Ruf partners with organizations that have a shared vision, commitment and passion. Working with Ruf, these organizations and individuals allow delivery of innovative solutions to enable marketers to more effectively manage all facets of the marketing cycle.
Ruf chooses to partner with best-in-class organizations with solid reputations for serving their customers. Our powerful and dynamic alliance of organizations includes:
Applied Geographic Solutions brings a unique pioneering spirit to the delivery of superior quality demographic and industry-specific data - to help today's leading companies make the most accurate, timely, and cost-effective market decisions.
D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd. (DKS&A) is recognized as the leading travel and lodging research company specializing in market research and consulting services to all sectors of the travel industry.
Experian is a global leader in providing value-added information solutions to organizations and consumers. Experian provides information, analytics, decision-making solutions and processing services to help organizations find, develop and manage customer relationships.
infoUSA is a leading provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. The infoUSA database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Millions of customers use infoUSA's products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes.
MeritDirect combines the industry’s top talent and most innovative technology to help list owners and mailers achieve a superior return on their direct marketing investment.
Simmons, a subsidiary of Experian, combines its comprehensive information on consumer behavior, including media consumption and product preferences, with Experian's advanced data assets and analytical solutions. Virtually every major marketing firm and advertising agency in the U.S uses Simmons research -- on everything from the products we buy and the brands we prefer to our lifestyles and media preferences.
Ruf is proud to claim extensive work and a strong relationship with these distinguished leaders of direct marketing:
Martin Baier, writer, educator, practitioner, is one of the stellar figures of direct marketing in the twentieth century. He developed and now serves as the director of the Center of Direct Marketing Education and Research at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business of the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Baier is a member of the Direct Marketing Association's Hall of Fame and has received numerous other awards for his contributions to the advancement of the direct marketing profession and to direct marketing education.
David L. Edgell, Sr., Ph.D. is a consultant for Ruf's tourism division. Dr. Edgell served as the first commissioner of tourism for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Prior to that, he served as the acting Under Secretary of Commerce for the United States. Currently Dr. Edgell is a tenured professor in the College of Human Ecology, Department of Hospitality Management, teaching classes in Dimensions of Tourism and Tourism Policy and Management. He is also the director for the Institute for Tourism at East Carolina University, housed within the College of Human Ecology.
