Tampa Bay companies expand despite Florida economic downturn
Clearwater, FL, October 19, 2007 – Despite Florida’s attraction being lessened due to rising real estate, taxes and insurance costs several firms are expanding. The Wall Street Journal reported the most recent statistics regarding Florida’s down-turning economy:
In July, retail sales declined 2.5% statewide from the same period a year earlier, compared with a 0.5% gain nationally
Last year, domestic immigration contributed 166,000 people to Florida’s population, down 19% from the five-year average of 206,000, according to the census bureau
The Tampa Bay Business Journal recently named 200 fast-track Tampa Bay companies by virtue of their growth; 42 were new to the list this year, including OSI Restaurant Partners, Lazydays RV Center, Inc and PostcardMania.
Lazydays RV Center is the nation’s #1 single site RV dealer and has won a host of awards for their RV sales volume including Tiffin Motor Homes and Fleetwood RV.
PostcardMania, the first direct mail postcard company to create postcard marketing campaigns to general business owners nationwide, recently announced its groundbreaking for expansion into its new headquarters in Clearwater, Florida. The young firm began eight years ago by Joy Gendusa and grew rapidly into a multi-million-dollar enterprise with no capital injection.
Florida’s unemployment remains a low 4%. Companies listed in the Tampa Bay Business Journal Fast 50 and the Business 200 continue to create more jobs and flux into the economy.
About PostcardMania:
PostcardMania is a full service postcard direct mail marketing company which includes graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services with free marketing advice.
PostcardMania employs over 150 people, has seen positive expansion every year since its inception and is currently on a 23 million-dollar-revenue run rate for 2007. They have won many awards for their creativity and marketing farsightedness, such as the MarCom International Awards, the Stevie Awards, the Inc 500 List, the Creativity Annual Awards and the Webmaster awards. The underlying theme of all such accomplishments is helping companies all over the nation expand.
Each week PostcardMania prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards representing over 350 business, finance and industrial clients. Visit www.postcardmania.com
If you would like to interview Joy Gendusa, CEO of PostcardMania, please email PostcardMania’s VP PR, Karla Jo Helms at karla_jo@postcardmania.com or by calling 800-628-1804 x342.