PLANO, Texas, July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data
Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of
data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today announced its
Columbus, Ohio-based card services
business, a premier provider of branded private label, co-brand and
business credit card programs, has signed a long-term renewal
agreement to continue its decades-long relationship providing
private label credit card services for Victoria's Secret
(www.victoriassecret.com), a leading specialty retailer of lingerie
and beauty products and an internationally recognized brand.
Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Victoria's Secret is a
business of L Brands (NYSE: LB), with more than 1,000 stores
worldwide.
Melisa Miller, president of
Alliance Data's card services business, noted, "We are eager to
continue to collaborate and innovate with this iconic brand, deeply
valued partner and Columbus
neighbor. As we continue our more than 30-year relationship, we
look forward to working together to further grow brand engagement
and loyalty."
About Victoria's
Secret
Victoria's Secret is the leading specialty
retailer of lingerie and beauty products, dominating
its field with modern fashion-inspired collections, prestige
fragrances and body care, celebrated supermodels and world-famous
runway shows. A business of L Brands (NYSE: LB), its more than
1,000 Victoria's Secret Lingerie and Beauty stores, the Victoria's
Secret mobile app and VictoriasSecret.com allow customers to shop
the brand anywhere, anytime, from any place.
About L Brands
L Brands, through Victoria's Secret,
PINK, Bath & Body Works, La Senza and Henri Bendel, is an international company. The
company operates 3,071 company-owned specialty stores in
the United States, Canada, The United
Kingdom and Greater China,
and its brands are sold in more than 800 additional franchised
locations worldwide. The company's products are also available
online at www.VictoriasSecret.com, www.BathandBodyWorks.com,
www.HenriBendel.com, and www.LaSenza.com.
About Alliance Data's card services business
Based in
Columbus, Ohio, Alliance Data's
card services business develops market-leading private label,
co-brand, and business credit card programs for many of the world's
most recognizable brands. Through our branded credit programs, we
help build more profitable relationships between our partners and
their cardmembers, and drive lasting loyalty.
Using the industry's most comprehensive and predictive data set,
advanced analytics, and broad-reaching capabilities, Alliance
Data's card services business has been helping partners increase
sales and provide greater value to their cardmembers since 1986. We
are proud to be part of the Alliance Data enterprise (NYSE: ADS),
an S&P 500, FORTUNE 500 and FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work
For company headquartered in Plano,
Texas. To learn more, visit KnowMoreSellMore.com, follow us
on Twitter @Know_SellMore, and connect with us on LinkedIn at
Alliance Data card services.
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data® (NYSE:
ADS) is a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and
loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The
Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the
critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably
changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and
profitability for some of today's most recognizable brands.
Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer
loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each
day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile
and emerging technologies. An S&P 500, FORTUNE 500 and FORTUNE
100 Best Companies to Work For company headquartered in
Plano, Texas, Alliance Data
consists of three businesses that together employ approximately
20,000 associates at more than 100 locations worldwide.
Alliance Data's card services business is a provider of
market-leading private label, co-brand, and business credit card
programs. Epsilon® is a leading provider of
multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, and
also includes Conversant®, a leader in personalized
digital marketing. LoyaltyOne® owns and operates the AIR
MILES® Reward Program, Canada's most recognized loyalty program, and
Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty, a
global provider of tailor-made loyalty programs for grocers.
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and YouTube.
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements give our expectations or
forecasts of future events and can generally be identified by the
use of words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate,"
"intend," "project," "plan," "likely," "may," "should" or other
words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements that
describe our business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans,
intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements.
We believe that our expectations are based on reasonable
assumptions. Forward-looking statements, however, are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or
other expectations expressed in this release, and no assurances can
be given that our expectations will prove to have been correct.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
factors set forth in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, which may be
updated in Item 1A of, or elsewhere in, our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q filed for periods subsequent to such Form 10-K.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made,
and we undertake no obligation, other than as required by
applicable law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, subsequent events,
anticipated or unanticipated circumstances or otherwise.
Alliance Data
Tiffany Louder – Investor
Relations
214-494-3048
tiffany.louder@alliancedata.com
Shelley Whiddon – Media
214-494-3811
shelley.whiddon@alliancedata.com
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