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54-675: Harry V. Quadracci founded Quad on July 13, 1971, as a privately owned printing company. In 2023, Quad had more than 13,000 employees around the world. They serve around 2,900 clients with around 43 manufacturing and distribution facilities and over 70 client-based on-site locations. Quad’s initial public offering was on July 6, 2010. It is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol QUAD. The company reported $ 3.2 billion in net sales in 2022. Harry V. Quadracci founded Quad, originally named Quad/Graphics, on July 13, 1971, in an abandoned Pewaukee, Wisconsin, factory. He raised

108-485: A $ 200 million packaging company and added offerings for in-store displays. BlueSoho, initially formed in 2004 as a digital art and image retouching studio, was repositioned in 2015 with the addition of a mobile marketing agency and media planning and placement group. Quad reported $ 4.3 billion in net sales in 2016. In September 2017, Quad won a $ 450 million contract to print all of Bluestem Brands' catalogs. In 2019, Quad began producing 100% of Condé Nast ’s titles, expanding

162-520: A board member. Huet is President of Brand Management & Innovation and a member of the Executive Committee at Newell Brands, a consumer products company. In 1983, Quad/Graphics purchased Milwaukee Magazine , and made Betty Quadracci (the wife of Harry V. Quadracci) the president and publisher. In July 2010, Quad acquired competitor World Color Press , In November it acquired the HGI Company,

216-469: A challenging retail environment exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Quad announced that it would cease print manufacturing operations at three production facilities (Fernley, Nevada; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Nashville, Tennessee). Slated for early 2021, the planned closures impacted approximately 650 workers. On October 31, 2020, Quad also sold its two remaining book manufacturing facilities. The divestiture

270-443: A commercial and specialty products printer; this was followed by a July 2011 asset swap with Transcontinental Incorporated, in which Quad acquired Transcontinental's Mexican assets, along with its black-and-white book printing business for U.S. export (in exchange for seven of Quad's Canadian facilities). From 2010 to 2013, Quad engaged in a series of acquisitions and consolidations in response to shifting market conditions, including

324-559: A deal which closed in January 2019. At the time, Periscope employed over 500 people, providing services across creative advertising, packaging, production, and media buying. In January 2020, Periscope CEO Elizabeth Ross left, and was replaced by an interim CEO from Quad; in June 2020, Periscope announced Cari Bucci-Hulings would join Periscope as its new president, effective July 6, 2020. In 2020, citing

378-526: A majority interest in the company. The majority interest investment was made soon after Quad’s acquisition of Ivie & Associates Inc., a marketing and advertising firm with North American headquarters in Flower Mound, Texas. In November 2018, the company acquired LSC Communications in an all-stock deal for $ 1.4 billion. Shareholders of both companies approved the merger in February 2019. However, in June 2019

432-647: A photo essay by noted photojournalist Peter Turnley , who was hired to do a series of photo essays for the magazine. The eight-page spread in August 2004 showed images of death, grieving, and funerals from both sides of the war in Afghanistan . On the U.S. side, Turnley visited the funeral of an Oklahoma National Guard member, Spc. Kyle Brinlee, 21, who was killed when his vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan . During his funeral, Turnley photographed

486-429: A previous partnership that began in 1993. Publications under the partnership included Allure, Architectural Digest, Domino, Golf Digest, GQ, GQ Style, Teen Vogue, W Magazine, Wired, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Vogue , Brides , and The New Yorker . In February 2019, Quad announced a name and logo update, changing its name from Quad/Graphics to Quad. This was in an effort to focus more on

540-484: A rotating set of authors, is the "Weekly Review", a three-paragraph distillation of the week's political, scientific, and bizarre news. Like "Harper's Index" and "Findings" in the print edition of the magazine, "Weekly Review" items are typically arranged for ironic contrast. As of the December 2019 issue, Julian Lucas writes the print edition's "New Books" column. Editor Lewis H. Lapham was criticized for his reportage of

594-473: A senior editor at Time magazine, was hired to replace Morris as Harper's ninth editor, serving in that position from 1971 until 1976. Lewis H. Lapham served as managing editor from 1976 until 1981, when the job was taken over by Michael Kinsley . Lapham returned to the position again from 1983 until 2006. On June 17, 1980, the Star Tribune announced it would cease publishing Harper's Magazine after

