May 26, 2011

SnapRetail Named To Entrepreneur Magazine’s “100 Brilliant Companies”

Pittsburgh, PA – SnapRetail, a company that makes it easy for retailers to use email, Facebook and Twitter to market products and drive increased sales, has been named by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of its “100 Brilliant Companies.”

With a focus on true innovation, Entrepreneur Magazine uses this annual award to recognize companies that offer the brightest ideas in the hottest industries, recognizing the most insightful innovators. SnapRetail was recognized in the social shopping category.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/100brilliantcompanies/index.html

“The team at SnapRetail is thrilled to be recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the nation’s 100 Brilliant Companies for 2011,” said Ted Teele, CEO of SnapRetail. The company is the fastest growing technology provider to independent retailers in the $75 billion U.S. market for gift and home products.

SnapRetail has already been adopted by many of the industry’s leading brands including Vera Bradley, Midwest-CBK, Mud Pie and Yankee Candle.  With thousands of retailers and more than 80 vendor partners, SnapRetail is the only company in the gift & home industry that helps independent retailers with the ‘sell through’ of their products.  Mr. Teele recently announced that SnapRetail has secured $6 million in venture capital to fund growth plans.

SnapRetail has created TrafficBuilder, a quick and affordable online marketing system that gives retailers the ability to create high-impact emails, Facebook, or Twitter posts in minutes. Its paid user base has tripled since January, which demonstrates the growing need to find smarter solutions in digital marketing. Retailers can take a free 30-day test drive of the software by visiting www.snapretail.com/trial.

About SnapRetail

SnapRetail makes it easy for independent retailers to market products, increase sales and compete with larger retailers. The Pittsburgh-based company provides the industry’s only digital marketing & content aggregation system designed to improve the unique marketing and selling needs of independent retailers. The company created TrafficBuilder, a virtually automatic marketing system that gives independent retailers all of the materials needed to create high-impact marketing materials in minutes. More information is available on www.snapretail.com and SnapRetail’s Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/snapretail.