Consumer Services

Vivid Seats Corporate Office

Vivid Seats was founded in 2001 by Jerry Bednyak and Eric Vassilatos in Chicago, Illinois. The company is a middle man marketplace where ticket holders can find buyers for their unwanted tickets to events.

Vivid Seats earns money by taking a 10% commission once tickets have sold. The company also charges a delivery fee, which varies.

In 2017, ESPN replaced StubHub with Vivid Seats as their official ticket provider of choice.

In 2019, Vivid Seats was named as the official ticker provider of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Vivid Seats offers a 100% refund policy if the event is canceled. The company apparently did not always return all of a customers money and they lost a class action lawsuit.

Vivid Seats maintains a corporate office in Chicago, Illinois.

Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats earns money by taking a 10% commission once tickets have sold. The company also charges a delivery fee, which varies.

In 2017, ESPN replaced StubHub with Vivid Seats as their official ticket provider of choice.

History

In 2019, Vivid Seats was named as the official ticker provider of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Vivid Seats offers a 100% refund policy if the event is canceled. The company apparently did not always return all of a customers money and they lost a class action lawsuit.

Vivid Seats maintains a corporate office in Chicago, Illinois.

OrderMyChecks Corporate Office

OrderMyChecks.Com can trace its roots back to 1874. John Harland began a printing shop in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1923. While the company has changed names several times, the company business has remained unchanged.

The original name was Maverick-Clarke Lithograph Company. In 1922, Checks In The Mail began printing business checks and Clarke Corporation purchased the company that same year.

John Harland started his print shop in 1923 and he acquired Clarke Company, changing the name to Harland-Clarke.

Today, the company still does a wide range of printing services, including business and personal checks. OrderMyChecks was the first company to start printing personalized checks for clients.

In 2010, Harland-Clarke decided to rebrand itself as Vericast.

In December 2020, Vericast partnered with Constellation Advanced Digital Partners to create a platform allowing credit unions to collaborate with fintech partners.

OrderMyChecks is often touted as the most economical way to order personalized checks.

Harland Clarke/Vericast/OrderMyChecks.Com maintains a corporate office in San Antonio, Texas,

OrderMyChecks

The original name was Maverick-Clarke Lithograph Company. In 1922, Checks In The Mail began printing business checks and Clarke Corporation purchased the company that same year.

John Harland started his print shop in 1923 and he acquired Clarke Company, changing the name to Harland-Clarke.

History

Today, the company still does a wide range of printing services, including business and personal checks. OrderMyChecks was the first company to start printing personalized checks for clients.

In 2010, Harland-Clarke decided to rebrand itself as Vericast.

In December 2020, Vericast partnered with Constellation Advanced Digital Partners to create a platform allowing credit unions to collaborate with fintech partners.

OrderMyChecks is often touted as the most economical way to order personalized checks.

Harland Clarke/Vericast/OrderMyChecks.Com maintains a corporate office in San Antonio, Texas,

Netspend Corporate Office

Immigrant brothers from Mexico, Bert and Roy Sosa, were attending college when they realized that many of their friends were unable to purchase items online because they had no credit cards or bank accounts. Using their pooled money of $750, they founded Netspend in 1999.

While the Sosa’s originally planned to sell their prepaid cards to students, they quickly realized that they could reach a much larger base by offering them online to anyone without a bank account, credit card, or those who don’t want to deal with those institutions but need another option to purchase items besides cash.

The company offers a prepaid Visa or Mastercard, which requires a small fee to open the account and charges a fee each time it is used. Netspend recently partnered with Family Dollar and 7-Eleven to sell their cards in their stores.

Netspend accounts can be managed online or via mobile phone apps. The company was acquired by TSYS in 2013 for $1.4 billion in cash.

Netspend was forced to refund more than $13 million in fees after the FTC filed charges claiming that the company withheld funds that caused some consumers severe financial difficulties.

In October 2018, the company experienced a technical issue that prevented an unknown number of cardholders from accessing their accounts or the ability to withdraw cash.

In October 2020, the parent company Global Payments stated that the company was considering selling off NetSpend.

Some Netspend users are unhappy with the service and they move their money to PayPal instead.

Headquarters for Netspend will remain in Austin, Texas.

Netspend

History

Netspend accounts can be managed online or via mobile phone apps. The company was acquired by TSYS in 2013 for $1.4 billion in cash.

Netspend was forced to refund more than $13 million in fees after the FTC filed charges claiming that the company withheld funds that caused some consumers severe financial difficulties.

In October 2018, the company experienced a technical issue that prevented an unknown number of cardholders from accessing their accounts or the ability to withdraw cash.

