Alliance Data's Epsilon Business to Acquire Aspen Marketing Services, the Nation's Largest Independently Owned Marketing Services Agency

DALLAS, April 25, 2011— Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:  ADS),  a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Aspen Marketing Services (Aspen).  The largest privately held marketing services agency in the United States, Aspen specializes in a full range of digital and direct marketing services,  and advanced analytics to perform data-driven customer acquisition and retention campaigns. For 25 years,....