Analysts' Recommendation: Strong Buy 30 Days Ago: Strong Buy Analysts' Target: $67 Analysts' Targets JMP Securities LLC $75 Mkt Outperform Thursday, June 12, 2008 Canaccord Adams $55 Hold Monday, June 02, 2008 Robert W. Baird & Co. $70 Outperform Thursday, January 31, 2008 BusinessWeek Rankings IT 100 IT 100 2007 #93 2006 #99 Alliance Data Systems Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides data-driven and transaction-based marketing and customer loyalty solutions. It offers marketing services, including coalition and stand alone loyalty; and analytical, strategic consulting and creative, proprietary data, interactive communications, and database marketing services. The company also provides credit services comprising underwriting and risk management, and receivables funding; and transaction services, which consist of new account processing, billing and payment processing, remittance processing, customer information system hosting, point-of-sale services, and merchant bankcard services. It serves specialty retailers, petroleum retailers, utilities, supermarkets, pharmaceutical companies, and financial services companies. Alliance Data Systems was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.