DJ: Attention Holiday Shoppers: Furby Spotted at www.egift.com; New Gift Site
(PR Newswire 11/20 13:21:01)
Plans to Have Furby Available Throughout the Holiday Season
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- www.egift.com, the recently
launched online gift site from CyberShop International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYSP),
today announced that they have Furby available for purchase -- and plans to
continue to have the hot-selling toy in stock throughout the holiday season.
As the ultimate Internet resource for consumer purchases, egift offers an
extensive range of gift items and services. The company also recently
announced an expansion of their relationship with America Online Inc. (NYSE:
AOL), making it the sole featured tenant in AOL's quick gift area, where
Furby is presently featured and other promotions are planned.
"Our merchandise managers were well ahead of the curve," said Jeff Tauber,
CyberShop's CEO. "They realized several months ago that Furby was going to
be one of the hottest toys of the year and were able to secure a large
supply for the holiday season.
"All visitors to egift.com will have equal opportunity to purchase Furby,
regardless of time-of-day or the number of shopping days left in the season.
Furby is a perfect fit with our assortment for egift, which is positioned as
the ultimate Internet destination for gifts, offering high quality, hard-to-
find gift items, with the ability to ship overnight," added Tauber.
Furby, the hard-to-find offering from Tiger Electronics, a division of
Hasbro (NYSE: HAS), has received widespread attention since the media
reported the toy would be the "Tickle me Elmo" of this holiday season. To
date, Furby has generally not been available at traditional retailers such
as Toys R Us, or on the Internet due to the high demand from shoppers.
At www.egift.com, shoppers can purchase most gifts up to 9:00 p.m. (EST)
with guaranteed delivery early the next day. All gifts can be gift-packaged
complete with a personalized gift card, and available to be shipped
worldwide via Federal Express(TM). Additionally, as part of the launch of
the new egift.com site, customers will receive a 25% discount toward any
purchase, including Furby, now through November 29th.
www.egift.com is a powerful resource for gift seekers. Key features
include: an interactive "Gift Finder" assistant, which suggests appropriate
gifts when provided with the occasion, age, gender, and interests of the
recipient; chat with gift experts who can assist with gift selections, and a
gift reminder service which provides users with the ability to receive
e-mail reminders of important dates. Additionally, egift's 1-bag(TM)
checkout, combines with an address book function which allows users to
securely enter and save the names and addresses of friends and family,
offers customers the ultimate convenience -- a one-order process that allows
shipment of gifts to multiple locations.
About CyberShop
CyberShop, a leading online retailer, can be found on the World Wide Web at
cybershop.com and on America Online in their Shopping channel or
by using keyword 'cybershop.' egift can be found on the World Wide Web at
egift.com and on America Online, on their Shopping Channel and in
their 'Quick Gifts' area or by using the keyword 'egift.' electronics.net
can be found on the World Wide Web at electronics.net.
/CONTACT: Matt Messinger of The MWW Group, 201-507-9500, or
mmessing@mww.com, for CyberShop International, Inc./
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