PRESS RELEASE Stockholm/Amsterdam, 18 May 2009 After a 3-way pitch, BT Tradespace has appointed LBi to design and build a best in class online community for their small business customers and a website to support this community. This delivers on BT's promise of 'Bringing it all together' where they bring people with the same challenges and business opportunities together in a branded utility. Tradespace is already one of Europe's largest business communities with over 300,000 users. This new re-design will further build on the service's success with a completely new experience, following LBi's extensive work in engaging with BT's small business customer base through focused user sessions. To help service this active community of successful business individuals, BT has partnered with LBi to build both an innovative technical platform with top class design and deliver a suite of online services to support the needs of growing SMEs, from blogs and reputation tools to full e-commerce. Didier Liautaud, General Manager with Tradespace says: "LBi has everything we want to see in a partner for such an innovative project: world-class web 2.0 experience both from a technical and business perspective, a superb delivery record and, maybe most importantly, a passion for the interaction between our customers and the product." Iain Preston, Client Director for BT at LBi: "Being invited to and subsequently win the pitch in 2009 to both re-design and re-platform the service was an amazing moment for our team and a recognition of the great working relationship we have with Tradespace. We're blending user-centred design principles with an Agile development process, bringing the user and BT closer than ever before in delivering this innovative social commerce platform." For further information please contact: Sarah van Praagh, Press contakt, LBi UK +44 20 7063 6465, Sarah.VanPraagh@LBi.com Eva Ottosson, Group Communications Manager, LBI International AB +46 709 41 21 40, eva.ottosson@lbi.com About LBi: LBi is a global digital marketing and technology agency, blending insight, creativity and expertise to solve business problems. The largest genuinely full service agency of its kind in Europe, LBi provides the full range of digital capabilities, including digital strategy, branded content, service design, media, CRM, technology, managed hosting and support services. The Company employs over 1,500 professionals located primarily in the major European, American and Asian business centers; such as Amsterdam, Atlanta, Berlin, Brussels, London, Milan, Mumbai, New York, Paris and Stockholm. LBi is listed on Nasdaq OMX in Stockholm and NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam (symbol: LBI). www.lbi.com
Leading Global Marketing, Technology and Creative agency LBi wins community site design and build for BT Tradespace
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