W.D. ARMSTRONG

Eventually, in 1971, a group of NAPSA member companies decided to "print the son-of-a-bitch ourselves" and formed a private company (w.d. armstrong corporation) for that purpose. FTC regulations required them to enroll participants whose marketing territories made them non-competitive to each other so that the catalog could include prices... Several NAPSA members who were not invited to join w.d. armstrong learned of the venture and reacted in outrage at the San Antonio meeting in 1971. They led a dramatic attack on "the conspiracy coming out of the Southeast" and demanded that all armstrong group members be expelled from NAPSA... NAPSA and armstrong both survived the difficult birthing process and armstrong has grown and prospered.

Also known as: W.D. Armstrong corp.

Primary location: Carmel United States