Z-CARD
| Industry | Marketing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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George McDonald (Inventor) Liz Love (Managing Director) |
| Revenue | £7 million (2011) |
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Number of employees
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40 (June 2011) |
| Website | zcard.co.uk |
Z-CARD is the registered trademark for a foldable guide invented by George McDonald when he was a travel writer and consultant for British Airways.
McDonald found that traditional fold-out maps were too bulky to carry with him on travel research trips and wanted a more convenient solution. From this the Z-CARD was developed and launched in 1992, with the company as it looks today being founded in 2003.
The Z-CARD was quickly adopted as a marketing communications tool and reached such prevalence that the term z-card is now used as reference to many z-fold or concertina card and not just those produced by Z-CARD Ltd. While Z-CARD pioneered the z-fold market from 1992, a number of other companies have since entered the market by producing their own take on the z-fold format. The original inspiration for the product came from the familiar fold-out map format.
The Z-CARD and similar products have been used for a wide range of applications, including internal corporate communications, product and services information and promotional merchandise across all major industries.
In recent years, cards have featured technology such as Radio-frequency identification, QR codes and Augmented reality.
In 2011, Z-CARD won the Chartered Institute of Marketing Excellence Award in the SME category. Previous winners of CIM awards include Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann Erickson and JCDecaux.
In 2010, Z-CARD won South London Business of the Year and the Best Business for Marketing categories at the South London Business Awards.
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