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MARCH 2009 – Epipoli 's CEO, Gaetano Giannetto, is Speaker at the conference PREPAID EXPO USA in Orlando on the subject of going global: considerations & challenges when taking your prepaid business internationally and driving revenue through kiosk in the retail environment.
NOVEMBER 2008 – Epipoli launches for the first time at Esselunga supermarket chain its exclusive gift cards which provide access to product and services offered by the best brand names in the retail industry: an opportunity to increase your business and satisfy your customers.
NOVEMBER 2008 – Gaetano Giannetto. Founder and President of Epipoli, Speaker at Cards and Paymets Re-invented, the conference organized by the Lafferty Group in Bangkok 6-7 November The conference featured an international panel of cards and payment experts who explained how, through 're-inventation', cards business in Asia can profit from them.
NOVEMBER 2008 – Epipoli's CEO, Gaetano Giannetto, Speaker at the conference "the evolution of the point of sale" organized by Wise Media and scheduled in Milan November 19. Coinciding with QUID8 the 7th edition of the ID WORLD International Congress, the annual exhibition on smart card technologies and automatic identification.
OCTOBER 2008 – Pentapolis and Epipoli Media promote the two-day Social Innovation Forum scheduled in Milan October 29-30. The World International Forum, the leading international symposium for the business community featuring the most important leaders in the world, will host this year's Aretè Award. The Aretè Award recognizes companies, bodies and institutions which have made significant responsible communication.
SEPTEMBER 2008 – Gaetano Giannetto Speaker on Case Study Italy - Epipoli the largest provider of gift card services in Italy - at the Prepaid International Forum(PIF) scheduled in Bruxell 25 September. The Forum is organized by Lafferty Group, the leading European provider of market research on retail banking and financial card services.
JULY 2008 – Epipoli presents the Epipoli gift cards: products and services now available in chain retail stores
JULY 2008 – International stage for the fifth edition of the Aretè Award: Alessandro Profumo, Garry Kasparov, Francis Ford Coppola and the Nobel Prize Muhammad Yunus speakers at the World Business Forum. The leading international symposium for the business community featuring the most important leaders in the world will host this year's Aretè Award. Deadline for nominations is 12 September 2008
JUNE 2008 – Industry and sustainability in Italy will be the focus of a two-day forum promoted by Pentapolis, Epipoli Media and the Province of Milan.
MAY 2008 – An interview with Epipoli's Ceo Gaetano Giannetto on the subject of gift cards appears in the economic weekly "il Valore".
MAY 2008 – Epipoli's CEO Gaetano Giannetto Speaker on new trends in retailing and relationship marketing at the International Conference on Retail Marketing in Bratislava.
MAY 2008 – Ecocabaret: education through comedy. At the Villa Reale di Monza the theater company of biocomics offers entertainment based on tolerance, diversity and solidarity.
MARCH 2008 – The newspaper "La Repubblica" dedicates and article on the American Football Championship and the challange of Epipoli Rhinos Milan.
FEBRUARY 2008 – Presented in Rome the series of books on sustainability "I Sostenibili". "I Mentori" (The Mentors) in particular, is the special series of books edited by the President of Pentapolis and Director of the monthly review Tempo Economico (published by Epipoli Media) Enzo Argante, which provides testimony of culture change and sustainable future.
JANUARY 2008 – Call for nominations for the third Consumable Award. The award acknowledges commitment, care and sensibility of the most “virtuous” retailer
JANUARY 2008 – Epipoli's CEO, Gaetano Giannetto, will be speaker on point of sale profitability at Repubblica Business & Finance conference scheduled in Milan February 28, 2008
JANUARY 2008 – Epipoli acquires Noustat, a leading business intelligence company: exact science to improve CRM
DECEMBER 2007 – Second life, CSR on the web. BNL, Telethon and Pentapolis welcome to the first edition of the virtual round table as a new approach to CSR
DECEMBER 2007 – Holding dei Giochi chooses Epipoli to develop Toys Club customer relationship program and launch Toys Gift Card.
DECEMBER 2007 – Epipoli’s Ceo, Gaetano Giannetto, speaker at QUID 2007, the 1° Italian Exhibition on the evolving world of smart card technologies, related services and automatic identification in private and public sector. Coinciding with QUID 2007 the 6th edition of the ID WORLD International Congress.
NOVEMBER 2007 – Epipoli’s CEO Gaetano Giannetto is member of the marketing committee 2007 at Istud
NOVEMBER 2007 – This year’s winner of the Responsible Communcation award receives the award from the Minister of Communications Paolo Gentiloni. Communication campaign 2007 award winner is Eni.
