Yahoo! Delivers a One-Stop Internet Shopping Service Featuring More Than 2
Million Products
Consumers Can Conveniently Surf, Shop, Select, Spend and Send in One Web
Location
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine relaxing in your pajamas
in front of a roaring fire, while sipping hot cocoa and getting all of your
holiday shopping done. Sound too good to be true? This holiday season,
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) offers the perfect solution to consumers everywhere
who wish to avoid the crowds, packed parking lots and long lines. Launched
today, Yahoo!(R) Shopping ( shopping.yahoo.com ) enables consumers to
locate, compare and buy more than two million products from over 2,700 online
stores; add items to a single shopping cart; make purchases in one easy check
out; ship orders to multiple locations; and execute secure transactions at
anytime from any Net-connected computer.
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"Yahoo! has clearly established itself as a trusted brand and a leader in
online shopping. For millions of people, Yahoo! is the single source used to
find, compare and buy products across the Web," said Jeff Mallett, chief
operating officer, Yahoo! Inc. "Through Yahoo! Shopping, we now offer our
users a complete shopping experience, enabling them to easily access and
purchase millions of products. Yahoo! remains committed to evolving our
services to best meet our users' needs and to sending qualified consumers
directly to merchants within Yahoo!."
Click Till You Drop
Yahoo! Shopping offers consumers the ability to shop the widest selection of
products from some of the most trusted and well-known merchants within a
single shopping environment. Yahoo! Shopping offers more than two million
products across 14 popular categories, including apparel, books, electronics,
music, movies and more. From CD players and digital cameras to Barbies(R) and
Beanie Babies(R), Yahoo! Shopping enables consumers to search for and compare
items throughout the entire shopping center. The new service includes more
than 2,700 participating merchants such as FAO Schwarz, Egghead.com, Inc.,
Tower Records, Dean & DeLuca, The Company Store, FTD, Inc., Service
Merchandise Co., Big Dog Sportswear, Copeland's Sports, Frederick's of
Hollywood, Tweeds and The Vermont Teddy Bear Company.
Yahoo! Shopping makes finding the perfect present easy. For example, an
individual looking for golf clubs can simply go to the Sports & Fitness
category, select "golf" and search within clubs for drivers, irons, putters,
wedges and woods. Yahoo! Shopping then returns a comparison chart, complete
with relevant information such as product name, retailer, price and features.
The new shopping service even enables people to add the items to one shopping
cart that they can use throughout their visit to Yahoo! Shopping, regardless
of how many merchants they visit and products they buy. By offering consumers
the ability to shop across a variety of stores in the same environment, Yahoo!
Shopping makes finding the best deals and purchasing holiday gifts easier than
ever before. Yahoo! Shopping is always open, so that day or night, from work
or home, visitors can shop at their convenience.
Let Yahoo! Fill Your Shopping Cart
Yahoo! Shopping features a universal shopping cart, allowing users to add
items from multiple stores into a single shopping cart and then pay for all
items in one checkout. Consumers can also browse stores within Yahoo!
Shopping, compile and keep a list of products they want, and then return to
purchase the items at a later time. The list will be automatically stored as
the user's personal shopping cart.
Let Your Fingers Do The Shopping
Yahoo! Shopping ensures that people have a familiar, convenient and safe way
to purchase and send holiday gifts. When ready to purchase, shoppers can
simply click on "View Cart" in the menu bar to get a full view of the items
they have selected prior to checkout. Regardless of the number of different
stores shoppers buy from, they will only need to provide their billing address
once during a trip to Yahoo! Shopping. Using Yahoo! Shopping, people can even
designate the recipient of each item to easily send and ship holiday gifts
from the comfort of their computer. Credit card information is transmitted
securely. All Yahoo! Shopping merchants have been selected based on their
commitment to online security and customer service.
Yahoo! and Visa U.S.A. Promote Online Shopping
Yahoo! and Visa will advance their ongoing, strategic relationship with a
comprehensive marketing program this holiday season. Yahoo! Shopping is co-
branded with Visa, and is the preferred payment card of the new service. In
addition, Visa is promoting Yahoo! and electronic commerce through nationwide
broadcast and print advertisements that illustrate the ease and convenience of
online shopping. Yahoo! is currently featured in Visa's national television
spot with leading online toy merchant eToys. To coincide with the launch of
Yahoo! Shopping this week, advertisements featuring Visa and Yahoo! will also
appear in variety of national publications such as Newsweek, People and
Entertainment Weekly. Yahoo! and First USA also have a co-branded Visa credit
card, which launched in February 1998, and brings together a low APR, no
annual fee and a safe shopping guarantee, plus rewards points good for free
merchandise from leading online merchants.
Comprehensive, Integrated Service Helps Consumers Ring in the Holidays
Looking for something unique and antique? Want to find something special or
unusual? Planning a holiday getaway or winter vacation? Yahoo! Shopping also
offers visitors convenient access to Yahoo!'s expansive and popular array of
related commerce services including Yahoo! Auctions, Yahoo! Classifieds,
Yahoo! Store, Yahoo! Yellow Pages and Yahoo! Travel.
About Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet media company that offers a branded network
of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to millions
of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web,
www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising,
household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands
associated with the Internet. The company has 15 international Web properties
outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific and
Canada and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.
NOTE: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All
other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
SOURCE Yahoo! Inc.
CO: Yahoo! Inc.
ST: California
IN: MLM REA
SU: PDT
11/17/98 07:56 EST prnewswire.com |