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648-467: A store club membership fee. It is part of the FoodMaxx banner. Super Store Industries ( Lathrop ) also produces and packages bottled beverages, cultured dairy products, and frozen dairy products for several brands, including Sunnyside Farms yogurt, Stater Brothers ice cream, and Minute Maid orange juice. SSI owns and operates Sunnyside Farms ( Fairfield ) and Sunnyside Farms Dairy ( Turlock ). Since 2010,

702-655: A vocal critic of U.S. domestic and foreign policies. Editor Lapham's monthly "Notebook" columns have lambasted the Clinton and the George W. Bush administrations. Beginning in 2003, the magazine concentrated on reportage the Iraq War , including long articles on the battle for Fallujah , and the cronyism of the American reconstruction of Iraq . Other reporting has covered abortion issues, cloning, and global warming. In 2007, Harper's added

756-471: Is the CEO of Quad. Between 2020 and 2023, Quad hired Julie Currie (formerly Nielsen Company) as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Josh Golden (formerly Ad Age) as Chief Marketing Officer, and Joshua Lowcock (formerly IPG-owned UM Worldwide) as President of Quad Media. In 2023, Quad appointed Beth-Ann Eason to its board of directors and Compensation Committee. In October, Quad appointed Melanie Huet as

810-473: The Columbia Journalism Review , and others as inaccurate and promoting a scientifically discredited theory. The Treatment Action Campaign , a South African organization working for greater popular access to HIV treatments, posted a response by eight researchers documenting more than 50 errors in the article. In 2006, Lapham was succeeded as Harper's editor by Roger Hodge . Since that time,

864-464: The 2004 Republican National Convention , which had yet to occur, in his essay "Tentacles of Rage: The Republican Propaganda Mill, a Brief History", published in the September 2004 issue, which implied that he had attended the convention. He apologized in a note. Lapham left two years later, after 28 years as Harper's editor-in-chief, and launched Lapham's Quarterly . The August 2004 issue contained

918-679: The No Comment blog by attorney Scott Horton about legal controversies, Central Asian politics, and German studies. In April 2006, Harper's began publishing the Washington Babylon blog on its website, written by Washington, D.C. editor Ken Silverstein about American politics; and in 2008, Harper's added the Sentences blog by contributing editor Wyatt Mason , about literature and belles lettres . Since that time, these two blogs have ceased publication. Another website feature, featuring

972-563: The S-Mart Foods name. The unrelated chain has since folded and the stores in Lodi and Stockton are now under the Save Mart banner. Save Mart Supermarkets includes a number of store banners and private label product brands. Lucky is a chain of full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including fresh produce, bakery goods, deli foods, and ethnic foods. The chain operates in and around

1026-537: The Save Mart , Lucky , and FoodMaxx brands. The stores are located in northern and central California and northern Nevada . The company is owned by the Jim Pattison Group . Save Mart stores are full-service grocery stores with a broad product offering, including fresh produce, bakery goods, deli foods and ethnic foods. In Lodi and Stockton , an unrelated Save Mart chain operated and so stores were branded under

1080-632: The August 1980 issue, but on July 9, 1980, John R. MacArthur (who goes by the name Rick) and his father, Roderick, obtained pledges from the directorial boards of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , the Atlantic Richfield Company , and CEO Robert Orville Anderson to amass the $ 1.5 million needed to establish the Harper's Magazine Foundation. It now publishes the magazine. In 1984, Lapham and MacArthur, now publisher and president of

1134-480: The Black Lives Matter movement and staffer concerns that Quad was releasing deceptive data about its employee diversity." The walk-out was led by a group strategy director at Periscope who, weeks earlier, had started a movement to address the "systemic racism that is afflicting our industry." On July 2, 2020, approximately 150 employees walked out, consisting of nearly the entire Periscope Minneapolis office. After

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1188-668: The Postal Service. In 2021, Quad expanded its relationship with Package InSight, an organization that uses biometric technology to study brand packaging performance, consumer attention, and shelf-impact. In 2024, Quad launched a new creative agency named Betty, in honor of the late Betty Quadracci. This new entity consolidates Quad's creative capabilities, including the creative and content production agency brands Ivie & Associates Inc. and Periscope. Additionally, in 2024, Quad introduced InStore Connect, an in-store retail media network technology. Partnering with The Save Mart Companies ,

