Savvy Shoppers’ Survey

Anna Pinto
201-656-7402
Weekdays 9am–5pm.

The Edge: Quality calligrapher. § You provide the stationery and she provides the calligraphy.

Home & home office
Stationery

Alpine Business Group
28 W. 27th St. (5th & 6th Aves.)/212-213-8280
Weekdays 9am–5pm.

The Edge: One-of-a-kind invitations. § With a creative staff of illustrators—one-of-a-kind invitations are the house specialty.

Home & home office
Stationery

World-Wide Business Centres
575 Madison Ave. 212-605-0200 / Morristown 973-539-5100
Weekdays 9am–5:30pm, Sat–Sun by appointment.

The Edge: Rents office space with full services. § Services include conference rooms, desk space, private offices, receptionist, telephone answering, typists, and word processing. Operates a full-service travel agency.

Home & home office
Rentals

FedEx Kinko’s
800-2KINKOS for locations
www.kinkos.com
Daily 24 hours.

The Edge: What did we do before Kinko’s? § Does it all—from straight copying jobs to creating poster boards and stationery. The staff do great work and are there all the time—so no excuses. Also faxing and computer services. § “Dependable and nice staff.” “Great speed.”

Home & home office
Printers
quality style service value: 43 37 38 46

Solutions
718-855-5275
By appointment.

The Edge: Top talent that provides “pizzazz.” § A small team of writers and art directors who have created major advertising and marketing campaigns for such clients as Heineken, Jaguar, Yves St. Laurent, Architectural Digest, and others. Will develop marketing strategies and creative executions for your product or service on a cost-plus basis (actual production costs plus creative time billed by the hour, as law firms do). Very reasonable prices. § “Creative and clever!”

Home & home office
Marketing services
quality style service value: 42 42 42 42

Florence Horowitz & Company
212-535-3055
By appointment.

The Edge: Find the best corporate gift. § Florence Horowitz knows what’s right for your corporate gift. She has a great sense of style and is cost- conscious and concerned about your bottom line. § “So easy to work with! Very flexible!”

Home & home office
Marketing services
quality style service value: 42 42 42 42

Ace Banner and Flag Company
107 W. 27th St. (6th Ave.)/212-620-9111
Weekdays 7:30am–4pm.

The Edge: Custom display banners. § Manufactures all types and sizes of custom display banners. Stocks U.S. and foreign flags. Clients include Carnegie Hall, Cartier, Columbia University, J. P. Morgan, and others. Priced from $12 to $2,000.

Home & home office
Flags
quality style service value: 45 45 45 45

AAA American Flag
40 W. 37th St. (6th Ave.)/212-279-3524
Mon–Thurs 8:30am–4pm, Fri 8:30am–3:30pm.

The Edge: Custom-made flags. § Features custom-made corporate logos or family crests plus traditional flags, including assorted sizes of the American flag, state and city flags, and flags of more than 150 countries.

Home & home office
Flags

Rafik Film and Video Tape Company
814 Broadway, 2nd Fl. (11th & 12th Sts.)/212-475-7884
Weekdays 9:30am–6:30pm.

The Edge: Videotape and film supplies. § As well as carrying supplies, duplicates and edits videos, converts film to video, and converts foreign to U.S. format. No delivery. Discounter.

Home & home office
Film services

Utrecht Art and Drafting Supplies
111 4th Ave. (11th & 12th Sts.)/212-777-5353
Mon–Sat 9am–6pm, Sun noon–5pm.

The Edge: Huge stock of art and drafting supplies at good prices. § One of the largest art-supply houses in the country. Manufactures its own line of paint, canvas, and related products. Store boasts over 20,000 items carried at discount. Frequent sales reduce prices further. Popular with artists from the student to the professional.

Home & home office
Art supplies