OCTOBER 2007 – Minister of Communications, Paolo Gentiloni, foreman of this year Aretè Award Jury. Cerimony took place at the Chamber of Deputies November 5
OCTOBER 2007 – An interview with Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli’s Ceo on the subject of gift card expansion in Europe appears in Elsevier Food International the business magazine for executives in international grocery retailing.
OCTOBER 2007 - Epipoli’s Ceo, Gaetano Giannetto, speaker at the presentation to the conference Retail and Convenience Goods Industry featured by QUID 2007 the most comprehensive showcase on the evolving world of smart card technologies and automatic identification.
SEPTEMBER 2007 – Call for nominations for the IV Aretè Award. The Aretè Award recognizes companies, bodies and institutions which have made significant responsible communication throughout the past year. The deadline for nominations is 9 October 2007
JULY 2007 – According to Lafferty Group, the leading European provider of market research on retail banking and financial cards services, Epipoli is the largest provider of gift card services in Italy.
JUNE 2007 – Epipoli’s CEO, Gaetano Giannetto, speaker on CRM at “Tecnomarketing 2007” , the conference on marketing and enterprise strategies held in Madrind June 20-21. The conference was organized by AECOC.
JUNE 2007 – Enzo Argante, practice director Responsible CRM, will be speaker at the conference “Violence in images” scheduled in Rome June 3. Coinciding with the conference will be the presentation of the 4th edition of the Aretè award.
MAY 2007 – An article on SpesAttiva, the new loyalty card developed by Coralis Group with the support of Epipoli appears in the magazine Nuova distribuzione. Complete information for customers and community loyalty the new services offered by Spesattiva . Among the prizes introduced in the Group’s catalogue there is charity.
MAY 2007 – Epipoli’s CEO Gaetano Giannetto is speaker at the conference “The city like a team. The social club: a new model of interaction between sport, institutions, management and citizens” organized by the Sparkling Club of Milan.
MAY 2007 – Rhinos Milan American Football Team official web site features an interview with Epipoli’s CEO Gaetano Giannetto.
MAY 2007 – An interview with Epipoli’s CEO Gaetano Giannetto appears in the magazine “Espansione”.
MAY 2007 – An interview with Gaetano Giannetto Epipoli’s CEO on the subject of the loan market appears in the weekly Affari & Finanza.
MAY 2007 – The European Retail Digest, the magazine of the University of Oxford Templeton College, publishes an article on the Epipoli international project Gordio.
APRIL 2007 - An article on SpesAttiva, the new loyalty card developed by Coralis with the support of Epipoli appears in the magazine Loyalty Promotion. Consumption cluster features customer buying habits and more.
MARCH 2007 – Specialized magazine NONFOOD dedicates and article to SpesAttiva, the new loyalty card developed by Epipoli for Coralis, one of the leading proximity retailers.
MARCH 2007 – The newspaper City Milano dedicates an article to Pentapolis and the Consumable Award.
MARCH 2007 – An article on the American football match of Epipoli Rhinos Milan versus Briganti of Naples appears in the weekly issue of the newspaper Corriere della Sera named Vivimilano.
MARCH 2007 – An interview with Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto about the American Football Championship appears in the newspaper “Il Giornale”.
MARCH 2007 – Winner of the Consumable Award acknowledging responsible distribution was Nordiconad with the project named “learning by eating”. The ceremony was held during the II Convention for a Responsible Distribution organized by Pentapolis and scheduled in Catania March 9-11. Coninciding with the convention was the 10° Franchising Exhibition.
FEBRUARY 2007 – Pentapolis is partner of Children’s friends. Among the outstanding events the presentation of the first child abandonment report scheduled in Rome March 6.
FEBRUARY 2007 – Pentapolis organizes the Sustainability Forum scheduled in Monza March 28-29 and Terni April 11. Environment, mobility, multi-ethnicity, safety, liveability in towns, civil rights protection, labour, weaks and differently abled the topics of this three-day meeting aiming at the development of culture and sustainability.
FEBRUARY 2007 - Magazine GDOWEEK dedicates an article to Spesattiva, the new loyalty card developed by Coralis with the support of Epipoli.
FEBRUARY 2007 – Epipoli title sponsor of Rhinos Milan, the American football team.
JANUARY 2007 – Epipoli becomes Esomar (European Society for Opinion and Market Research) member.
JANUARY 2007 – An interview with Epipoli’s CEO Gaetano Giannetto on the subject of customer loyalty development appears in Brazilian magazine TFS.
JANUARY 2007 - Epipoli develops the Responsible CRM (R_CRM). The R_CRM scientific commettee joins Epipoli’s CRM skill and the top CSR knowledge. Enzo Argante, founder and president of Pentapolis is also director of the magazine Tempo Economico and coordinates the Board.