1242-576: The San Francisco Bay Area under its own banner and its newer banner concept, Lucky California . Lucky is a revival of the original chain (with pictures of its stores from the 1940s) after Save Mart acquired the northern California Albertsons stores from Cerberus Capital Management in 2006, which included the rights to use the Lucky name. FoodMaxx is Save Mart's warehouse-style grocery chain. It began in 1986, when Save Mart's then-CEO Bob Piccinini saw

1296-594: The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division sued to block the acquisition. A trial date was set that likely would not have resulted in a decision until 2020, a costly delay that caused both companies to call off of the deal. Quad paid LSC a reverse termination fee of $ 45 million, as required by the merger agreement. Since 2010 the company has closed 47 printing facilities in response to changing media and advertising trends. In November 2018, as part of its continued diversification, Quad agreed to purchase Minneapolis -based advertising firm Periscope, Inc., for $ 132 million,

1350-621: The acquisition. Quad is still controlled by the Quadracci family through ownership of high-voting class B shares. In 2010, Quad became LL Bean’s exclusive provider for studio photography. The company managed studio operations in cooperation with LL Bean’s Photography Operations and Creative Department. The agreement covered photography for LL Bean’s catalogs, including Men’s, Women’s, Kid’s, Fly Fishing, Hunting, Traveler, and Home titles, as well as its websites and e-commerce business. By 2016, Quad, continuing to expand its marketing services, had built

1404-686: The company has closed stores in Bakersfield , Clovis , Delano , Elk Grove , Folsom , Fresno , Kerman , Larkspur , Madera , Merced , Milpitas , Modesto , Sparks , Sanger , San Pablo , Tracy and Yuba City , due to competition, higher prices and other reasons. In a 2013 settlement with 35 California district attorneys, the company agreed to pay $ 2.55 million in civil penalties, costs and expenses for violating state law on storage, handling and disposal of hazardous materials, including bleaches, batteries, electronic devices, ignitible liquids, aerosol products and cleaning products. In 2015

1458-527: The company’s acquisitions, Periscope and Rise Interactive. Harper%27s Magazine Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States. Harper's Magazine has won 22 National Magazine Awards . Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries,

1512-472: The company’s marketing services. The company is still known as Quad/Graphics, Inc., legally. In February 2021, Joel Quadracci testified before a Congressional committee about the need for major reforms in the U.S. Postal Service. Quadracci spoke both as the CEO of Quad and on behalf of the Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service. It was the fourth time in a decade that Quadracci testified before Congress about

1566-455: The contract to print National Geographic , producing 9 million copies of the magazine monthly. In 2002, Tom Quadracci took over as company president and CEO after the death of his brother Harry. The company had around 14,000 employees, $ 2 billion in annual sales, and 15 plants on three continents. It was the largest privately owned printing company in the world. In 2004, Tom took over as chairman and CEO, and, in 2006, Joel Quadracci, Harry’s son,

1620-872: The end of the year, impacting 350 employees. Quad attributed the decision to industry-wide volume declines due to ongoing economic uncertainty and increasing postage rates. Work that was performed in the Effingham location was set to be consolidated into other Quad locations with enhanced direct mail capabilities. For employees unable to relocate to other Quad facilities, the company offered separation pay, continuation of health care benefits, and career transition assistance. In February 2024, Quad acquired DART Innovation, an in-store digital media solutions provider. On July 1, 2020, at least five employees at Periscope walked out in protest against Quad, alleging "interference by its parent company in Periscope’s social media communications about

1674-507: The foundation, respectively, along with new executive editor Michael Pollan , redesigned Harper's and introduced the "Harper's Index" with statistics arranged for, "Readings", and the "Annotation" departments to complement its fiction, essays, reportage, and reviews. Under the Lapham and MacArthur's leadership, Harper's Magazine continued publishing literary fiction by John Updike , George Saunders , and others. Politically, Harper's has been

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1728-431: The funds to establish the printing company, in part, by taking out a $ 35,000 second mortgage on his house, and began with 11 employees. Some of the company's first contracts were with Investor magazine and the national Fishing Facts magazine. By 1973, Quad had 25 employees and $ 2.8 million in sales. In 1973, Quad founded its first division, Duplainville Transport. It continues to operate as Quad’s trucking division. Over

