School Specialty, Inc. | Introduction
Introduction
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin 54942
U.S.A.
Telephone: (920) 734-5712
Toll Free: (888) 388-3244
Fax: (920) 882-5863
Web site: http://www.schoolspecialty.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1950 as Universal Paper and School Supply
Employees: 2,800
Sales: $907.5 million
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: SCHS
NAIC: 424120 Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant
School Specialty, Inc., is a publicly traded, direct marketing education company based in Greenville, Wisconsin. It offers more than 80,000 products, essentially anything other than textbooks, serving the pre-kindergarten through high school market through catalogs and the Internet. Product offerings are split between general school supplies and specialty products. Offerings include art supplies, classroom supplies, school furniture, instructional materials, educational games and software, academic calendars, audiovisual equipment, physical education equipment, and indoor and outdoor equipment. School Specialty sells to schools as well as individuals. It mails more than 40 million catalogs each year, and its online operation offers both an educational portal and an e-commerce web site.