our history
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Maritz Canada in brief
| 1980 |
Maritz Canada begins operations in Canadian marketplace |
| 1991 |
Markham office opens |
| 1992 |
AIM (Active Impressions in Marketing) is acquired and amalgamated with Maritz to form Maritz Canada Inc. |
| 1995 |
Maritz brings first points card using debit technology to Canadian marketplace |
| 1998 |
We acquire Thompson Lightstone, a leading research provider. Later renamed Maritz Research Canada |
| 2001 |
Steve Maritz becomes Chairman of Maritz Inc., our parent company based in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the 4th generation of the Maritz family to lead the company. Additionally, the Maritz Canada head office opens at 6900 Maritz Drive in Mississauga, Ontario |
| 2002 |
Maritz Canada is named one of Canada’s 50 best companies |
| 2003 |
We receive ISO 9001:2000 certification, the first agency in Canada to do so. Maybe the only |
| 2004 |
We are awarded our 10th SITE Crystal award for exceptional incentive travel, and the Maritz consumer loyalty business is launched |
| 2005 |
Atlantis Creative Group is acquired, further strengthening our expertise in marketing communications.
To support our growing number of consumer-facing programs, as well as our channel-based initiatives, we launch our customer care call centre.
The call centre establishes a reputation for providing high-touch, personalized customer service for loyalty, incentive and learning programs |
| 2009 |
We take our digital offerings to the next level with dedicated mobile and social media marketing teams |
| 2010 |
We reposition our core solution sets as sales channel enablement, consumer loyalty and engagement marketing |
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