| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Derek Kramer |
Vice President Of Technology | Profile |
Brian Collins |
Vice President of Technology | Profile |
VNU Retail Group is a technology driven specialty retailer offering alternative credit solutions for online shoppers within a large underserved market. We offer brands such as Apple, Sony, Samsung, LG, Gucci, Prada, and Cuisinart through the Emporium and Venue brands, totalling well over 100,000 products. Our mission is to make luxury affordable by offering prestigious brands for low flexible payments, while providing a superior shopping experience.
We help companies and brand owners predict customer behavior. Founded in 1984, our original focus was on providing unique and timely customer insights to the Automotive industry. We were the first company to develop an interactive customer follow-up program for the Automotive industry, set the foundation for survey-driven customer loyalty programs and pioneered an auditable and interactive way to track dealership performance. As the customer interaction with brands continues to evolve, so does our solution, ensuring that our clients are always on the forefront of managing the customer experience and leveraging the latest tools and technologies. We have expanded our work into other industries including Travel and Hospitality, Retail, Telecommunications, and Financial Services. Our work has evolved but our intent has not changed: to provide meaningful and actionable customer insight to our clients and to provide innovative tools and technologies for companies to manage their brands and their customers.
Firewood is a global digital marketing agency founded on the idea that good people are good business. We partner with brands that are changing the world, collaborate with the solidarity of an in-house team, and integrate services for solutions beyond marketing. We bring a flexibility that makes clients feel at home. Mostly, we`re believers in people and what they can accomplish together. With a model that drives efficiency and scale, we partner with top tech brands, startups, and Fortune 500 companies—including Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, VMware, Salesforce, Cummins, and other key clients—providing strategy and insights, creative, performance media, events, and technology services. Our approach to every engagement is rooted in mutual respect. Our people are everything, and we work hard on their behalf to be one of the Bay Area`s best places to work. Firewood was named an Ad Age Best Place to Work 2020, ranking No. 13 of the Top 25 (200+ employees). Firewood was also ranked the No. 1 Largest Advertising, Marketing, and PR Agency in Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal (2019), and No. 6 (large agencies) on the Adweek 100 Fastest Growing Agencies (2019) list. Founded in 2010, Firewood is headquartered in San Francisco with seven offices in four countries and nearly 400 employees. In October 2019, Firewood merged with global creative production company MediaMonks to become the digital marketing arm of S4 Capital (SFOR.L).
The Lacek Group uses customer data to design, build and maintain loyalty and CRM programs for industry-leading clients like Carnival Cruise Lines, DuPont, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ford, Marriott, McDonald`s, National Car Rental, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Verizon, and more. We also develop award-winning advertising and digital marketing campaigns for clients in the B2B and agricultural spaces, including DuPont USA, DuPont Pioneer Seed, DuPont Crop Protection and Chemours. We like to say we operate at the intersection of brands, data and creativity. And as a specialty agency of Ogilvy & Mather, we partner with the world`s most respected agency network to put new and innovative data-driven solutions to work around the globe.