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UK Culture Minister Visiting Alamy HQ

@ 18 February 2011 at 11:24 by James West - CEO

Our local MP Ed Vaizey (Cons, Wantage and Didcot), is visiting our UK headquarters next week. More...

More no more

@ 18 October 2010 at 17:05 by James West - CEO

Sorry everyone - we didn't do a good job with the latest version of the 'more' feature. More...

2009 summary by Alamy CEO James West

@ 23 February 2010 at 10:22 by James West - CEO

Quarter 4 2009 wraps up last year with a 13% drop in revenue from 2008 for the Alamy group, resulting in a better than expected figure from our 15-20% forecast. Our financial position remains strong however, with a 6.5% operating profit last year - just a couple of percentage points below our 'business as usual' number. More...

Quarterly Statement Q3 2009

@ 3 November 2009 at 12:58 by James West - CEO

Q3 2009 results reflect what we hope is the bottom of the downturn. More...

Recession hit but still profitable

@ 6 August 2009 at 09:04 by James West - Alamy CEO

Our latest quarterly results show that the recession has most definitely hit our revenue figures this year. More...

US office - quick update

@ 7 May 2009 at 10:33 by James West - CEO

Our NYC office in Brooklyn opened in February and the sales team have been out on the road and on the phones getting to know their new customers. More...

UK newspapers - message 2

@ 19 March 2009 at 17:42 by James West - Alamy CEO

Thank you for all of your thoughtful emails and comments on the blog. It's been very interesting to read your various perspectives and I appreciate your support in helping us find a workable solution. More...

UK newspaper revenue declining rapidly

@ 18 March 2009 at 17:45 by James West - Alamy CEO

We have seen some dramatic declines with some of our newspaper customers this quarter, ranging from 30% to 70% down year on year. I would like to share some thoughts with you on how we can reverse this trend. More...

Commercial images - thoughts in progress

@ 2 March 2009 at 11:44 by James West - CEO

We've got a lot of work to do before the commercial section of the Alamy site is something we can aggressively market. We knew this from the outset - sticking something on your homepage does not constitute a sales and marketing plan. You have to go out and sell it, tell your customers about it, etc. More...

Important changes at Alamy - follow up

@ 29 September 2008 at 13:09 by James West - CEO

Thank you for your feedback on our plans to increase the Alamy percentage split and to open an office in the US. More...

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