Lloyd James appoints Jeremy Whitaker as Non-Exec Director
29 Sep 2011: Lloyd James, Chairman of the eponymous data solutions supplier Lloyd James Group, has announced that industry veteran Jeremy Whitaker has joined group as Non-Executive Director. Whitaker has a long and successful career in a number of marketing services businesses including DLG, Brann Worldwide and ICD.
Whitaker will be charged with helping the directors develop and drive the company’s ambitious growth plans and harnessing the existing client services reputation and heritage to further enhance their position as the UK’s largest independent data procurement and data services provider.
In addition to its own organic growth plans, James has stated that the business will be acquiring a number of complimentary list brokers, list managers and data services businesses and will be launching an umbrella network to small practitioners looking to harness the company’s back office systems, data buying power and compliance capabilities.
Whitaker said: “Lloyd and his team have a really exciting business model, able to offer scaled data procurement outsourcing in a growing market where large organisations are increasingly looking for quality professional advice and services in securing sustainable third party data sources and services. The dynamic growth strategy is truly revolutionary and undoubtedly heralds an exciting development in this space”.
Breathe life into your CRM
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Emailvision hits 50% revenue growth in 2011
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New predictive marketing analysis system for automotive sector
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Autoglass owner deploys campaign attribution solution
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Councils must get their data act together, says ICO
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Publishing Software Company integrates Adestra MessageFocus
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Thorpe joins Indicia as development director
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MyMarketing launches client-site telemarketing service
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Pernod Ricard adopts Marketing Spend Management platform
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PCA adds international lookup extension for Sage CRM
1 Feb 2012: Address data specialist Postcode Anywhere has unveiled a new, free-to-download international address auto-complete application for Sage CRM.
Wise appointment for data8
1 Feb 2012: Data8 has appointed Simon Wise as account manager to assist in their expansion plans for their real time data validation service Integr8.
ER opt-out rates fall for second consecutive year
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Alterian snapped up by SDL for £69.7m
30 Jan 2012: SDL, a leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, has completed the acquisition of Alterian for a net cash consideration of £69.7.
RedEye director Tim Roe joins DMA Email Council
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Scientia promises data within 24 hours of order
25 Jan 2012: Consumer data supplier Scientia Data, a division of The REaD Group, has unveiled a new commitment to deliver consumer data ordered by clients within 24 hours of the order being placed.
Leadgen specialist Planet49 rebrands as eGENTIC
23 Jan 2012: Planet49, the leading provider of online lead generation, has confirmed that from tomorrow onwards it will be rebranded as eGENTIC.
WorldAddresses.com launches address lookup plug-in portfolio
23 Jan 2012: Online international address lookup software provider WorldAddresses.com has launched a portfolio of address lookup plug-ins that allow marketing, CRM, database and sales staff to quickly validate address data as it is entered into a wide range of leading e-commerce and CRM systems such as Magento, Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce.
Adestra partners with Apteco for email broadcasting via FastStats
18 Jan 2012: Adestra has partnered with Apteco to integrate its enterprise level email marketing platform, MessageFocus, with Apteco’s FastStats respected data analysis and automation platform.
DMA: DM faces 20% cost hike under new proposals
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PCA launches international lookup plug-in for Magento Connect
17 Jan 2012: Postcode Anywhere has released a free-to-download contact data auto-completion app for the Magento Connect marketplace providing UK and international address auto-fill for all the standard entry screens within Magento Community Edition.
Profiling the industry, Part I...
17 Jan 2012: Database marketers typically spend a lot of their time profiling customers and prospects – yet when the time comes to choose a supplier for the various products and services they require, it often comes down to little more than guesswork and Google. A new series of profiles aims to help rectify that.
Online SME retailers achieve slight increase in sales in Q4
17 Jan 2012: Survey revelase that online SME retailers saw a sales increase of 1.5% in the last quarter of 2012 compared to the year before while the average order value remained virtualy static.
Callcredit Paddy Powers ahead with new ID verification deal
12 Jan 2012: Paddy Power selects Callcredit to provide a tailored identity verification service for its online gaming consumers, allowing the company to check the identity of players signing up to its online betting site.
Cyance and 360 Business Marketing merge
10 Jan 2012: B2B marketing specialists Cyance and 360 Business Marketing have announced that they have completed a merger of their businesses, formalising a partnership that has existed for the last two years.