[December 13, 2007] InfoUK.com to Launch in January 2008 Tweet OMAHA, Neb. --(Business Wire)-- infoUSA(R) (NASDAQ:IUSA), the leading provider of proprietary business and consumer databases, sales leads, direct marketing, and email marketing, today announced it will be opening in early January 2008, a new Manchester (England)-based firm to compile a database of all U.K. businesses. Similar to the compilation process of infoUSA, extensive details, including staff numbers, manager names and contact information, will be collected and then updated annually via a projected 2.5 million phone calls. ORC International, an infoUSA company, is heading up the hiring and infrastructure set-up. "The companies will operate as separate entities, while enjoying some synergies, such as IT support and shared servers. With final commitments being wrapped up, we will quickly build the office to at least 50 team members. The key appointment is our General Manager, who we should be able to announce very shortly," comments Richard Cornelius, Managing Director of ORC International. "infoUK.com is further evidence of our continued commitment to growing our company and its offerings to best serve the needs of our clients internationally," says Vin Gupta, Chairman and CEO of infoUSA. "We're very excited about this project and the potential to 'franchise' the products & services of infoUSA into the UK marketplace For more information on infoUK.com, contact Richard Cornelius at [email protected]. About Opinion Research Corporation Founded in 1938, Opinion Research Corporation, an infoUSA company, helps its clients grow their business by leveraging the insights of market research. The firm has been conducting national, speech reaction, state and flash/overnight polls for CNN since April 2006. To learn more, visit www.opinionresearch.com. About infoUSA infoUSA (www.infoUSA.com), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer databases for sales leads & mailing lists, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoUSA has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own 12 proprietary databases under one roof. The infoUSA database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 4 million customers use infoUSA's products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. infoUSA headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infousa.com. To get a 72-hour free trial and 100 free sales leads, click www.salesgenie.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, recent changes in senior management, the successful integration of recent and future acquisitions, fluctuations in operating results, failure to successfully carry out our Internet strategy or to grow our Internet revenue, effects of leverage, changes in technology and increased competition. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]