LIVONIA, Mich., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valassis , the nation's leading marketing services company, announced today that Alan F. Schultz, Valassis Chairman, President and CEO, will present at the Bear Stearns Media Conference on Monday, March 10, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (EDT) at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla. The presentation will be available via webcast through the Investor section of the company Web site at http://www.valassis.com/.
About Valassis
Valassis is the nation's leading marketing services company, offering unparalleled reach and scale to more than 15,000 advertisers. Its RedPlum portfolio delivers value on a weekly basis to over 100 million shoppers across a multi-media platform -- in-home, in-store and in-motion. Through its newest offering -- redplum.com -- consumers will find compelling national and local deals online. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan with approximately 7,000 associates in 29 states and nine countries, Valassis is widely recognized for its associate and corporate citizenship programs, including its America's Looking for Its Missing Children(R) program. Valassis companies include Valassis Direct Mail, Inc., Valassis Canada, Promotion Watch, Valassis Relationship Marketing Systems, LLC and NCH Marketing Services, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.valassis.com/ or http://www.redplum.com/.
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