uberall acquires sales veteran Stephane Ville to spark digital-marketing revolution in French commerce; opens French office

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uberall, the digital location marketing solutions provider, has made Stephane Ville Vice President of Strategic Partnerships in France, to build on French consumers' advanced use of Local Search.

Stéphane is an expert in digital marketing and partnerships, previously heading the sales departments for Adobe Systems and Gutenberg Technology in the French and European markets. He was a pioneer in the country to speak about the benefits of digital marketing.

Along with appointing Stéphane, uberall has underlined the importance of the French market by opening a new office in Paris, establishing a permanent presence and a first-point-of-contact for its growing list of French partners. Stéphane will operate out of uberall's Paris office, along with his new team. The French office is uberall's third, after its Berlin HQ and its US office in San Francisco.

Stephane comments: "I cannot wait to build upon the global success that uberall has enjoyed, in my home country. My focus will be to build a strong partnerships ecosystem between businesses and uberall to help transform France into a leading Digital Market!"

According to "Baromètre du Numérique 2016", 42% of the French population use their mobile phones in order to find shops using location data. Businesses who want to address this growing market, need to focus on location marketing. uberall, as Europe's leading location marketing platform, will build a strong partner network in France to help those businesses succeed.