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About School Specialty

Founded: 1959, as Valley School Supply. Took the name School Specialty in 1995 when it acquired that catalog company.
Customer demographics: Supplies nearly every school district in the United States.
Number of SKUs: 80,000
Number of catalogs: School Specialty’s traditional company, plus eight specialty company brands
Total number of catalogs mailed annually: 40 million
Annual revenues: $870 million
Distribution centers: eight
Contact centers: Appleton, WI, and Mansfield, OH (each specialty company also maintains a small contact center)
Printer: Quad Graphics
Housefile: not available for rental