1782-417: The initial rollout of this technology will be across 15 stores. Quad offers marketing and print services and products. These services include: In 2023, Quad released a new campaign, “Built on Quad”. This was the company’s first large-scale marketing and advertising campaign focused on Quad’s “end-to-end” services and products. At the end of 2022, Quad operated 45 manufacturing and distribution plants around

1836-676: The magazine has had a number of shorter-termed editors in chief, several of whom were fired amid various controversies. On January 25, 2010, the firing of the magazine's editor, Roger Hodge, by publisher John R. MacArthur was met with criticism among the magazine's subscribers and staff. MacArthur initially claimed Hodge was stepping down for "personal reasons", but later disclosed that he fired Hodge. Ellen Rosenbush served as editor from 2010 to 2015. She returned in January 2016 when MacArthur fired Christopher Cox, who had been named editor only three months prior in October 2015. James Marcus assumed

1890-515: The magazine published works of prominent authors and political figures, including Herman Melville , Woodrow Wilson , and Winston Churchill . Willie Morris 's resignation as editor in 1971 was considered a major event, and many other employees of the magazine resigned with him. The magazine has developed into the 21st century, adding several blogs. Harper's Magazine began as Harper's New Monthly Magazine in New York City in June 1850, by publisher Harper & Brothers . The company also founded

1944-631: The magazine was separately incorporated, and became a division of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company , owned by the Cowles Media Company . In the 1970s, Harper's Magazine published Seymour Hersh 's reporting of the My Lai Massacre by United States forces in Vietnam. In 1971, editor Willie Morris resigned under pressure from owner John Cowles Jr. , prompting resignations from many of

1998-515: The magazine's star contributors and staffers, including Norman Mailer , David Halberstam , Robert Kotlowitz , Marshall Frady , and Larry L. King : Morris's departure jolted the literary world. Mailer, William Styron , Gay Talese , Bill Moyers , and Tom Wicker declared that they would boycott Harper's as long as the Cowles family owned it, and the four staff writers hired by Morris—Frady among them—resigned in solidarity with him. Robert Shnayerson,

2052-476: The magazines Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazaar , and grew to become HarperCollins . The first press run of Harper's Magazine included 7,500 copies and sold out almost immediately. Six months later, the magazine's circulation had grown to 50,000. The early issues reprinted material pirated from English authors such as Charles Dickens , William Makepeace Thackeray , and the Brontë sisters . The magazine soon

2106-446: The marketing industry. In 1990, Harry V. Quadracci founded QuadMed to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of employee healthcare, serving as a provider of onsite primary care services to employees and their families. Today QuadMed provides workplace health solutions for employers across the country. Onsite services include physical therapy and condition management programs for conditions such as diabetes and asthma. Joel Quadracci

2160-581: The next few years, Quad continued to grow and had 100 workers and three presses by 1976, and 300 workers and six presses in 1979. In the late 1970s, Quad was awarded its first substantial national contract with Newsweek . Contracts with Harper's , Time , and US News & World Report followed. By the mid-1990s, the company was printing magazines like People , Sports Illustrated , Playboy , Architectural Digest , and catalogs for LL Bean and Lands' End . In 1991, Quad had almost 9,000 employees and annual sales of $ 509 million. In 2000, Quad acquired

2214-482: The open casket as it lay in the back of the high school auditorium where the funeral was held to accommodate 1,200 mourners, and the photo was used in the photo essay. Brinlee's family subsequently sued the magazine in federal court. The case ended in 2007 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the unauthorized publication was in "poor taste" but upheld the ruling of the Tenth Circuit that the magazine had not violated

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2268-517: The packaging company Proteus. In 2014, Quad acquired UniGraphic Inc., “one of the largest commercial printers in the Boston metro area.” In February 2015, Quad acquired Marin’s International, a French company operating in the point-of-sale display industry. In July 2016, Quad announced a $ 12 million minority investment in Rise Interactive, a Chicago-based digital marketing agency. In 2018, Quad acquired

2322-431: The post of editor in 2016. In March 2018, an essay by Katie Roiphe on the #MeToo movement excited controversy both online and inside Harper's . Marcus had complained about the piece, suggesting the critique of #MeToo was inappropriate in light of Harper's "longtime reputation as a gentleman's smoking club"; he attributed this disagreement as a primary cause of his firing in 2018. In April 2018, Ellen Rosenbush assumed

