Smart Awards announces its 2006 finalist shortlist

by Kim Benjamin, Marketing Direct 09-Oct-06

Publicis Dialog, the marketing agency, has topped the Marketing Direct Smart Awards 2006 finalists line-up, earning four nominations.

Acxiom, EuroDirect Database Marketing, Occam and Lloyd James Group each
earned three nominations.

Sponsored by marketing data provider Occam, the Smart Awards recognise
the efforts and achievements of suppliers to the direct marketing

industry. Forty-one companies made the finalist stage this year (see

box).

The winners will be announced on 17 October at Grosvenor House Hotel,
London.

Among the judging panel, which took place on 11 September, were Jet
Cooke, head of direct marketing, consumer, BT Retail; Andrew Jordan,
group data solutions director, dunnhumby; and Barry Leeson-Earle,
founder of Tri-Direct. The panel was chaired by Marc Michaels, director
of direct marketing at the COI.

SMART AWARDS 2006 FINALISTS

- 12snap UK

- 141 Worldwide

- Acxiom (3 noms)

- Avongate

- Broadsystem (2)

- Capscan

- Carat

- Caspian List & Data Mgmt (2)

- Celerity

- Chemistry (2)

- CPM UK (2)

- Dog Digital

- DSI Group (2)

- EDM Media (2)

- EuroDirect Database Marketing (3)

- Event Mkting Sols

- Experian (2)

- Garlands Call Centres

- Haygarth - Howard Hunt Group (2)

- Ion Group

- ListLab (2)

- Lloyd James Group (3)

- LoewyBe

- Marketpoint

- Marketing Databasics

- MM Teleperfor-mance (2)

- Mobious

- Occam (3)

- Personal Telephone Fundraising - Prospect Swetenhams

- Proximity London

- Publicis Dialog (4)

- QAS

- Response One

- Smarter Comms

- Spinnaker

- TMW

- Tri-Direct Sales

- Wegener DM

- Yes City