London, Ontario – Monday, September 15th, 2008 - Ad Vendors International Inc., a leading provider of recruitment advertising strategies and design services, today announced it has placed 46th on the 9th annual PROFIT HOT 50 ranking of Canada’s fastest growing companies by PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success. The PROFIT HOT 50 ranking is the definitive ranking of Canada’s Emerging Growth Companies. Published in the October issue of PROFIT magazine and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT HOT 50 ranks young firms by two-year revenue growth. Ad Vendors International has shown 152 per cent growth over two years.
“Recognition by the 2008 PROFIT HOT 50 has brought a tremendous amount of pride and sense of achievement to our team, which has worked so hard building this company in such a highly competitive industry,” said Louisa Robazza, president of Ad Vendors International. “Our success is truly an example of how solid values, positive thinking, endurance and a genuine desire to contribute something meaningful to both clients and employees can overcome obstacles and create something great.” The company now employs 12 and recently purchased a Toronto-based agency, AES Company - Recruitment Division. It also launched a new division that focuses on promotional items and corporate apparel.
The company’s impressive client list of over 300 spans every sector — non-profit and government agencies, universities, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, mining and forestry. It includes companies such as Alberta Pacific Forest Industries, Bell Technical Solutions, Cargill Meats Canada, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, The University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, Magna-Formet Industries and Xstrata Plc.
About Ad Vendors International
Specializing in recruitment advertising, AV International’s talented and dedicated team develops comprehensive media strategies, custom web and graphic design, and call-to-action copywriting. We’ve helped hundreds of organizations move from a reactive, transactional approach to a proactive and strategic recruitment solution.
AV International opened in Port Credit, Ont., in January 2004 and moved to London in December of 2005. The company was born of a desire to do things differently: to create a truly supportive and creative workplace where integrity, customer service and good business practices were always top-of-mind. Louisa Robazza, at the time a single mother of three young children, powered the initiative with her colleague Darryl Allen, creative director. Funds for start-up came miraculously from an “angel,” and within weeks of the initial conversation, a business plan was created, office space rented and equipment leased.
About PROFIT Magazine:
PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success, is Canada’s preeminent publication dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For more than 25 years, Canadian entrepreneurs across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it’s a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them increase their revenues, boost their profitability and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Published six times a year by Rogers Publishing Ltd., PROFIT is distributed almost exclusively to the chief executives of companies with 5 – 250 employees and annual revenue of $1 million to $25 million, reaching more than 300,000 readers across Canada.
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If you would like more information, please contact Louisa Robazza
at 519-433-9492 or e-mail her at: louisa@advendors.com
