MeritDirect, Stamford, CT, a full-service, list management, brokerage and e-commerce firm specializing in business-to-business, has signed a three-year contract with Acxiom Corp. to provide its brokers and clients with full access to Acxiom’s cooperative databases.
The databases are DME, Direct Marketing Executive and DPA, Database Prospecting Alliance, said Ralph Drybrough, MeritDirect’s founder and CEO.
Drybrough said the agreement continues the relationship he had with Acxiom while he was employed at Direct Media Inc., Greenwich, CT, as that firm’s senior vice president of business list services. Drybrough left the employ of Direct Media in December.
Acxiom, Little Rock, AR, retained ownership of the cooperative databases after the management of Direct Media earlier this month bought back 51% of the company from Acxiom with the option to buy the remaining 49%.
In other news, the firm has named Pat DeMarco and Mike Soltis as account executives in its list management division. The two formerly worked for Direct Media Inc., and Mokrynski & Associates respectively. Heather Linton has joined the firm as an associate broker. Previously, Linton worked for Knots.com, a bridal registry firm in New York.
MeritDirect has also moved into its permanent office space at 1 Stamford Plaza, Stamford, CT. The phone number is 203-541-2300.
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