JANUARY 2007 – Epipoli’s CEO Gaetano Giannetto is member of the marketing committee at Istud.
NOVEMBER 2006 - Pentapolis promotes the meeting on CSR government new programmes organized by EconomEtica.
NOVEMBER 2006 - DimensioneDanza chooses Epipoli for the launch of its gift cards. The Italian company is the first in Italy that uses gift cards for its products.
OCTOBER 2006 – An article on Epipoli’s IPO on AIM appears in newspaper Finanza & Mercati.
OCTOBER 2006 – Third Aretè award. The cerimony took place in Siracusa October 6 coinciding with the III Convention for a Responsible Communication. The winner was Banca Intesa and Fondazione Cariplo with the Malawi project. In this occasion Epipoli’s paper for a Responsible communication was presented.
AUGUST 2006 - Pentapolis under the sponsorship of the Ministry for the Social Solidarity. Acknowledgement of activity in 2006.
JULY 2006 – An interview with president of Pentapolis Enzo Argante on the subject of CSR appears in the Economy.
JULY 2006 – Epipoli SA Suisse has acquired CardSuisse, a company specialized in production of plastic loyalty cards which was part of Matica Card Solution AG.
JUNE 2006 – Epipoli is one of the founders of Pentapolis, the non-profit association focusing on CSR and sustainability. Enzo Argante, practice director Responsible CRM of Epipoli is the president of the association, Gaetano Giannetto is the treasurer, Ilaria Catastini and Massimiliano Pontillo are the vice presidents, Rita Frontino is a director.
JUNE 2006 - Pentapolis - The CSR month - Epipoli Media supports Corporate Social Responsibility Month developed by Pentapolis: eight events in Milan, Rome, Monza and Venice aiming at analysing CSR’s key aspects in different sectors.
MAY 2006 - The Province of Milan web site features Gordio, the first European micromarketing project.
MAY 2006 - Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto is speaker at the conference "CARDS 2006" organized by the magazine Bancamatica.
APRIL 2006 - According to its goal of international growth Epipoli considers an IPO on AIM.
APRIL 2006 - An article on Epipoli’s CRM and Category Management solutions appears in specialized magazine "Beverage Observer".
MARCH 2006 - Epipoli organizes and promotes the first edition of “Premio Consumabile”. The 9° Franchising Show scheduled in Catania March 10-12 will hosts this event.
NOVEMBER 2005 – Argentinian press dedicates an article to Epipoli.
NOVEMBER 2005 - An article on Epipoli and the outcome of the Gordio system appears in specialized Russian press after Epipoli’s CEO attendance at the international conference on retailing in Moscow.
NOVEMBER 2005 - The main Russian magazine interviews Epipoli's CEO Gaetano Giannetto. The interview includes also a presentation of the international retail project named Gordio™.
NOVEMBER 2005 - Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto is speaker at the conference on relationship marketing and prepaid cards organized by POPAI.
NOVEMBER 2005 - Epipoli ‘s CEO Gaetano Giannetto is a member of the Faculty of the Master in Marketing Management at Istud for the 6th year. In 2006 Epipoli will still be an institutional partner.
OCTOBER 2005 - Epipoli’s management team will attend the international conference on retailing to be held in Moscow. They will present the new frontiers in retail management.
OCTOBER 2005 - Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto is speaker at the conference "Le soluzioni prepagate come strumento per acquisire nuovi spazi competitivi” (Prepaid Cards, a tool to reach new competitive markets) organized by SSB.
SEPTEMBER 2005 - "I Quaderni della Comunicazione" interviews Gaetano Giannetto and writes an article on Epipoli.
JULY 2005 - Epipoli has acquired ADP Global Data, a company specialized in data management solutions, production of loyalty cards , packaging and fulfilment. The 2.000 Sq Mt factory is located in Vimercate, in the province of Milan, and is equipped with the latest technology.
JULY 2005 - An article on the importance of data in co-marketing programmes appeared in specialized magazine "Bianco&Bruno".
JULY 2005 - Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto attends the on-line conference "Alla ricerca del nuovo consumatore" (Looking for the new consumer) organised by MyMarketing.net and held in the Milan headquarters of Epipoli.
JUNE 2005 - Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto attends the conference "Cards e nuovi sistemi di pagamento" (Cards and new payment tools) on new payment tools and the integration of front-end and back office processes.
JUNE 2005 - One of the portraits on notable members of the business community is dedicated to Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto. The book which has been realised by the photographer Cristina Pica, was attached to the June issue of the magazine "Espansione."
