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Alliance Data® and its businesses comprise N. America's largest, most comprehensive provider of transaction-based, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, driving business growth and profitability for some of today's most recognizable brands. Alliance Data Retail Services is the second-largest U. S. provider of marketing-driven private label and co-brand credit programs designed to increase consumer spend and loyalty. Across multiple touch points, like traditional, digital, mobile and other emerging technologies, Alliance Data Retail helps its clients-such as HSN, J. Crew, The Buckle, and 90 others-create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage its nearly 25 million cardholders each day. Epsilon® , a leading provider of multi-channel, data-driven technologies and marketing services, manages solutions such as permission-based email marketing, database management, advanced analytics, and strategic consulting and creative services to more than 2,000 global clients. Epsilon is the world's largest permission-based email provider, annually deploying over 40 billion emails. LoyaltyOne® operates Canada's AIR MILES® Reward Program, the largest coalition loyalty program in Canada, with over 200 Sponsors and approx. two-thirds of all Canadian households actively participating in the program. AIR MILES was named one of Canada's Most Influential Brands in 2012 by the Ipsos Influence Index, along with well-known brands such as Microsoft, Apple, and Google.