A21, Inc.

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a21, Inc.
Type	Public (OTCBB: ATWO)
Founded	San Francisco, California USA (2000)
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Key people	John Ferguson, CEO Thomas Costanza, Vice President & CFO Bruce D. Slywka, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Industry	Stock photography
Website	www.a21group.com

a21, Inc. (OTCBB: ATWO) aggregates visual content from photographers, photography agencies, archives, libraries, and private collections; and licenses that content for its customers. The company's customers include advertising and design agencies, publishing and media entities, in-house communication departments and outside corporate communications firms, small and home office businesses, and the general public. The company sells its products directly and through a global network of 50 distributors in 100 countries. It also markets its products through print advertising, direct mail, Web mail, and telemarketing.

a21 was formed as in investment company in 2000 and acquired the stock photography agency SuperStock in 2004. They moved into SuperStock's headquarters in Jacksonville, FL and used SuperStock as a vehicle for further expansion. In 2005 they acquired Ingram Publishing Ltd., a UK-based provider of subscription and Royalty-Free images as well as vector graphics and fonts, vehicle outline templates, and print price guides. The following year they acquired ArtSelect, an Iowa-based provider of online technology and fulfillment infrastructure for retailers in the custom framed Art and Wall Décor market. They have also announced plans to launch a new stock photography business named MediaMagnet in late 2007.