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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Day-Timer</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><div class="infobox-caption">Logo as of 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1951</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Morris Perkin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">Allentown, Pennsylvania</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">personal organizer products</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://daytimer.com">daytimer<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Day-Timer</b> is an American manufacturer of <a href="Personal_organizer" title="Personal organizer">personal organizers</a> and other paper-based time management and organizational tools. The company was founded in 1951 in <a href="Allentown%2C_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>, and ultimately relocated to neighboring <a href="East_Texas%2C_Pennsylvania" title="East Texas, Pennsylvania">East Texas, Pennsylvania</a>, in the 1960s as its sales and product popularity grew.
</p><p>In the early 21st century, however, the company suffered from emerging competition from electronic devices with similar functionality. In 2012, it ultimately decentralized its offices across several states while continuing to publish its paper-based products.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3></div>
<p>The Day-Timer product began with Morris Perkin, an attorney for the <a href="Allentown%2C_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, Pennsylvania</a>, law firm of Perkin, Twining & Christie.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea of what Perkin called Lawyer's Day was that it provided two loose-leaf pages that combined five different types of record keeping into one place: a record of what time was spent with which client on what work, an appointment book for meetings and events, a reminder or "tickler" of things that needed to be done each day, a daily/weekly/monthly plan of work to be done, and a permanent record of work activities.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1951_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1951-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially Perkin made Lawyer's Day just for himself, but colleagues in the firm saw its advantages and wanted it for themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Starting in 1951,<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perkin offered the Lawyer's Day product for mail order from an address in Allentown.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1951_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1951-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He used an Allentown printer for that but things did not work out.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later published by Fallon Press in New York City,<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but that collaboration also ultimately failed.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1956, Dorney Printing was granted the job of producing the Day-Timer product.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located in <a href="East_Texas%2C_Pennsylvania" title="East Texas, Pennsylvania">East Texas, Pennsylvania</a> in <a href="Lower_Macungie_Township%2C_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Macungie Township</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mc-store_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-store-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dorney Printing had been around since at least 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was then run by the three Dorney brothers, in partnership with their mother, in a business that the brothers once labored on in a converted <a href="Chicken_coop" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicken coop">chicken coop</a> with their late father.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1967_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1967-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family operation was known for printing calendars for local churches,<sup id="cite_ref-dt-hist_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt-hist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and advertising products, school yearbooks, and other marketing and publication materials.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1967_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1967-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Another product, Accountant's Day, was formed for that occupation.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1959, Accountant's Day was assigned the generic name "Day-Timer" and began to grow sales in the financial, advertising, and architectural worlds.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1959_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1959-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This acceptance by professionals continued into the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>In 1963, Perkin's company was rebranded as Day-Timers, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The product was offered in various sizes ranging from full letter-paper size down to small pocket-sized versions.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A subsidiary, Day-Timers Canada, Ltd., was created and also performed well.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1963_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Day-Timers product was initially considered a filler job for the family.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once its sales began accelerating, however, it began representing the lion's share of the company's publications<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the company developed a sizable production facility in East Texas, Pennsylvania to accommodate the growth.<sup id="cite_ref-mcall-closing_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcall-closing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collaboration between Perkin and the Dorneys was going well, and Perkin decided to buy Dorney Printing and make it a subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Perkin was president of Day-Timers, Inc. and brother Robert Dorney, who had coordinated the printing work with Perkin, was the company's vice president and general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the 1960s, Day-Timers, Inc. had 300,000 customers and 125 employees.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1969-b_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1969-b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most sales were coming via direct mail.<sup id="cite_ref-dt-hist_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt-hist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1972, the company was acquired by <a href="Beatrice_Foods" title="Beatrice Foods">Beatrice Foods</a>, which kept a hands-off approach.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four years later, in 1976, Perkin died,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Dorney became the company's president.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In the mid-1980s, Day-Timer was manufacturing and selling containers for storage of prior years' books.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-datebooks-1985_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-datebooks-1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also identified a large market for paper datebooks that a few companies were still publishing,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-datebooks-1985_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-datebooks-1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the company's product remained highly popular among professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-store_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-store-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Filofax" title="Filofax">Filofax</a> was one of Day-Timer's largest competitors during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-datebooks-1985_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-datebooks-1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1986, Day-Timer had some $100 million in sales and about 3 million customers, predominantly including corporate executives and professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The Day-Timer product sold particularly well among its original customer base of attorneys; the company estimated in 1987 that a fifth of all practicing attorneys in the United States were using one,<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the company was employing approximately 800 full-time employees at its East Texas, Pennsylvania facility during this time. By 1987, the product was selling successfully even during economic downturns since demand for tools that could provide greater managerial efficiency was largely not impacted.