Duncan-Parnell Announces the Acquisition of Wilmington’s Copycat Print Shop
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (August 12, 2024) — Duncan-Parnell inc., a Charlotte-based provider of Signs & Graphics and positioning technologies for the AEC industry, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Copycat Print Shop, Inc., a full-service print shop located in Wilmington, N.C.
The acquisition is a strong and strategic fit for Duncan-Parnell, allowing them to offer a broader scope of printing products and services to industries they are very familiar with by expanding their existing footprint in the Wilmington area. It will maintain Copycat’s current location at 637 S. Kerr Ave. along with Duncan-Parnell’s current Wilmington branch location at 3001-C Wrightsville Ave.
“Copycat and Duncan-Parnell have enjoyed a long, friendly relationship for years, so we are thrilled to bring Copycat into the DP Family. They have an outstanding team who have a great reputation for quality and customer service. Our charge will be to add additional resources to the market to bring more value to customers,” said Mark Duncan, President of Duncan-Parnell.
“Copycat is a great fit for Duncan-Parnell. It’s an honor to be able to blend in with such a well-respected family-owned North Carolina company. Our goal will be to bring even more value to their customers through a wider range of solutions and services and to grow the overall business together,” said Betsy Kahn, Owner of Copycat.
Duncan added, “At Duncan-Parnell, we strive to create lifelong relationships built on value. So, I look forward to creating even stronger relationships with the customers in the Wilmington area.”
With a combined 125-year history, both companies look forward to continuing to deliver on our shared core values of respect, honesty, and treating our customers fairly through this union.
About Duncan-Parnell
Duncan-Parnell is an independent, family-owned company since 1946, offering a diverse portfolio of products and services. Not only is there a natural fit with Copycat’s offering of reprographics (construction printing), signage and graphics production, but Duncan-Parnell also offers solutions for the geospatial industry, a line of construction software, and an array of unmanned drone solutions. Now, with 19 physical locations across the Southeast including the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee, Duncan-Parnell has grown to be a trusted supplier of hardware, software, and services that provide efficiency and greater productivity for the customers and industries they serve.
For more information, please visit www.duncan-parnell.com and www.copycatprintshop.net
