DCA businesses are successful businesses


Who has benefited from membership?


Here’s how the DCA helps them on their way


and many more!


What can the DCA do for you? The DCA team is made up of industry experts who are constantly looking for ways of adding value to membership. Current benefits include the following, with more in the pipeline:


• Save £000s on your catalogue and direct mailings with exclusive discounts on postal services, telephony and merchant fee rates


• Learn about new developments in the Catalogue and Direct Commerce market though training days and seminars at an affordable cost for your whole marketing team


• Network with key industry leaders to share best practice and gain advice


Join for 2015, with FREE Membership for the rest of 2014


The DCA is non-profit-making and is committed to keeping costs for Members as low as possible. If you join now for 2015, you benefit from FREE membership for the rest of 2014 – the sooner you join the better. The fees are:


Businesses with annual sales of under £1m pay just £345+vat per year Businesses with annual sales of between £1m and £5m pay £495+vat per year Businesses with annual sales of between £5m and £20m pay £595+vat per year Businesses with annual sales of over £20m pay just £895+vat per year


“Charles Tyrwhitt joined DCA primarily to increase the number of swaps we could do. For smaller companies, who are still growing their skill base, DCA is a must. The contacts you make will help with recruitment of new staff, or at least in referencing people you are thinking of employing. You cannot afford not to join!”


Peter Higgins, Director Charles Tyrwhitt


FIND OUT MORE TODAY Tel: 01271 855 545 www.catexdca.org.uk jenny@direct-commerce-association.com


• Representation and lobbying on key industry issues


• Access to up-to-the minute industry news through regular newsletters


• Complimentary annual subscription to Direct Commerce magazine and website www. directcommercemagazine.com worth £85


Tel: 08718 855 5545 www.catex- dca.org.uk


• Discounted rates at Direct Commerce magazine events including the annual ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards


• Support to find the best industry practitioners to join your business with a 15% discount off recruitment rates at Expert Register


• Extensive DCA web site resources covering an A-Z of direct commerce topics.


“We get a lot from our membership. The DCA Events provide us with a chance to listen to market leaders speak about their experience and I am always amazed at how open they are with advice. The networking time is invaluable and has enabled us to benchmark ourselves against much bigger companies and learn a lot.”


Catherine Jeffrey, Deputy Managing Director, TTS Group Ltd


“DCA is an asset to the catalogue and direct marketing industry. It serves its members well, bringing us together and promoting opportunities to learn from each other, however disparate our products and systems may be, to everyone’s benefit. We support DCA as a forum to promote initiatives to save costs, increase efficiencies and enhance sales within all of our businesses.”


Michael Shorrocks, MBI Inc


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