JUNE 2005 - Epipoli’s president Gaetano Giannetto and Epipoli’s consultant Matteo de Gaetano were speakers at the “Forum Europeo sulla Qualità alimentare” (European Forum on Food Quality) in Orvieto. In this occasion they discussed the latest as far as sensory marketing is concerned.
MAY 2005 - The magazine "Tempo Economico," edited by Epipoli Media, promotes the ARETE' 2005 award for socially responsible company communications.
APRIL 2005 - Epipoli organises the conference "The Actionable Difference," dedicated to CRM strategies, in Milan.
APRIL 2005 - The magazine "Bianco&Bruno" dedicates an article to Epipoli on the topic of relationship marketing.
APRIL 2005 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, participates in the geomarketing conference "GIS: The Language of Geoknowledge."
APRIL 2005 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, participates in the conference "New Challenges for Company-Market Relationships."
MARCH 2005 - Epipoli organises the conference "The Actionable Difference," dedicated to CRM strategies, in Rome.
MARCH 2005 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, participates as a speaker in the "Retail Marketing Forum 2005" in Bratislava.
MARCH 2005 - The magazine "Tempo Economico" promotes the conference "Retailing and Distribution. Technologies and Responsibilities" as part of the 8th Catania Expo Franchise.
FEBRUARY 2005 - for the third consecutive year, Epipoli is assigned a central role in Planet Card 2005, the most important Italian event regarding "cards."
JANUARY 2005 - for the 5th year, Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli CEO, is named member of the faculty of Master in Marketing Management Istud.
DECEMBER 2004 - Channel 5's news programme interviews Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, as an expert on marketing strategy and loyalty programmes.
NOVEMBER 2004 - Epipoli organises and manages the plenary session on retail at Popai 2004 in Milan.
NOVEMBER 2004 - Rai Educational interviews Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, as an expert on marketing strategy and loyalty programmes.
NOVEMBER 2004 - Epipoli is a speaker at the Popai in-store marketing conference, Prague.
NOVEMBER 2004 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, is nominated for the prestigious “High Quality” award for commitment to social responsibility.
OCTOBER 2004 - Epipoli and Carrefour jointly present an innovative model of management, analysis and commercialisation of sales point data and loyalty cards.
OCTOBER 2004 - The dedicated digital channel M-Channel interviews Gaetano Giannetto on the topic of loyalty.
OCTOBER 2004 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, is a speaker at the international retailing conference in Moscow.
OCTOBER 2004 - Epipoli implements the Gordio project at Conad.
OCTOBER 2004 - Epipoli is a speaker at the conference "Responsible Communication" focusing on CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility.
SEPTEMBER 2004 - Carrefour chooses Epipoli for the management and commercialisation of store by store data.
JULY 2004 - The series "Communication Notebooks," dedicates a chapter to Epipoli's case histories in the section on relationship marketing.
JULY 2004 - Epipoli acquires the prestigious publication "Tempo Economico" which focuses on innovation and social responsibility.
JULY 2004 - The technology produced by Epipoli is adopted in the Conad (the Italian partner of Leclerc) at Le Querce store in Reggio Emilia, where micromarketing tests were carried out with the dispatch of promotional messages on the shopping cart.
JULY 2004 - Gordio, first European micromarketing project for the sales outlet is presented at the ECR conference in Brussels.
JUNE 2004 - the financial publication "Banca Finanza" dedicates one of the 26 portraits of the "Business Community" book to Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president.
MAY 2004 - Giorgio Betti, manager of Epipoli’s Rome office, is interviewed in "La Repubblica."
MAY 2004 - Epipoli implements the “ESPM” - Epipoli Shop Performance Management - system for Carrefour.
APRIL 2004 - the MyMarketing.net portal makes an in-depth examination of Epipoli's consumer analysis models.
APRIL 2004 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, is a speaker at the international conference "Merchandising Forum" in Prague.
APRIL 2004 - Epipoli conducts the round table discussion on loyalty experiences at the conference "Is the Client King?"
MARCH 2004 - Prof. Gianpiero Lugli, marketing professor at the University of Parma, in his most recent book "Micromarketing" dedicates all of Chapter 15 to Epipoli.
FEBRUARY 2004 - Epipoli, together with Volvo, releases the first Loyalty Card in the automobile industry. The card proposes Exclusive Partnerships, including ERG.
JANUARY 2004 - Epipoli opens offices in Los Angeles (USA) and the magazine "Advantage" publishes an information sheet on the company.
JANUARY 2004 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli president, is a speaker at the international conference of AIDA - International Association of Retailers and Industrial Companies.
JANUARY 2004 - Gaetano Giannetto, Epipoli founder, is named professor of marketing and communications in the Infor master’s degree programme.
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