OfficeMax.com Offers Over 300 Rebates with Savings Up to $4,700
and $25 Off First Purchase
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- December 28, 1998 -- OfficeMax, Inc. (NYSE: OMX), today
announced that on the heels of its record online holiday selling season that saw sales
at OfficeMax.com soar over 1,300 percent versus last year, it has launched an Office
Supply Sell-a-Thon promotion for officemax.com to assist small office
and home office customers in saving time and money in the new year. The Office
Supply Sell-a-Thon area on the OfficeMax website contains over 700 office products
including more than 300 MaxRebates® offers with up to $4,700 in savings. The site
also highlights other merchandise categories such as tax supplies, janitorial and
breakroom products, and office furniture.
To kick off the new year, OfficeMax.com is offering visitors to its site the ability to save
$25 on their first purchase of $100 or more, earn frequent flier miles and enter a
sweepstakes to win a complete office, including office furniture, business machines,
office supplies, software and more. Customers can earn frequent flier miles on various
products in the "Members-Only" area of the website and on other eligible purchases at
OfficeMax.com. To become a member, customers need only visit OfficeMax.com and
fill out the online registration form.
"Businesses are focused on improving productivity in the new year and we can assist
them by making shopping for office supplies simple, efficient and cost effective," said
Michael Feuer, OfficeMax's chairman and chief executive officer. "At OfficeMax.com,
we offer over 20,000 office products at guaranteed low prices enabling our customers
to save both time and money."
OfficeMax said that not only have Internet sales from Thanksgiving through Christmas
increased more than 13 fold over the same period last year, but customer visits
continued to climb to record levels as well. This sales increase compares to the overall
national projected growth rate by industry experts for Internet commerce of
approximately 300 percent for this year's holiday selling season. The Company stated
that its success at OfficeMax.com is the result of continuing efforts to develop
innovative online marketing programs. In addition to its vast merchandise assortment,
OfficeMax.com offers free next business day delivery on orders over $50 and a credit
card security guarantee. OfficeMax.com also provides a variety of services to help
small business and home office customers with other features including express orders
for frequently purchased products, usage reporting, online order tracking, convenient
order-by-number features and an informational resource center.
OfficeMax.com visitors can also take advantage of PrintLink@CopyMax and
SoftwareSupersite@OfficeMax located at OfficeMax's web site. PrintLink@CopyMax
enables consumers and businesses to create, proof and order popular items like
business cards, rubber stamps and labels along with items that can be personalized
such as greeting cards, invitations and apparel products.
SoftwareSuperSite@OfficeMax offers over 10,000 Windows, Macintosh and Palm Top
software titles available for immediate purchase via electronic downloading and
regular delivery.
For more information and complete sweepstakes rules, visit the OfficeMax website at
officemax.com. |
