EMAIL SOLUTIONS AGENCY QURIS ANNOUNCES PROFITABILITY
Quris Leads Industry Profitability with Report of First Quarter of Net Income
DENVER, CO – September 4, 2003 – Quris, the email solutions agency for Fortune 1000 companies, announced today the Company has attained its first quarter of GAAP profitability and its fourth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow.
“Quris is the first email agency to announce net income profitability,” John Funk, CEO of Quris, said. “Because of our focus on understanding how customers interact with email and providing our clients with insights on how to create long-term engagement with their customers, we have seen profits increase strongly over the course of a year. With this announcement, we are demonstrating we are consistently creating valuable, differentiated services that help engage our clients’ customers. When our clients’ business grows, our business grows as well.”
Since Charles Schwab & Co., led the investment round in Quris in December 1999, the email agency has increased its staff to over 40 professionals, opened offices in Dallas and San Francisco, and secured clientele within key industry sectors, including entertainment, financial services, and travel. Additionally, Quris has:
• Won the Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) Silver National Center of Database Management (NCDM) Database Excellence Award for its Email Channel Pilot initiative with Blockbuster, Inc, the leading global provider of in-home movies and game entertainment.
• Won the NCDM Bronze medal for a data-mining project with Charles Schwab & Co.
• Launched proprietary email analytic tools and services designed to help optimize the ROI of email programs and cited by Forrester Research in its 2003 “Top Ten Best Email Practices To Live By” report.
• Recruited two outstanding Board members: Michael Raneri, senior vice president, Advice Product & Tools, at Charles Schwab & Company, Inc, and Alicia Smith Kriese, senior vice president and group account director of GSD&M and member of the advertising agency `s Executive Leadership Team.
“Quris is proving over and over that by focusing on their clients’ customers, the agency is able to help increase ongoing brand loyalty, retention and customer service,” adds Gideon Sasson, Quris Chairman of the Board and Enterprise President of Active Trader, Charles Schwab & Co. “Quris clearly understands what it takes to engage the customer of Fortune 1000 companies in the inbox to help build long-term personalized relationships.”
About Quris, Inc.
Quris (pronounced CURE-iss) is the leading email agency for Fortune 1000 companies looking to create ongoing personal engagement with their customers. With offices in Denver, San Francisco and Dallas, Quris has an award-winning team of strategy, analytics, creative and technology experts. For more information on how Quris can help you deliver exceptional marketing results with email, visit www.quris.com
Contact:
David Libby
Libby Communications, Inc., for Quris, Inc.
dlibby@libbycommunications.com
510.663.8155
Back...
