barnesandnoble.com Offers Special Gifts and Sweepstakes Prizes for Mother's Day
Business Wire - April 30, 1998 09:17
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1998--
Prizes include Bouquets of Flowers for a Whole Year from
1-800-FLOWERS
barnesandnoble.com, the world's largest online bookseller, offers plenty of fresh ideas for Mother's Day. Whether she's your mother, mother-in-law, stepmom, grandma or special friend, she'll be delighted to receive these unique gifts. In addition, Mom will be eligible for our special Mother's Day sweepstakes.
Celebrate Mom! Sweepstakes
barnesandnoble.com teamed up with 1-800-FLOWERS to offer "Books & Blooms," two-in-one gifts for Mother's Day, that can be found on barnesandnoble.com's "Gift Center." "Books & Blooms" offers three gift specials:
-- Pink Mini Rose Plants plus Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul:
101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of
Mothers, edited by a number of writers including Jack Canfield
and Mark Victor Hansen ($47.99).
-- A Spa Basket plus Modern Woman: A Stress Relief Manual Just for
Women by Patricia Martin ($45.99). The basket contains a body
bath bush, sisal back strap, loofah foam sponge, bath scrunchie,
aromatherapy candle/eucalyptus, bath salts, and honey and oatmeal
soaps, plus the manual, to help soothe even the most stressed-out
Mom.
-- A Chocolate Heart Box (solid milk chocolate box filled with 22
ounces of foil-wrapped, milk chocolate hearts) plus Chocolate for
a Woman's Heart by Kay Allenbaugh. Ms. Allenbaugh has compiled 77
all new stories by and for women about friendship, faith,
courage, children, parents, and love.
When you buy any one of the "Books & Blooms" gifts between now and May 7, 1998, you are automatically entered into the "Celebrate Mom! Sweepstakes." One lucky Mom will win a beautiful bouquet of flowers each month for a full year. Online visitors should see official rules for details, including alternative means of entry.
Daughters & Mother Sweepstakes
Between now and May 8, 1998, purchasers of Daughters & Mothers by Lauren Cowen and Jayne Wexler ($19.98) from barnesandnoble.com will be automatically entered in the "Daughters & Mothers Sweepstakes." Five lucky winners will each receive a $100 gift certificate for guilt-free shopping at one of these great stores -- Barnes and Noble, J. Crew, Williams-Sonoma, Godiva Chocolatier, or Crate & Barrel. Online visitors should see official rules for details, including alternative means of entry.
Daughters & Mothers is a collection of stirring essays and photographs of 30 mothers and daughters celebrating their kinship. The book features women who are politicians, musicians, athletes, actresses and everyday people. They include mothers and grandmothers, toddlers and teenagers.
About barnesandnoble.com
barnesandnoble.com is a leading retailer of books and the exclusive bookseller to American Online(AOL)'s 12 million subscribers. barnesandnoble.com also has exclusive partnerships with more than 6,000 Web sites through its "Affiliate Network," including CNN Interactive, Disney, Lycos, and ZDNet.
barnesandnoble.com continues to bring bookselling innovation to the Internet. It was the first online bookseller to offer deep discounts and the first to carry an extensive inventory on its shelves. Currently, the company stocks more than 600,000 titles in its state-of-the-art distribution center, which is the largest standing inventory of any bookseller online.
About Barnes & Noble Inc.
Barnes & Noble Inc. operates 481 Barnes & Noble bookstores and 520 B. Dalton bookstores. Barnes & Noble stores offer an authoritative selection of more than 175,000 titles from more than 10,000 publishers with an emphasis on small, independent publishers and university presses. The company also publishes books under the Barnes & Noble imprint for exclusive sale through its retail stores and nationwide mail-order catalogs.
General financial information on Barnes & Noble Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's investor relations Web site: shareholder.com.
About 1-800-FLOWERS
1-800-FLOWERS, headquartered in Westbury, New York, is the world's largest florist and is recognized as a leading integrated marketer.
1-800-FLOWERS is accessible through the company's stores, via the Internet and through online services, and by calling 1-800-FLOWERS 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All 1-800-FLOWERS orders are custom-crafted to reflect the sentiments of the sender and are delivered only through the best neighborhood florists worldwide.
CONTACT: Ben Boyd
(212) 414-6014
bboyd@bnweb.com
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