For Release: June 5, 2003Media Contact: Chris Kochmanski (734/944-8705, chris@design-hub.com)DesignHub Creates Ads, Mailers, and Trade Show Signage for MapInfo-ThompsonSALINE, MICH. – DesignHub, a strategic marketing communications firm headquartered in Saline, has produced advertising, direct mail, and exhibit signage to help MapInfo-Thompson promote its high-performance Predictive AnalyticsTM software and consulting. MapInfo-Thompson – an Ann Arbor-based division of MapInfo® Corporation of Troy, New York – selected DesignHub to create display panels and signage for the company’s exhibit and hospitality suite at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) 2003 Spring Convention, held last month in Las Vegas, Nevada. DesignHub also developed promotional mailers and a double-page advertisement for the show’s program aimed at attracting show attendees to MapInfo-Thompson’s exhibit and meeting areas. Other ads recently developed by DesignHub promote MapInfo-Thompson’s AnySite® software used for retail site analysis and selection. DesignHub’s services on all of these projects included strategic assessment, creative conceptualization, copywriting, design, layout, and production. MapInfo-Thompson Predictive Analytics was formed through MapInfo Corporation’s acquisition of Thompson Associates in January of this year. Since 1959 Thompson has been the nation’s leading retail market research firm. The MapInfo-Thompson team specializes in helping retail, restaurant, real estate, and financial services companies select expansion sites, forecast sales, and understand their customers’ behavior. MapInfo-Thompson is headquartered at 3131 S. State St., Suite 100, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48108. More information on the firm can be obtained by calling 1-800-688-3941 or visiting www.mapinfo.com/thompson. MapInfo Corporation is a global company that integrates software, data, and services to help customers realize greater value from location-based information and drive more insightful decisions. MapInfo solutions are available in 20 languages through a network of strategic partners and distribution channels in 60 countries. Visit www.mapinfo.com for details on the company’s products and services. DesignHub works with companies and institutions to produce marketing plans, websites, corporate identity programs, brochures, annual reports, newsletters, advertising and public relations campaigns, direct mail, packaging designs, and exhibit signage. In addition to MapInfo-Thompson, DesignHub's clients include Center for Automotive Research, Chelsea Community Hospital Health & Wellness Center, Child Care Network, Cohousing Development Corp., Concordia University-Ann Arbor, DreamEssence Inc., Electrocon International Inc., Focus Software Inc., Huron Valley Printing & Imaging, McGilvra Engineering, NanoBio Corp., Picometrix Inc., Saline Celtic Festival, Saline Economic Development Corp., SignGraphix Inc., Thomas B. McMullen Co., the University of Michigan's Congenital Heart Center, and Veridian. Further information is available from DesignHub, 135 East Bennett, Suite 12, Saline, Mich. 48176. Phone: 734/944-8705. Fax: 734/944-8735. E-mail: info@design-hub.com. Online: www.design-hub.com. |
