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1-800-CONTACTS Sees Interactive Marketing Success With Unica

^{Published on 2010-05-26 05:41:01 - Market Wire}
 

WALTHAM, MA--(Marketwire - May 26, 2010) - [ Unica Corporation ] (NASDAQ: [ UNCA ]), the recognized leader in [ marketing software ] solutions, today announced that 1-800-CONTACTS, the largest vendor of replacement contact lenses in the world, has selected Unica to drive its [ interactive marketing ] programs.

1-800-CONTACTS sells more than 500,000 contact lenses each day through its web, phone, and store channels. The specialty retailer will deploy Unica's category-leading [ campaign management solution ], Unica Campaign, to deliver personalized, relevant multi-channel marketing campaigns to its millions of customers.

"Since our inception, we've prided ourselves on providing consumers with a simple, hassle-free way to replace contact lenses. And as we work to expand on our market-leading position, we're looking to improve the overall customer experience," said Joan Blackwood, Chief Marketing Officer, 1-800-CONTACTS. "Unica's interactive marketing offerings will give us the ability to more effectively engage with customers, and we feel that more effective engagement will result in greater loyalty and significantly increased revenue opportunities."

"Interactive marketing is top of mind for today's marketers, whether they market to dozens of customers or millions of customers like 1-800-CONTACTS. Marketers want and need to be able to intelligently interact with users," said Elana Anderson, vice president, Products, Unica. "Our solutions enable marketers to achieve interactive marketing success, from improving customer sentiment through presenting relevant, right-time offers to ultimately deepening customer relationships."

About Unica
Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: [ UNCA ]) is the recognized leader in marketing software solutions. Unica's advanced set of [ enterprise marketing management ] and [ on-demand marketing solutions ] empowers organizations and individuals to turn their passion for marketing into valuable customer relationships and more profitable, timely, and measurable business outcomes. These solutions integrate and streamline all aspects of [ online and offline marketing ]. Unica's unique interactive marketing approach incorporates [ customer analytics ] and [ web analytics ], centralized decisioning, cross-channel execution, and integrated [ marketing operations ]. More than 1,500 organizations worldwide depend on Unica for their marketing management solutions.

Unica is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with offices around the globe. For more information, visit [ www.unica.com ].

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