In October 2020, the parent company Global Payments stated that the company was considering selling off NetSpend.

Some Netspend users are unhappy with the service and they move their money to PayPal instead.

Headquarters for Netspend will remain in Austin, Texas.

Carvana Corporate Office

Carvana, founded in 2013 by the owner of Drivetime Earnest Garcia II, sells inspected, certified cars online with a seven-day “test buy” period, passing on savings to consumers who can bypass dealerships and sales commissions.

The company allows clients to shop, finance, and even trade in their current used car, all online. Cars can be transferred nationwide and are generally picked up at what is known as “vending machine” sites, which accept a special type of coin that is mailed to the customer after the sale has been completed. Using the company’s online 360 viewing camera, clients can inspect every part of the vehicle, inside and out.

In April of 2017, the company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: CVNA

Carvana is listed as #34 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America. In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $365.1 million and a three-year growth rate of 7,925%. The company also took the #1 spot on the Inc. list of Top Arizona Companies & Top Phoenix Companies, as well as the #2 spot for Top Retail Companies.

In April of 2018, Carvana and Ford made a short-term agreement to advertise and sell more Ford used cars on the Carvana app. It is unknown at this time if the agreement will be renewed.

The company also ranked 5th on the Forbes 2015 list of America’s Most Promising Companies. Carvana has distribution centers in Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina. The company also has a physical presence in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Pittsburgh, Texas; and St. Louis, Missouri.

In order to fight the coronavirus, the company launched a virtual tour of its most impressive cars, including a Porsche 911, in September 2020.

Also in September 2020, the company announced that it was hiring 100 new employees at its Tolleson, Arizona, inspection station.

In April 2022, the company suffered its first loss and stock prices dropped.

In October 2022, the state of Michigan suspended Carvana’s dealer license for repeated violations, including failure to obtain titles for new car buyers.

Carvana maintains a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona.

Carvana

History

In April of 2017, the company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: CVNA

In April of 2018, Carvana and Ford made a short-term agreement to advertise and sell more Ford used cars on the Carvana app. It is unknown at this time if the agreement will be renewed.

In order to fight the coronavirus, the company launched a virtual tour of its most impressive cars, including a Porsche 911, in September 2020.

Also in September 2020, the company announced that it was hiring 100 new employees at its Tolleson, Arizona, inspection station.

In April 2022, the company suffered its first loss and stock prices dropped.

In October 2022, the state of Michigan suspended Carvana’s dealer license for repeated violations, including failure to obtain titles for new car buyers.

Carvana maintains a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona.

HRS The Hotel Portal Corporate Office

In 1972 Robert Ragge opened a travel agency in a former greengrocer’s shop in Cologne, Germany, which specialized in arranging hotel rooms during trade fairs.

In 1986, HRS published an international hotel directory with fixed prices. In addition, a computer-aided reservation system was introduced in the 1980s, which formed the basis for the presence in the on-screen text.

After 1989, HRS was the first provider to make electronic bookings possible. Customers were presented with a list of free hotel rooms that could previously only be accessed by telephone. In 1995 the company started the first online portal for hotel bookings in what was the new medium, called the Internet. This meant a significant boost for the business and faxes and phone orders were slowly discontinued.

Today, HRS is a global company with offices in New York, New York, and Dallas, Texas.

The company earns revenue via bookings. Booking via HRS is free of charge for travelers, but hoteliers pay a standard commission of 15%.

The company also offers more than 500,000-holiday homes and apartments. A special feature of the platform is that there is no need to inquire about availability from the providers, as all accommodations can be booked directly by travelers.

HRS is one of the market leaders in this area. Major customers are, for example, Google, Siemens, and Toyota.

In May 2021, the German high court stated that Bookings.Com and HRS must remove slogans such as “best price” or “lowest price” when booking rooms in Germany.

HRS maintains a corporate office in the United States in Plano, Texas.

HRS

In 1972 Robert Ragge opened a travel agency in a former greengrocer’s shop in Cologne, Germany, which specialized in arranging hotel rooms during trade fairs.

History

Today, HRS is a global company with offices in New York, New York, and Dallas, Texas.

The company earns revenue via bookings. Booking via HRS is free of charge for travelers, but hoteliers pay a standard commission of 15%.

HRS is one of the market leaders in this area. Major customers are, for example, Google, Siemens, and Toyota.

In May 2021, the German high court stated that Bookings.Com and HRS must remove slogans such as “best price” or “lowest price” when booking rooms in Germany.

HRS maintains a corporate office in the United States in Plano, Texas.