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Advanced Marketing Services, Inc.
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 PROFILE
Advanced Marketing Services (AMS) knows book distribution chapter and verse. AMS services membership warehouse clubs (Costco and Sam's Club bring in about three-quarters of sales) as well as office superstores and other specialty retailers. AMS distributes books, audio- and videocassettes, CD-ROMs, and other products and helps retailers with product selection and promotion. Its Advantage Publishers Group division publishes books under the Silver Dolphin (juvenile), Thunder Bay (promotional), and Laurel Glen (traditional) imprints. AMS services stores in the US, Canada, Mexico, the Pacific Rim, and the UK. Chairman Charles Tillinghast owns about 16% of AMS, while co-founder and EVP Loren Paulsen owns about 9%.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2001 Sales (mil.): 713.60
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 13.6%
Employees: 561
Revenue per employee: $1,272,014.26

 KEY PEOPLE
• Michael M. Nicita
    CEO
• Edward J. Leonard
    CFO

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5880 Oberlin Dr., Ste. 400
San Diego, CA 92121
US
Phone: 858-457-2500
Fax: 858-452-2237
Online: Web Site

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