Main News Desk

Avail Intelligence marks second anniversary with global expansion

~ CFO among five new hires and US venture marks a successful two years for e-commerce specialist ~

UK - September 29, 2008

E-commerce specialist Avail Intelligence has made five new European hires as it celebrates 300 per cent growth in contracted subscriptions in its second year of international expansion.

The company, which uses algorithms to produce purely user-generated recommendations and reviews of products on e-commerce sites, is to open its first office in North America, based out of San Francisco. Avail expects this impressive growth to continue, helped by new appointments in the UK, Italy, Germany and Sweden, and its early success with leading brands such as Neckermann, Red Cats Nordic, GAME and Woolworths.

In the UK, Keith Venn and David Schorah join Tim Hillman as sales managers, where they will be responsible for driving Avail’s relationships with UK companies. Venn brings seven years of experience within innovative internet-based organisations, including Belmin Group. This follows 14 years with IBM. Schorah has worked in the e-commerce and retail space for 17 years with his experience including the Littlewoods Group, CSC and Zendor.

Both join at the same time as Måns Holmgren, who will be taking on the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), based in Sweden. Holmgren has extensive international experience, including five years as financial analyst for Computer Science Corporation in Austin, USA and in Copenhagen. Also joining the team is Ali Kurt, sales manager for Germany and Claes Nordahl, sales manager in Italy.

“The last two years have been a real whirlwind, we’ve gone from start-up to working with key brands worldwide, including 80 per cent of the leading Scandinavian e-commerce sites,” said Rolf Elmer, CEO, Avail Intelligence.

“We welcome the new team members across Europe and look forward to seeing our customer base growing even further. The next stage is venturing into North America, a market where we are already experiencing strong interest and one which we expect to grow significantly over the next twelve months.”

(304 words)

Executive quote

“The last two years have been a real whirlwind, we’ve gone from start-up to working with key brands worldwide, including 80 per cent of the leading Scandinavian e-commerce sites,” said Rolf Elmer, CEO, Avail Intelligence.

“We welcome the new team members across Europe and look forward to seeing our customer base growing even further. The next stage is venturing into North America, a market where we are already experiencing strong interest and one which we expect to grow significantly over the next twelve months.”

About the company

NOTES TO EDITORS
About Avail Intelligence (http://www.avail.net)
Avail Intelligence is the leader in maximising the value of visitor traffic to e-commerce web sites. The company’s technology harnesses the community intelligence from site visitors to deliver the most effective shopping experience for new and returning customers.

Using advanced mathematical techniques from its research arm Avail Labs, Avail Intelligence has created the Avail eMarketing suite. The suite comprises a set of tools, which improve relevance when merchandising to and communicating with individual visitors across the entire Customer Interaction Cycle™ of a single web site or across multiple web sites.

The results are significant, immediate and measurable improvements to conversion rates and average order values.

Avail Intelligence’s technology is being used by over 80% of the leading Scandinavian e-commerce sites. Key UK customers include Woolworths, Berry Brothers and DVD.co.uk.

Contact details

For further press information and photography please contact:
Patrick Hussey at LEWIS, the PR agency
Tel: +44 (0) 161 601 7740 Fax: +44 (0) 161 601 7741
Email: availuk@lewispr.com
Website: www.lewispr.com

Recent Press Releases

2010 Archive

2009 Archive

2008 Archive

2007 Archive

Jump to:

Main News Desk

Avail Intelligence marks second anniversary with global expansion

Executive quote

About the company

Contact details

Related links