E.piphany Increases Reach in the Industry With Mitsubishi Customer Win
21 January 2000
E.piphany Increases Reach in the Automobile Industry With Mitsubishi Motors Customer WinMitsubishi Selects E.piphany E.4 to Help Change the Way Consumers Buy Cars From Mitsubishi SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 21 -- E.piphany today announced that Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc. (MMSA), the fastest growing Japanese distributor of vehicles sold in the United States, is installing the E.piphany E.4 system. E.piphany E.4 will pull together information from throughout MMSA to help the company identify and profile customers. This information will be used in the development and execution of focused and coordinated direct marketing efforts, as well as to better help serve customers. The Mitsubishi account represents E.piphany's increased penetration in the automotive industry. "We are undergoing a significant effort to be the first car company to implement a truly customer centric database. This database will allow us to fully track and manage the ownership experience," said Greg Stahl, Director of Retail Development for Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc. "This integrated system will help us offer personalized marketing campaigns and individually tailored products and services to our customers." "The automotive industry is experiencing a significant shift in customer loyalties and intensified competition due to the desire of customers to use the Internet as a means of research and communication," said Roger Siboni, president and CEO of E.piphany. "By providing an integrated solution that combines analysis and campaign management capabilities, E.piphany will help Mitsubishi better understand who its customers are and to take action on that knowledge to develop lifetime relationships." E.piphany is the provider of real-time analytical applications that create a single enterprise-wide view of the customer enabling insight and personalized action across all touch points. The E.piphany E.4 system is designed to help companies establish, maintain and improve customer relationships for the new customer economy. The E.4 system is an integrated suite of software solutions that enables companies to profile and analyze individual customer characteristics and preferences and then leverage that information to drive marketing campaigns and individually tailored products and services. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended that involve risks and uncertainties, including the impact of competitive products and pricing. These statements are subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections. We refer you to additional risk factors described in E.piphany's IPO Prospectus, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a detailed description of these risks and others that could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward looking statements. NOTE: E.piphany, E.4 and the E.piphany logo are trademarks of E.piphany, Inc. For sales or marketing information: 1900 S. Norfolk Street, Ste. 310 San Mateo, CA 94403 URL: http://www.epiphany.com