Infogroup, Inc., is a data, research and marketing company which offers email marketing and other marketing services. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Papillion, Nebraska

Papillion, Nebraska

Papillion is a city in Sarpy County in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is a suburb to the southwest of neighboring Omaha, and is the county seat of Sarpy County. The population of Papillion was 18,894 at the 2010 census. In 2009, Papillion was named the #3 best place to live in the United States by...

. Infogroup employs approximately 3,200 people and operates in 9 countries.

History

Infogroup was formed in 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska. The company has operated under several names, including American Business Information and infoUSA. The company was renamed Infogroup in 2008. In July 2010, Infogroup was acquired by CCMP Capital Advisors, which took the company private. Clare Hart is the current CEO.

Products and Services

Infogroup offers products and services within 11 categories: global business info, list services, data services, sales solutions, marketing solutions, multi-channel marketing, customer acquisition, customer retention, modeling & analytics, local search optimization and risk management.

The company operates a proprietary database containing business, lifestyle and credit information on 17 million businesses and 220 million consumers. It collects information on people and businesses worldwide using a variety of sources such as public records and information from other companies.

Infogroup's sales software include Salesgenie and OneSource iSell. In 2010, OneSource iSell won the "Top Sales 2.0 Solution" award.

The company also has third-party licensing agreements with companies including Yahoo!, AOL, Google, MSN, Ask, and Citysearch.

Competition

Infogroup's competitors are sites such as Database101 D&B, InsideView

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