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Mark Shay

Mark Shay is CEO of ClassicWines.com and has become well known in the entrepreneurial world. Before ClassicWines.com, Mark led the following businesses to success:

Educational Directories Unlimited. EDU produces web sites designed to connect students with schools, selling advertising to universities on leading educational directory sites such as GradSchools.com, StudyAbroad.com and IIEPassport.org.

Academic Analytics. Mark acted as producer of the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, a measure of doctoral faculty performance outside the classroom. Ranking reports and performance data sold to universities for use in assessment and strategic planning

BoxBundles.com. The nation's number one online merchant of boxes and supplies for people who are moving.

EDU Internet Strategies. Serving schools and business through web site development, CRM-system implementation and online marketing campaigns.

Liberty City College Promotions. A regional campus marketing company, part of a national network of advertising firms utilizing alternative distribution to reach students on campus.

Mark's vision has helped ClassicWines.com become one of the most popular internet resources for wine. Through big picture planning, ClassicWines.com now boasts original written content, a hugely successful video series entitled Classic Wines TV, and a comprehensive wine search engine (the largest devoted to wines available online).

 

 Columns written by Mark Shay


 

The Real Bottle Shock: A Monopoly is Trying to Control Your Wine Cellar

Written By: Mark Shay on Friday, September 26, 2008

A look at how big players in the wine market are trying to position themselves for further control.

Since 1931, when the 21st Amendment reintroduced alcohol to the United States, the wine market has operated in a somewhat balanced three-tiered system where producers are required to use licensed distributors to bring their product to retailers. Under strict regulation, modest competition has managed to occur. Unfortunately, legislators in 1931...read more