

In November 2013, Crossmark acquired the assets of PromoWorks. In December 2012, a majority of the company was sold to the private equity firm Warburg Pincus. In 2012, The Dallas Morning News reported that the Plano, Texas-based Crossmark had 34,000 employees and has an estimated annual revenue of $1 billion. In 1997, Crossmark was one of three companies that collectively controlled 75 percent of the sales and marketing services industry. 1995 - Three companies and alpha one merges.1981 - Willis Johnson Company changes its name to SalesMark.1977 - Willis Johnson Company calls on Sam Walton in 1977.1960s and 70s - These three companies grew and prospered.1953 - Phillips Brokerage Company created in Birmingham, Alabama.

to the national office of price and administration (two-year assignment) 1943 - President Roosevelt names Willis Johnson Sr.1914 - Company renamed Willis Johnson & Company, operations moved to Little Rock, Arkansas.1906 - Company founded as Johnson and Hunt Merchandise Brokers in Fort Smith, Arkansas.The company serves grocery, mass, club, drug, convenience store, and home improvement channels. Crossmark contributes research and data to the Food Marketing Institute. Leslie Hunt in Fort Smith, Arkansas as a provision supply point for groups traveling to the Oklahoma Territory. The company was established in 1905 by Willis Johnson and E. Crossmark, Inc., stylized as CROSSMARK, is a sales and marketing services company that operates within the consumer goods industry.
