140 New Online Retailers Join Big Planet Mall.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2000 Major Retailers Such As Buy.com, Dell, MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. .com and VarsityBooks.com Push Big Planet Mall to More Than 160 Online Shopping Affiliates Big Planet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NUS), Friday announced at its Momentum 2000 Leadership Conference that 140 new online retailers have joined the Big Planet Mall, making www.bpstore.com a comprehensive source for online shopping on the Web. The Big Planet Mall now has links to more than 160 online retailers offering millions of products and services allowing consumers access to all of these retailers from a single Web site. Some of the new affiliates joining the Big Planet Mall include prominent retailers such as Buy.com, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. SportsLine, Dell Computer Corp., Disneystore.com, ESPNstore.com, Hickory Farms, Land's End Land's End, promontory, Cornwall, SW England, forming the westernmost extremity of the English mainland. Of wave-carved granite, it has cliffs c.60 ft (20 m) high. Offshore are reefs and rocky islets, on one of which is Longships Lighthouse. , MVP.com, OfficeMax, Paul Fredrick, SpencerGifts.com, VarsityBooks.com and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Studio. In addition to these retailers, Big Planet representatives and their customers also have access as members of the Nu Skin Enterprises family of companies to leading-edge Pharmanex nutritional products and high-quality Nu Skin personal care products. "Big Planet is leveraging the e-commerce market opportunity of this new 'Internet economy' by making leading online retailers and their quality products and services available through the Big Planet Mall," said Scott Schwerdt, COO of Big Planet. "Big Planet's alliances with these online retailers extend the earnings potential for Big Planet representatives as well as offer access to one of the most extensive group of retailers on one Web site today." Big Planet and its network of independent representatives currently offer access to the products and services of more than 160 different online retailers through the Big Planet Mall, www.bpstore.com. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry analyst firm International Data Corp.(IDC), the worldwide Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. -- including business-to-business and business-to-consumer commerce -- will soar past the $1 trillion mark in 2001, and by 2003 it will be well on its way to $3 trillion, with e-commerce as one of the key elements supporting the Internet economy. About Big Planet Big Planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nu Skin Enterprises, is an innovative provider of communications and integrated technology products and services for individuals and small businesses. Through Big Planet's representative sales force, the company's product offering is "making technology simple" by providing the device, connection and destination for customers to take advantage of technology -- including robust, fast access to the Internet and online shopping via www.bpstore.com. For more information about Big Planet and its products and services, visit www.bigplanet.com. Please note: This press release contains forward-looking statements which represent Big Planet's and Nu Skin Enterprises' expectations or beliefs concerning future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those discussed or anticipated, including the risk that the new relationships will terminate earlier than anticipated, and the risks set forth in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's most recent Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and 10-Q. Nu Skin Enterprises, Nu Skin, Pharmanex and Big Planet are registered trademarks in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. 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