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Quill Corp.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$550.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

With more than $1 billion in sales, Quill Corporation in Lincolnshire, Illinois, is the nation's leader in catalog and online distribution of office products, furniture and technology. The company's reputation for superior customer service, quality and pricing can be traced back to its founding in 1956. From its humble beginnings in Chicago, where it operated out of the basement of the Miller family's chicken store, to its sale to Staples in 1998, Quill has pioneered many of the advancements in office supply retailing that are standard practices today. Its vast array of supply categories include writing instruments, office filing and storage systems, office furniture, paper, technology products like computers and cameras, ink and toner, party supplies, shipping products, cleaning and breakroom items, print shop products including business cards, appointment cards, and many others. Over the years, Quill has continued as an office supply industry leader, expanding its product lines and services, further improving its promise of fast delivery, attributed in part to its eleven regional state-of-the-art distribution centers. As part of its growth strategy, Quill has acquired complementary companies that expand its customer base and product diversity capabilities. These units, all fully integrated into Quill's operating and management systems, are Smilemakers, Medical Arts Press (MAP) and Hayes Marketing, Inc. (HMI), which focus on the medical, dental, chiropractic, veterinary,...

Number of Employees 2,000
Contact Information

PO Box 94080

Palatine, Illinois 60094-4080

www.quillcorp.c...

(847) 634-6690

NAICS Code Mobile Food Services: 722330

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jack Miller CEO
Mike Patriarca President
Kyle Anderson Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Helen Bertolucci Director, Quillcom & Channel Marketing
Mary Beth Sullivan Director, HR
Cheri Hanson West Coast Correspondent
Harve A. Ferrill Director

Jack Miller is a prominent Chicago area entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder and former President/CEO of Quill Corporation, which became the nationa s largest independent direct marketer of office products, employing over 1,300 people with annual sales in excess of $630 million before being acquired by Staples, the giant office supply company in 1998. After the sale of Quill, Mr. Miller became chairman of the board at Successories Inc. a business-to-business mail order firm which he sold in 2009. He also focuses on real estate development and investment at Millbrook Properties and The Benida Group. He is a very active philanthropist serving as chairman of the Jack Miller Center for Teaching Americaa s Founding Principles and History and President of the Jack Miller Family Foundation, which supports a wide variety of community improvement efforts. He recently established the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy with the idea of it becoming a public foundation supporting the funding of collaborative research at a number of institutions. Mr. Miller was inducted into Philanthropy World magazinea s Hall of Fame in January, 2008. Mr. Miller graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Journalism. He is the author of Simply Success, How to Start, Build and Grow a Multimillion-Dollar Business a the Old Fashioned Way, published by John Wiley & Sons in February, 2008. Please visit www.simplysuccessbook.com

Organization Position Status
Quill Corporation CEO Current
Quill Corporation Founder Current
The Jack Miller Center Chairman Current
Quill Corporation President Former
University of Illinois Degree In Journalism Former

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Quill Corporation President Current
Quill Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Quill Corporation Quill Vice President of Operations Former

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Quill Corporation Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Current
Quill Corporation Marketing Executive Former

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Quill Corporation Director, Quillcom & Channel Marketing Current

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Quill Corporation Director, HR Current

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The Reach Group President Current
Reach Group Consulting President Current
Quill Corporation West Coast Correspondent Current

HARVE A. FERRILL has served as a Director of the Company since October 1996. Mr. Ferrill has served as Chief Executive Officer of Advance Ross Corporation, a company that provides tax refunding services ("ARC"), since 1991 and as President of Ferrill-Plauche Co., Inc., a private investment company, since 1982. Mr. Ferrill served as President of ARC from 1990 to 1993 and as Chairman of the Board from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Ferrill has served as Chairman of the Board of GeoWaste Incorporated since 1991 and also serves on the Boards of Directors of Gaylord Container Corporation and Quill Corporation.

Organization Position Status
CBIZ Inc. Committee Member Current
Quill Corporation Director Current
CBIZ Inc. Director Current
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