Top sites warned over hidden costs
Many of the UK’s top online retailers have been warned by the Office of Fair Trading to improve their pricing…
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Targetbase nets kids’ charity task
St Christopher’s Fellowship, the charity which supports vulnerable children and young people, has appointed Targetbase Claydon Heeley to provide creative…
O2 to open up customer database
Telefónica, the company behind the O2 brand in the UK, is to open up its location-based customer database to third…
‘Miserly’ loyalty schemes exposed
The shrinking value of loyalty programme points has come under fire in a report on BBC One’s Watchdog show, with…
Firms ‘must keep emails 6 years’
Companies should store emails and documents for at least six years in a central database, before they even consider deleting…
Charity hit by £70,000 data fine
Charity data protection policies are facing greater scrutiny – and with it the threat of losing tens of thousands of…
DM Foundation to dish out grants
The DM Foundation, the charity fund created to advance the DM industry through supporting education, research and skills development, is…
Limp claims halt ‘herbal viagra’ blitz
A mailing for a herbal remedy which promised men could give their lovers “powerful spine-shuddering orgasms” and leave them “begging…
Emailvision builds $30m warchest
Customer intelligence and marketing automation firm Emailvision has secured a $30m (£18.7m) warchest and investment fund from Izurium Capital to…
Olives Et Al hands task to TDA
Olives Et Al, the Mediterranean ingredients and snacks specialist favoured by celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and James Martin,…