Merisel, Inc. supplies visual communication solutions primarily in the United States. The company engages in imaging and prototyping businesses. Its imaging business includes graphic solutions, and premedia and retouching services. Merisel provides graphic arts consulting and production services, including design consulting, digital photographic output services, inkjet and digital output services, photo finishing, and exhibit and display solutions. The company offers these services in connection with the production of visual communications media used in the design and production of consumer product packaging, advertising products in retail stores, and outdoor and event displays. It provides various premedia services, such as scanning, type setting, high-resolution file preparation for printing, and retouching services for commercial or high art clients for modifying or enhancing the appearance and functionality of photographic images used in publishing, advertising, or package applications. The company’s prototype business involves the creation of prototypes and mockups used in new product development, market testing, and focus groups, as sales samples; as props for print and television advertising; and as samples for use in corporate presentations, point-of-sale displays, and packaging applications. In addition, Merisel offers image database management and archiving, workflow management and consulting services, and related outsourcing and graphic arts consulting services. The company serves customers in the retail, fashion/apparel, cosmetic/fragrance, consumer goods, sports/entertainment, advertising, and publishing industries. It has offices and production facilities in New York, New York; Edison, New Jersey; Burbank, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 1980 under the name Softsel Computer Products, Inc. and changed its name to Merisel, Inc. in 1990. Merisel is headquartered in New York, New York.