The company was founded under the name Bonne Impression in 1995 in Paris, France by current President and CEO Robert Keane. It was a direct marketer of desktop publishing software and pre-printed laser-printer-compatible specialty papers for printing brochures, stationery and business cards from the desktops – focused on small business customers. In 1999, the company moved its business to the internet and changed its name to
Vistaprint. In November 2014, the company changed its name from Vistaprint N.V. to Cimpress N.V. to clarify the distinction between the corporate entity and the company's portfolio of customer-facing brands. At the start of 2014, Cimpress announced it had acquired People & Print Group (renamed Printdeal as of January 1, 2015), an online printing company based in
Deventer, Netherlands. In April of the same year, the company acquired
Pixartprinting, an online printing company based in Quarto d'Altino, Italy. Later that year in October 2014, Vistaprint acquired a $25 million minority position in Brazilian web-printing startup Printi. In 2020, the company acquired a majority stake. In December 2016, Cimpress acquired National Pen, a marketer and manufacturer of custom writing instruments. Four years later, in 2018, Cimpress acquired BuildASign, an online printing company based in Austin, Texas for $280 million. BuildASign will keep its company name as well as its website. That same year, the company also purchased a majority stake in VIDA & Co., a San Francisco-based company that provides on-demand apparel, accessories, and home decor products. == Manufacturing ==