Business development in Stamford, CT

Guild Group, founded in 1980, is a privately held marketing and communications company. It has more than 75 employees, and has three branches, including White Plains, N.Y., Woodland Hills, Calif., and Atlanta. The company serves a variety of businesses, such as Internet companies, packaged goods and retail, business-to-business and financial, and entertainment and communication companies. Guild Group s clients include Colgate Palmolive, Gevalia, Kendall Jackson, Kraft, Maxwell House, ADP, American Express, Dotcom Distribution, Dun & Bradstreet, Feld Entertainment, HBO and LifeMinders.com. The company offers various services, including promotion, creative, multicultural and trade marketing, Internet marketing, and partnership and on-site field marketing. Additionally, it offers services, such as e-commerce strategy, go-to-market planning, lead generation, customer acquisition and retention, life cycle management, loyalty program, and new channel development.

Founded in 1969, MBI is a consumer products company that develops and markets more than 500 new products every year. It serves customers in over 125 countries. The company s business fields include jewelry, publishing, sports, die-cast models, and coins and stamps. MBI operates Danbury Mint, which is one of the leading marketers of sports collectibles, precision models and other licensed products in the United States. It also operates Easton Press, a publisher of leather-bound and fine edition books that holds archives of literary criticism, specially commissioned illustrations and book introductions. The company provides marketing, advertising, order processing, shipping, warehousing, and product research and development services. With annual sales of over $400 million, MBI has partnerships with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation.