Heavyweight speakers at annual UK DMA Data Conference focus on European data legislation changes.
 
Telemarketing is ‘bound by figures, driven by data’, according to the CEO of Aquira, Mark Walton.  
Speaking at the UK DMA’s annual Data Conference in London, Walton tackled new data privacy legislation and questioned whether this will finally kill off the often [...]

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Marketers from around the world headed for London last week, when the major TFM&A 2012 exhibition and conference took place.
The event was declared a huge success by organisers, delegates and exhibitors, with queues forming outside Earls Court 2, waiting for the doors to open, on both days. An eventual 11,000+ attendees were able to find [...]

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The international MPV Marketing at Retail Show is being held in Paris (France) on March 27-29, at the Porte de Versailles - Pavilion 4. 
Organised by Reed Expositions on behalf of POPAI France (French Institute of Communication and Advertising at Point-of-Sale), the MPV exhibition is staged every other year – the last one, in 2010, attracted [...]

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Avinash Kaushik will be the keynote speaker at SES London, taking place February 20-24 at The Queen Elizabeth ll Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary in London.  
As the ‘digital evangelist’ for Google, he will share his unique perspectives during his welcome session, titled ‘Business Optimisation in a Digital Age’; exploring balancing multimedia channels, grounding your digital [...]

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The international Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is staging its first Brand and Agency Briefing of 2012 in London next week. 
The event will feature an interactive panel debate focused on mobile marketing strategies and tactics used over the recent Christmas period – illustrated through case studies demonstrating how brands are leveraging the mobile channel. 
Renowned speakers and [...]

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Delegates planning to attend the annual USA DMA conference and exhibition in October, have the chance to give it more of an international flavour this year.
After the 2011 show, visitors from around the world expressed hopes for less US-focused programming this time. Organisers have responded by asking for ‘best in class’ international case studies to [...]

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The future of print, customer communications, data collection and even augmented reality were among the topics under discussion at the third European Marketing Dynamics Summit in Brussels last week, when print service providers and end users gathered to hear practical examples of how print can play an assertive role in the development of cross-media campaigns. [...]

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Columnist Doug Sacks rants from the USA. You can argue with him here: doug@focus-worldwide.com
Business seemed to pick up around September. Best results are for those having contracts and business with the federal government. Business in Washington, DC is booming – the rest of the country, not so much. DC building construction is rampant and traffic [...]

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A village-based agency searching for quality staff has launched a poster campaign to encourage talent out of London and back into the regions.
UK Government statistics claim unemployment among the under-24s is rising rapidly, but there are places in the country experiencing a shortage of specific skillsets; in particular, in the advertising and marketing world. 
One company [...]

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The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, visited TNT Post’s Wigan depot yesterday, part of a day discussing Anglo-Dutch trade relations.  
Rutte arrived at the depot following separate business discussions with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy PM Nick Clegg and business leaders at Downing Street.
During the depot tour, Harry Koorstra, CEO of Dutch-based Post NL [...]

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