Columbia, MD, October 13, 2022
Merkle announces the opening of its Italian office
Merkle, Dentsu’s leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company, today announced the opening of its Italian office in Milan. Merkle helps its clients navigate complex business and technology decisions as brands are transforming to meet the ever-changing needs and expectations of consumers.
Underpinned by a data-driven mindset and technology expertise, Merkle supports its clients in creating personal customer experiences, with the orchestration and the integration of every single touchpoint between brand and consumers.
Merkle Italy is a consolidation of already existing services of dentsu (digital, data and analytics), powered by the strength of the Merkle network which boasts over 4,000 professionals in 17 countries across EMEA, with experts in analytics, data & martech, CRM, experience & commerce and strategy & transformation practice areas.
Daniele Frattini, previously Data Strategy Director of dentsu, has been appointed to lead the team as Managing Director.
Merkle Italy, which will begin with 60 professionals, aims to reach one hundred employees before the end of 2023. The team will operate with an innovative model of governance founded on a joint partnership with communication, CRM, and IT departments of the clients aided by the massive usage of technology and automation.
Leonardo Casini, Chief Digital Officer, dentsu Italy, says: “For many years we have worked closely with our clients to implement effective communication strategies that are aligned to their business goals. From today, we are ready to support their business transformation agenda, implementing new business models to meet the expectations and needs of consumers. Combining data and technology solutions with creative thinking, we are able to deliver personal experiences at scale in order to help our clients achieve their business outcomes.”
Daniele Frattini, Managing Director, Merkle Italia adds "I am proud to have had the opportunity to contribute to the launch of Merkle in Italy and to be able to scale all the successes shared with the team over the years, which have led us to be accredited with our customers and partners as a solid reference point on data, technology and digital transformation.
With the launch of Merkle Italy and the support of our EMEA network, we can deliver for our customers on all the touchpoints of a total customer experience. Our position in the market will allow us to capitalise on the rising demand of Italian companies and marketers, to offer real end-to-end support (from strategy to implementation to activation) to maximize return on the marketing investment."
Margaret Wagner, President Merkle EMEA says: “The launch of Merkle in Italy is a significant step in our journey as a regional business. Italy is a rapidly growing market for customer experience transformation with a huge number of new and potential clients that we can drive real business results for and many talented individuals we can bring along on our journey with us. The Italy team will collaborate with our wider network and will work closely with our global partnerships with Salesforce, Adobe and Google. I’m excited that Daniele and his team will be joining Merkle and I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve in this exciting market.”