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>By the late 1980s, Day-Timer was publishing a variety of desk diaries, organizers, and pocket calendars.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main Day-Timer product has a page for each day, with spaces for annotating various kinds of activities; there is also a pull-out calendar which can provide a view of the year as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-datebooks-1985_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-datebooks-1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The product also has calendar inserts that can be changed on a regular basis.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-datebooks-1985_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-datebooks-1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1988, <a href="American_Brands" title="American Brands">American Brands</a> acquired Day-Timer and made it part of what would become <a href="ACCO_Brands" title="ACCO Brands">ACCO Brands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dt-hist_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt-hist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The company's <a href="East_Texas%2C_Pennsylvania" title="East Texas, Pennsylvania">East Texas, Pennsylvania</a> factory facility also emerged as a popular destination for Day-Timer customers.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-store_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-store-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, one enthusiastic Day-Timer customer said, "Only compulsives can do this system. But there are a lot of us out there."<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-datebooks-1985_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-datebooks-1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several notable public figures who enthusiastically used Day-Timers included <a href="Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Dwight Eisenhower</a>, <a href="Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a>, and <a href="Lorne_Greene" title="Lorne Greene">Lorne Greene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In the mid-late-1990s, the company had a successful PC product in the PIM space, called Day-Timer Organizer.<sup id="cite_ref-pc-dto2000_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-dto2000-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Day-Timer's acquisition of Chronologic Corporation and their program Install Recall, the reworked and rebranded Day-Timer Organizer for Windows was released in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-iw-dto_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw-dto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One review of the new product said it kept a "zealous dedication to the hard-copy Day-Timer metaphor."<sup id="cite_ref-iw-dto_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw-dto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3></div>
<p>By 2000, Day-Timer Organizer had gone through several versions, and the product was well-received, twice winning "Editor's Choice" awards from <i><a href="PC_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Magazine">PC Magazine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pc-dto2000_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-dto2000-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later versions, such Day-Timer Organizer 2000, still kept their resemblance to the Day-Timer paper product.<sup id="cite_ref-pc-dto2000_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-dto2000-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Day-Timer Organizer product competed with <a href="IBM_Lotus_Organizer" title="IBM Lotus Organizer">Lotus Organizer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pc-dto2000_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-dto2000-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Datebooks and personal organizers tended to inspire loyalty to particular brands; in July 2006, <i><a href="The_Morning_Call" title="The Morning Call">The Morning Call</a></i>, an <a href="Allentown%2C_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>-based newspaper reported, "Some people cannot live without their Day-Timer Day Planners."<sup id="cite_ref-mc-store_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-store-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Day-Timer's initial paper products co-existed with the advent of <a href="Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computers</a>. The popularity of Day-Timer was of the level that early PC <a href="Personal_information_manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal information manager">personal information manager</a> (PIM) applications such as <a href="Borland_Sidekick" title="Borland Sidekick">Borland Sidekick</a> could print out appointment pages in Day-Timer format, for physical insertion into a Day-Timer book.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early on there was a collaboration with <a href="Lotus_1-2-3" title="Lotus 1-2-3">Lotus 1-2-3</a> that did not work out.<sup id="cite_ref-mc-1987_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-1987-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>With the emergence of <a href="Smartphones" class="mw-redirect" title="Smartphones">smartphones</a>, the company began exploring mobile software options for its product. In 2006, the company entered into an agreement with <a href="The_SCO_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="The SCO Group">The SCO Group</a>, which agreed to build a <a href="Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile app</a> named DT4 for the <a href="BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a> and other mobile app devices. While work on it began,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the collaboration between the two companies did not last.
</p><p>In 2009, Day-Timer introduced a calendaring app for the <a href="IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-paper_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-paper-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2012, the company introduced Plan2Go, a replacement app for <a href="Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android phones</a> supported as a platform in addition to the <a href="IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In early 2014, the company decided to discontinue the app and ceased offering a software application, marketing its products as purely paper offerings, a position they maintained into the early 2020s.
</p><p>Paper-based personal organizers continued losing market share to digital versions and electronic devices.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-paper_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-paper-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mcall-closing_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcall-closing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Day-Timer struggled during the <a href="Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>; in 2009, the company reduced employees' pay as opposed to conducting layoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-mcall-closing_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcall-closing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corporate_relocation">Corporate relocation</h3></div>
<p>In 2012, ACCO Brands merged with <a href="MeadWestvaco" title="MeadWestvaco">MeadWestvaco</a>, which also had other personal organizer products, including At-A-Glance and Day Runner; to eliminate redundancies, corporate heads decided to shut down Day-Timers' historical <a href="Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a>-based headquarters, leading to the loss of 300 jobs there, and shifted Day-Timer product operations to corporate facilities in <a href="New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, and <a href="Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mcall-closing_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcall-closing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was another blow to the <a href="Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a> economy, which had previously undergone major factory closings from <a href="Mack_Trucks" title="Mack Trucks">Mack Trucks</a>, <a href="Ingersoll_Rand" title="Ingersoll Rand">Ingersoll Rand</a>, and other historically Lehigh Valley-based companies.<sup id="cite_ref-mcall-closing_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcall-closing-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The market for paper-based personal organizers and calendars remains,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-paper_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-paper-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Day-Timer continue to publish these products.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="FranklinCovey" title="FranklinCovey">FranklinCovey</a></li></ul>
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