Polaris Direct Named Among Nation’s Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses
Diversity-owned businesses contributed over 1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy and represent some of the nation's top companies. Women-owned Polaris Direct, a two-year old high-volume lettershop, is one of those companies. They were just named among the nation's top women-owned businesses.
(PRWEB) February 10, 2005 -- Polaris Direct was recently named as one of the
top 500 women-owned businesses in the United States by leading multi-cultural
B2B online portal DiversityBusiness.com.
The Div500 is the 5th annual
listing of the Nation’s top 500 Women-Owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size
from $2 million to over $1 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent
the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a
diversity-owned business is small or insignificant. Diversity-owned businesses
contribute over 1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.
Founded in
2002 Polaris Direct is a high-volume direct mail lettershop serving the Fortune
500. “It’s an honor to be recognized for our rapid growth among diversity
suppliers,” said company Director Judith Maloy. “We launched Polaris to fill a
growing market demand from corporations throughout the country who recognize the
positive impact diversity suppliers have on their organizations. Over the past
two years we have successfully provided direct mail solutions for some of the
nation’s largest companies.”
The Power of Diversity Business
It is no
longer just “the right thing” to do business with diversity suppliers.
“Diversity businesses are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be
reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates
International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “This is a whole
business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs and valuable
products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the
new leaders of American business.”
The Div500 is a classification that
represents the top 500 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native
Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as
technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large
organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural
and women-owned businesses use the list.
“The Div500 companies are the
heroes of Women-Owned business in America,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of
diversitybusiness.com. “These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and
made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing
jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”
Polaris Direct will be honored at DiversityBusiness.com’s 5th Annual
Multicultural Business Conference, taking place in March at the Foxwoods Resort
Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
About Polaris Direct
Polaris
Direct is a full-service print management and lettershop company located in
Southern New Hampshire and specializing in high-volume direct mailings for
Fortune 500 companies and marketing agencies. As a full service supplier,
Polaris Direct is equipped to meet most direct mail needs, including
pre-production planning, consultation in mail piece design, data processing,
laser and ink jet imaging, lettershop / bindery production, and print
management. Polaris Direct is also a certified member of the Women’s Business
Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
Headquartered in Hooksett, NH,
Polaris Direct opened its doors in August 2003 with sales offices in New York
City.
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