Artist community who can help you come up with a unique design for your paper.

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Just as you provide excellent quality and journalistic integrity for the customers you serve through your newspaper, we also specialize in quality. Our business cards are printed on high quality, thick card stock. We utilize offset presses and a four-color printing process. And we finish all of our cards with a protective coating that keeps your cards looking better longer.

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If you see a Business Card Design that you want to use, simply click on that image. By clicking on the image it will immediately take your selection to the Card Editor. This area will allow you to continue developing your card by entering your personal information (credentials, phone number, email address, mailing address, etc.). it will also give you the opportunity to use the backside of your card if you desire. Once you're satisfied, go ahead and complete your order. We will never sell your information. We are not a data collection company. We print business cards. It's that simple for us. In addition to this peace of mind, we also offer our 100% satisfaction guarantee. This means we will reprint your cards at no charge, if you are not completely satisfied.

NEW EMPLOYEE TIME CLOCK SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTANTS

Recently OnTheClock released a new feature in its employee time clock system that allows accountants and payroll providers to request and gain access to their client’s accounts through the OnTheClock system to improve payroll via email invite. 

Accountants will now have the convenience to access multiple linked accounts under their own main account without having to sign into each one separately. This option is listed under the ‘Settings’ then clicking ‘Account Information’ and finally ‘Linked Accounts’.

Not only is this new feature available for accountants and payroll providers, but current users of the time clock software company can also send emails to their payroll personnel to invite them to join OnTheClock. This option is called Invite My Accountant, which is located inside the ‘Time Clock Settings’ tab under ‘Payroll Providers’.

“The idea is to provide all business owners, accountants and payroll providers a solution to link their time clock accounts together and streamline time card processing so everyone is being paid accurately and businesses are staying within their payroll budgets,” said an OnTheClock spokesperson.

OnTheClock offers free accounts to accounting firms, bookkeepers, payroll companies, and business consultants. This free option allows the accountant to gain access to a robust time clock system without worrying about any additional expenses. The only entity responsible for paying for their time clock services are those who are linked inside the accountant’s and payroll provider’s account.

For example, if an accountant has an OnTheClock account and they have ten companies or clients linked to that account, then those individual companies are responsible for the time clock system costs. For convenience purposes, the accountant does have the option to pay for their client’s time clock accounts every month and roll that amount into their client’s billing to be compensated back. This option is completed by selecting the ‘Changed Billed Accounts’ under ‘Linked Accounts.’

Some benefits that business owners, payroll providers, and accountants will experience include:

• An Administrator can conveniently have access to multiple linked accounts.
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• Increase payroll accuracy.
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• Reduce the time it takes to run payroll.

Please visit OnTheClock to sign up or learn more by contacting them via email at support@ontheclock.com or call 888-753-5999.