To: E. Davies who wrote (17431 ) 12/2/1999 8:23:00 AM From: Roy F Respond to of 29970
Excite Shopping Channel More Than Triples Visitors From Last Year Popular Shopping Destination Continues to Offer Holiday Shoppers New Ways To Find and Buy Gifts Online December 2, 1999 08:02 AM Eastern Time REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Excite@Home ATHM today announced more than a 250 percent increase in visits to its Shopping Channel ( shopping.excite.com ) during the month of November, compared to the same time period last year. The increase is attributed in part to the recent introduction of Excite Shopping Service, which offers integrated product searches, personalized alert features and more. (Photo: newscom.com ) "People are clearly realizing the advantages offered by shopping online this holiday," said Kris Carpenter, vice-president, commerce, Excite@Home. "Our dramatic increase in visits not only shows that people are coming to our site in significant numbers, but also that the Excite Shopping Service is giving shoppers a fast, convenient, and efficient way to find and buy goods online." Excite@Home also announced that its Excite StoreBuilder service now has access to over 5400 merchants who have built their own storefronts using Excite StoreBuilder or iMall. Consumer products offered by these merchants are also available for purchase on the Excite Shopping Service. About Excite@Home Excite@Home is a global media company offering media services through Excite (www.excite.com) and broadband subscription services through @Home (www.home.com) and @Work (www.work.home.net). MatchLogic (www.matchlogic.com) offers marketers industry leading digital advertising capabilities including rich media production, ad and email services, user profiling and targeting and database analysis and management all integrated into a complete solutions package. The company has a worldwide footprint of 72 million cable homes to deliver on its vision of bringing personalized content to consumers "All Band, All Device, All the Time." For more investor information about Excite@Home, please call its stockholder services hotline at 888-924-9248. For investor information about Excite@Home, please call its stockholder services hotline at 888-924-9248. NOTE: Excite@Home, @Home, and the @ logo are trademarks of the AtHome Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brands and products are trademarks of their respective companies. SOURCE Excite@Home