atqt industry software as a service founded 2003 headquarters london uk chicago usa area served worldwide key people andr brown ceo products cloud based online visual merchandising platform for multi channel retailers number of employees 50 2016 website www.attraqt.com attraqt group plc is a u.k. based organisation that provides search and merchandising services to online businesses through a cloud based software as a service saas . it was founded in 2003 to facilitate sales growth for online retailers by focusing on conversion rates and the use of traditional creative merchandising techniques in the online environment . the company s saas platform freestyle merchandising gives retailers control over how products are merchandised on their e commerce sites . in 2014 attraqt became available for trading on the aim market of the london stock exchange with an initial market capitalisation on admission of approximately 10.3 m 1 based on a price of 50 pence per ordinary share on admission . in december 2015 the company raised a further 3m net to further its expansion plans . freestyle merchandising is platform agnostic and works with most ecommerce platforms including episerver hybris magento and venda . attraqt partners with a number of key partners in the ecommerce space including bronto dotmailer and monetate . attraqt has offices in london and chicago . contents 1 history 2 services 3 ceo 4 interviews 5 external links 6 references history edit the company was founded in 2003 as locayta limited and rebranded in early 2014 as attraqt 2 to recognise the changing business needs and customer requirements . citation needed on 19 august 2014 under advisement by n 1 singer 3 the company went public on london s junior stock market with a goal of raising 1.3 m on aim with a valuation of 10.4 m in order to fund expansion throughout europe and america . 4 5 shares rose to a 7 % premium 6 7 on opening day of trading . in december 2014 the company launched a new product called attraqtmail which enables retailers to merchandise emails in real time using the company s visual merchandising platform freestyle merchandising . on 9 september 2015 the company announced its interim financial results for the 6 months ending june 2015 . 8 the highlights were revenue growth of 40 % yoy for the half year 9 including a 43 % growth in recurring revenue and an increase in gross margin to 85 % . the company also announced the signing of a new contract with tumi in the us . 10 services edit attraqt provides a visual merchandising platform called freestyle merchandisingtm . freestyle merchandising plugs in to any ecommerce site and takes over the delivery of site search category pages and product recommendation zones to enable retailers to merchandise more effectively through their own ecommerce sites . the organisation provides services to boohoo and superdry as well as other large ecommerce merchants such as bbc shop cotton traders ellis brigham emma bridgewater fat face jd williams jojo maman beb joseph kate spade laura ashley leekes lk bennett lulu guinness oka direct paperchase screwfix tesco clothing f & f tk maxx tofs tumi white stuff wilko and many more . ceo edit andr brown is the ceo and co founder of the company and has a history of bringing new technologies to market 11 including taking a key role in the introduction of adobe acrobat to the uk as well as providing insight into the current and future status of the e commerce markets for susan aldrich . 12 13 interviews edit 13 september 2016 attraqt group interim results 9 march 2016 attraqt s full year results 27 november 2015 attraqt and yudu technology partnership signs first client 13 november 2015 attraqt boss eyes uk and us growth after fundraise 12 november 2015 proposed placing of new and existing ordinary shares 9 september 2015 attraqt ceo brown tumi contract win to open doors in us 5 august 2015 attraqt boss confident digital catalogue tech will entice e tailers 18 june 2015 attraqt targeting top e tailers with online shopping tech 1 october 2014 attraqt ceo says us expansion is big opportunity external links edit attraqt official webpage attraqt crunchbase attraqt adds significant backer to the board attraqt fundamentals proposed placing of new and existing ordinary shares attraqt and yudu partnership direct commerce association the telegraph investor attraqt imrg attraqt webpage live catalog yudu and attraqt references edit online merchandiser attraqt to float on aim . lse.co.uk . 14 august 2014 . retrieved 8 november 2014 . locayta re brands as attraqt . uk.reuters.com . 9 april 2014 . retrieved 8 november 2014 . attraqt group plc fundraise of 1.25 million and admission to aim . www.n1singer.com . retrieved 30 september 2014 . dotcom veteran returns with shopping software listing . www.thesundaytimes.co.uk . retrieved 30 september 2014 . online shopping company attraqt close to aim float . www.express.co.uk . retrieved 30 september 2014 . dan wagner founded attraqt raises 1.25 m in aim ipo . startups.co.uk . 20 august 2014 . retrieved 8 november 2014 . attraqt joins aim . econsultancy.com . 29 august 2014 . retrieved 30 september 2014 . london stock exchange attraqt plc . retrieved 14 september 2015 . interim results september 2015 attraqt plc . retrieved 14 september 2015 . new contract win tumi . retrieved 8 september 2015 . crunchbase profile of andre brown ceo of locayta . retrieved 8 november 2014 . interview with andre brown ceo of locayta predictions for 2013 . susan aldrich . 20 december 2012 . retrieved 8 november 2014 . making customer recommendations work for your business . ecommercefutures . retrieved 8 november 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title attraqt & oldid 739550629 categories companies listed on the alternative investment marketbritish brandsretail companies of the united kingdomtechnology companies established in 2003hidden categories use dmy dates from january 2016use british english from 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