August 24, 1999 09:30
Softlink's eMail VOICELink Product Now Available at
BJ's Wholesale Club
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1999--Softlink, Inc. (OTC
BB:SFLK) today announced the expansion of its retail sales to the customers
of BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ).
BJ's customers can now purchase a gift package containing two copies of
eMail VOICELink(TM) which enables both parties communicating through
email to include their voice and graphics within their email messages.
BJ's Wholesale Club, www.bjswholesale.com is one of the leading warehouse
clubs in the Eastern United States. BJ's has no restrictions for membership,
and carries merchandise covering a wide range of consumer products including
toys, office supplies, computers, software, electronics, appliances, and cellular
phones.
"BJ's Wholesale is a one-stop shopping experience for consumers that we
want to reach," said Carol Prior, Softlink's vice president of Sales. "Email is
becoming ubiquitous. A growing number of U.S. households are
communicating in this way. With eMail VOICELink on the shelves of a
warehouse store like BJ's, we're reaching the broadest consumer base
possible."
The gift package with two full copies of eMail VOICELink provides BJ's
customers with a complete solution for adding voice and graphics to their email
communication. Family members, friends, and business associates can send
one of the two copies to whomever they choose, then both parties can send
voice messages through their email, cutting down on long distance calls, and
removing the burden of typing out long email messages. The use of voice in
email adds inflection and personality.
Compression technology developed by Softlink reduces the size of VOICELink
email messages by 50:1 over original file size.
Recipients of email messages created with VOICELink can play these
messages with the use of a freely distributed player. The player can be
included with the first message sent to any recipient, and once installed will
automatically launch with each subsequent message received.
eMail VOICELink retails for $19.95. For more information, visit
www.inChorus.com.
About BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., www.bjswholesale.com, introduced the wholesale
club concept to New England in 1984, and has since expanded to become a
leading membership wholesale club chain in the eastern United States.
Following the opening of its club in Toms River, N.J. on August 12, 1999, BJ's
operates 101 clubs compared with 88 one year ago.
About Softlink, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Softlink, Inc. is an innovator in multimedia-based Internet
communications. Using proprietary compression and composition technology,
Softlink's eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink products revolutionize
conventional text-based email with voice, graphics, pictures, animation, and
live annotation.
The company is publicly traded, (OTC BB:SFLK), and maintains headquarters
in Santa Clara. For more information visit the company web site at
www.inChorus.com. For Investor Relations, please contact Gerard Damaro at
561/367-0363.
Information contained in this press release contains "forward-looking
statements" which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology.
Various risk factors could cause actual results to vary materially from the
future results covered in such forward-looking statements, including
"competition, the management of our growth and the ability to deliver new
products to market on time." Such forward-looking statements are subject to
other risks and uncertainties.
Note to Editors: eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink are trademarks of
Softlink, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
and are acknowledged.
CONTACT: Softlink, Inc.
Lauren deVries, 408/496-6668
or 831/662-0669
ldevries@inChorus.com
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