industry digital marketing fate acquired founded 2001 defunct 2013 acquisition completed headquarters chicago illinois usa key people jay dettling president founders chris dalton paul weinewuth matt schmeltz scott spear revenue 141 million 2012 1 owner accenture number of employees 600 website http www.acquitygroup.com acquity group llc is an american brand ecommerce and digital marketing company with u.s. headquarters in chicago and offices across north america . acquity group has domestic offices in new york city dallas seattle san francisco irvine scottsdale overland park boise and atlanta . its international offices are located in toronto ontario and ottawa ontario . 2 acquity group s work with more than 600 global brands covers ecommerce mobile and social media . acquity group headquarters in ogilvie station chicago contents 1 history 2 mobile audit 3 brand ecommerce audit 4 references 5 external links history edit acquity group was founded in 2001 by chris dalton paul weinewuth scott spear and matt schmeltz . 3 dalton who was named the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year in 2009 serves as chief executive officer . 4 acquity group filed for an ipo in 2012 and was listed on . 5 the new york stock exchange . in may 2013 acquity group was acquired by accenture for 316 million . acquity group is now a part of accenture interactive part of accenture digital . 6 acquity group helps its clients use the internet to increase sales and improve user experience through an approach it pioneered known as brand ecommerce which incorporates user experience creative design back end technical implementation and architecture 1 . acquity group s clients represent a broad base of b2b and b2c companies in a variety of industries . past and present clients include adobe american airlines at & t garmin general motors mcdonald s motorola and saks fifth avenue 2 . mobile audit edit acquity group s mobile commerce audit an analysis of the internet retailer 500 that identifies commerce companies with an active mobile presence is published annually . the results of the 2009 mobile commerce audit showed that only 4 % of the united states top 500 online retailers had websites compatible with mobile browsers . 7 8 the 2010 mobile audit revealed that 12 % of the top web merchants had m commerce sites ; in 2011 that number increased to 37 % . 9 in 2011 acquity group issued its first european mobile audit which revealed that nearly a quarter of europe s top online retailers had some sort of mobile app and just under 20 percent had a website optimized for mobile devices . 10 brand ecommerce audit edit acquity group s brand ecommerce audit is compiled annually and ranks commerce companies across six channels big browser mobile tablet social in store search and email . its inaugural report released november 2012 analyzed interbrand s best retail brands of 2012 and examined customer expectations across six channels . 11 in 2012 acquity group brand ecommerce audit s research revealed that 82 percent of retailers have a mobile optimized site 72 percent have a mobile or tablet app and 66 percent have both . 12 references edit acquity group s ceo discusses q4 2012 results earnings call transcript . 20 march 2013 . retrieved 19 march 2014 . acquity group expands into canadian market sets up shop in ottawa . acquity group . 14 may 2012 . retrieved 16 june 2014 . permanent dead link vidya drego 7 december 2010 . q & agency acquity group . forrester . retrieved 28 june 2011 . chris dalton . acquity group website . retrieved 6 may 2011 . thad rueter 19 april 2012 . digital marketing firm acquity group files for an ipo . internet retailer . retrieved 29 june 2012 . accenture buying acquity for 316 million . acquity group website . retrieved 2 february 2013 . stephanie clifford and claire cain miller 17 april 2011 . retailers retool sites to ease mobile shopping . the new york times . mark walsh 24 june 2010 . only 12 % of web retailers have mobile specific sites . mediapost . archived from the original on 2011 05 08 . kevin woodward 13 october 2011 . top 500 e retailers offer more mobile commerce sites and apps . internet retailer . acquity group announces european mobile audit data . acquity group . 7 april 2011 . retrieved 29 july 2011 . acquity group . brand ecommerce tm audit pdf . retrieved 28 january 2013 . tmcnet.com 7 december 2012 . acquity group releases ecommerce audit . retrieved 28 january 2013 . external links edit acquity group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acquity group & oldid 743336141 categories companies based in chicagomarketing companiescompanies established in 2001companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies disestablished in 2013hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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