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Digital River Signs Online Partnership With Staples
Digital River to Manage Online Software Download Store for Staples.com
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1999-- Digital River (Nasdaq: DRIV - news), the worldwide leader in digital commerce outsourcing, today announced a significant new electronic software delivery (ESD) partnership with Staples Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS - news), a $7 billion retailer of office supplies and technology. For the first time, Staples.com will offer its online customers downloadable software titles, to enhance its current product offering and maintain its position as the preeminent online office supply retailer to small business.
``Offering downloadable software titles online is another key way we can achieve our company mission to slash the cost and hassle of running an office,' said Jonathan Magasanik, vice president of merchandising for Staples. ``As we aggressively pursue e-commerce, we will continue our strategy of partnering with leaders in their respective fields, such as Digital River, to provide our customers with the best products and services at every day low prices.'
``The business to business e-commerce market is expected to generate $115 billion in revenues this year, according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs,' commented Joel Ronning, CEO of Digital River. ``Our partnership with Staples, a premiere office supplies retailer, greatly enhances Digital River's visibility in this rapidly growing market. This is a significant relationship for us and we are excited to be providing a larger audience of online shoppers with the ability to buy and download software over the Internet.'
Staples will also take full advantage of Digital River's eBot utility, the world's first complete digital product assistant that helps keep end-users' computers up-to-date and loaded with the latest technology. |
