beganik strategy + design wins emerging business award

beganik strategy + design, will be recognized with the Deubener Award at the 25th Annual Small Business Awards of Excellence Luncheon on Friday, May 19 at Prom Center in Oakdale, MN. The Deubener Award is the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce’s highest award honor. The Emerging Business of the Year award from the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce is for outstanding achievements, leadership and business success.

The Deubener award is in recognition of Walter & Lydia Deubener, proprietors of a grocery and five and dime store on West Seventh Street in downtown Saint Paul in the early 1900’s. The Deubeners noticed their customers’ purchases were limited not by their pocket books but by how much they could carry. Walter came up with an idea: he took an ordinary paper sack, punched four holes in each side, reinforcing the bottom with string, looped the string through the holes and over the top to form handles. This was the birth of the first handled shopping bag. Their business increased overnight. The couple eventually sold their store to go into the shopping bag business.

With a philosophy that good design = good business Justin has built a unique model integrating brand strategy with his approach toward graphic design. The company specializes in the Shelter market, medical practice, and retail.

beganik strategy + design is a firm that helps organizations build and strengthen their brands through strategic communication programs.