GSP Acquisition Merges Two Retail Service Leaders

Clearwater, FL, June
5, 2015
– GSP, a leading provider of retail services, announced today that it has
purchased substantially all of the assets of the Madison, Wisconsin-based,
large-format graphics production lab, Great Big Pictures (GBP), resulting in a
strategic merger of two leaders in retail marketing and store-level execution.
“This marks a
transformative step in our history,” noted GSP CEO Geoff Neuhoff. “The
combination of GSP and Great Big Pictures merges two great companies that are
even better together. I’m excited by the possibilities for our business
partners and our employees,” he said.
“This is an
organizational and strategic merger,” Neuhoff emphasized, “that is mutually
beneficial. It will help GSP to improve turn time and reduce transit costs for
our customers. GBP is the perfect complement, adding state-of-the-art digital
production capabilities, a design and project management team with extensive
experience in propping and visual displays for leading retail brands, as well
as an 80,000 square foot facility staffed to accommodate our record sales
growth, as well as take on the future growth we anticipate.”
GBP’s Alice Torti, who
will join GSP’s leadership team and continue to lead GBP as a division of GSP,
agreed, “Merging with GSP creates incredible opportunities for GBP’s customers,
who will benefit from GSP’s leadership in store profiling technology and G7
Master printing facilities, as well as award-winning design and photography
services.”
Bill and Mary
Chandler, GBP’s long-time owners and pioneers in photo-realistic graphics
production for retail, will support the integration of the two organizations as
advisors to GSP’s executive team. Anticipated growth resulting from the
merger and investment in the Madison facility will create as many as thirty new
positions in various locations.
“Great Big Pictures is
the right partner for us so we can continue to Make Retail Better,” commented
Neuhoff.
ABOUT GREAT BIG
PICTURES
A leader in the world
of retail display graphics since 1973, GBP offers an 80,000-square-foot production
facility with the finest in conventional and digital imaging equipment
operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It offers
photographic-quality printing, propping and visual fixturing to retail partners
nationwide and is located in Madison, Wisconsin. For more information, visit gbpinc.com.
ABOUT GSP
GSP helps
consumer-facing businesses transform their growth strategies into store-level
results. Our site intelligence software optimizes planning and enables flawless
store-specific retail execution. Our survey services ensure that
retailers know the details of every store to improve capital expenditure decisions, store understanding
and store support. Our design team provides award-winning food photography, foodservice
graphics and industrial design solutions tailor made for retail results. And
our point of purchase management team leverages expertise in design,
production, fulfillment and data management to maximize return on in-store
marketing efforts. We make retail better. For more information, visit gspretail.com.
Contact: Marketing –
GSP (Email: marketing@gspretail.com ,
Call: 727.532.0647)