2376-730: The potential of the no-frills grocery store concept which offered the same products at a fraction of the price. Piccinini opened two new Food 4 Less stores in the Fresno area. After the success of the two new Food 4 Less stores, the first FoodMaxx in Fresno opened in 1989. By 2000, 15 stores had opened. As of 2021, There are currently 51 store locations in California and 2 in Nevada. A grocery store in Modesto that offers products at warehouse-store prices without

2430-470: The privacy rights of the family, since the family had invited the press and, according the court, "opened up the funeral scene to the public eye". The March 2006 issue included an article by Celia Farber , "Out of Control: AIDS and the Corruption of Medical Science", presenting Peter Duesberg 's theory that HIV does not cause AIDS . It was strongly criticized by AIDS activists, scientists and physicians,

2484-537: The prominent signatories had "bigger platforms and more resources than most other humans" and were unlikely to face repercussions for anything they said, and others taking umbrage at particular signatories such as J. K. Rowling , who faced recent criticism for her comments on transgender issues . Save Mart Supermarkets The Save Mart Companies is an American grocery store operator founded and headquartered in Modesto, California . It owns and operates stores under

2538-480: The slow decline of print, the rise of digital and mobile technologies, and the economic downturn created by the Great Recession in the late 2000s. The company closed more than 50 printing plants and began building production studios and providing marketing services to longtime catalog clients like LL Bean and Cabela’s. When asked about the company’s strategy during that time, Joel Quadracci told Adweek , “For us, it

2592-448: The title of editorial director. In October 2019, the magazine announced that novelist and essayist Christopher Beha would be taking over as editor, with Rosenbush remaining as editor-at-large. In July 2020, Harper's published an open letter called " A Letter on Justice and Open Debate " criticizing "illiberalism" and promoting a tolerance of different viewpoints. The letter received a mixed response on Twitter with some remarking that

2646-677: The walkout, Quad gave Periscope editorial independence over its social media posts and apologized for being “slow to communicate its commitment to ending systemic racism". Quad is headquartered in Sussex, Wisconsin. The company has around 43 manufacturing and distribution facilities and over 70 client-based on-site locations around the world. In December 2022, Quad opened an office in New York. It included space for pop-up experiences for clients without physical stores in Manhattan, event space, and space for two of

2700-486: The world, and over 80 client-based on-site locations. In 2023, Quad had over 2,700 clients and 13,000 employees. Around 1,500 Quad employees are based in marketing departments in client companies. Clients include Cabela’s, Safeway, Vons, and Shaw’s. In February 2021, Quad and the Quadracci family's Windhover Foundation committed $ 1 million to a three-year partnership with The BrandLab, a non-profit organization that supports young people from diverse backgrounds to advance in

2754-495: Was part of a previously announced decision to improve its product portfolio. Also in 2020, Quad acquired Apple Tree Group, a strategic and creative agency specializing in point-of-sale advertising. Based in Mexico City, near Quad’s existing Mexico operations, Apple Tree is part of Quad’s in-store marketing group. In October 2023, Quad announced that it would cease operations at its Effingham, Illinois print manufacturing location by

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2808-405: Was promoted to president and COO. On July 6, 2010, Quad began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: QUAD) following the acquisition of Canadian rival World Color Press in an all-stock deal worth between $ 1.3 billion and $ 1.4 billion. Quad’s listing was not an IPO because it was not done in order to raise cash, but instead was necessary to complete a stock exchange with World Color as part of

2862-460: Was publishing the work of American artists and writers, and in time commentary by the likes of Winston Churchill and Woodrow Wilson . Portions of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick were first published in the October 1851 issue of Harper's under the title, "The Town-Ho's Story", named after Chapter 54 of Moby-Dick . In 1962, Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson & Company, becoming Harper & Row (now HarperCollins ). In 1965,

2916-410: Was we better become the consolidator, or the consolidating is going to be done to us.” Employees were offered a separation package that included severance pay, continuation of health care benefits, and career transition assistance. On January 16, 2013, Quad acquired Vertis Holdings, Inc., a printer of retail inserts, direct mail and in-store marketing materials. In December 2013, the company acquired

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