911gifts.com Expands Features, Service and Merchandise to Rescue Holiday Shoppers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998-- Gift Giving Has Never Been Easier: One-Stop Gift Shop Emphasizes Speed, Convenience and Advice for Gift Shoppers 911gifts.com, the Internet's leading one-stop gift shop, has rebuilt and relaunched its online stores on the Web and on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. . The new sites have enhanced features, services and merchandise that make it even easier for online gift shoppers to find the right gift, right away. Although the site is available year-round, the launch timing anticipates the acute needs of shoppers who want to avoid the Holiday crunch. For online shoppers, 911gifts.com provides a convenient and compelling alternative to crowded shopping malls and tedious catalog shopping. Imagine a world where you can get all of your Holiday shopping done in only a few lunch hours. Or a world where no one forgets a parent's birthday or a friend's anniversary. Imagine a world where buying a tasteful taste·ful adj. 1. Having, showing, or being in keeping with good taste. 2. Pleasing in flavor; tasty. taste and unique gift is as easy as ordering takeout Takeout A financing to refinance or take out another loan. or sending flowers. Online shoppers no longer need imagine such a place. All they have to do is go to 911gifts.com. Since its inception in 1997, 911gifts.com has been aiding gift shoppers to select, purchase, wrap and deliver the perfect present for loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl , friends and colleagues. To prepare for the 1998 Holiday Season, 911gifts.com has dramatically enhanced the breadth and scope of gifts available on its one-stop Web site. The site features traditional favorites in addition to unique gift ideas exclusively available at 911gifts.com. Everything from cigars and jewelry, to gourmet delicacies, gift baskets and even live plants can be purchased online with just a few mouse clicks. Last-minute shoppers will especially appreciate options like gift wrapping and overnight shipping. "Our merchandising team is constantly searching the world for the best gifts, so that you don't have to," explained 911gifts.com president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Peter Baltaxe. "We make finding and buying a great gift so easy, why would anybody settle for flowers?" New Features Are a Year-Round Life Saver Consumers face dozens of gift-giving occasions -- birthdays, baby showers, anniversaries, holidays, thank you's, housewarmings, etc. -- every year. While many online merchants specialize in offering a particular product type (books, for example, or music) they are of little help to gift shoppers. That's because gift shoppers often begin their shopping process without a clear idea of what they want to buy. Instead, gift shoppers tend to search on a trial-and-error basis for "the right gift." 911gifts.com rescues online shoppers by providing the ideas and inspiration they seek. Instead of spending hours going from store to store, or waiting for numerous Web sites to download, online gift shoppers can point their browsers to the one-stop gift shop at 911gifts.com. "Gift shopping is the 'killer app' of online shopping," said Arno Harris, vice president of marketing & business development. "911gifts.com combines the three things gift shoppers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. : advice, convenience and last-minute shipping. Judging by strong historical click-through and conversion, shoppers are giving 911gifts.com a clear vote of confidence." GiftSearch & GiftExpert: Much-Needed Help 911gifts.com's GiftSearch feature aids the perplexed gift-giver with thoughtful ideas. Shoppers can search for appropriate gift suggestions by any combination of occasion, recipient, price and product category. The search engine draws upon 911gifts.com's gift knowledge base to return useful results quickly. For shoppers who want more personalized attention, there is 911gifts.com's GiftExpert service. Using a simple online form, Gift shoppers can submit requests for gift ideas to 911gift.com's merchandising experts. Within 24 hours, they'll receive a personalized email with gift suggestions tailored to their specific gift-giving needs. GiftAlert: Free Email Reminder Service Aids the Absent Minded Most people wouldn't forget the holidays, but it can be hard to keep track of important dates during the rest of the year. In order to prevent embarrassing oversights, 911gifts.com provides online shoppers with a free email reminder service called GiftAlert. Using GiftAlert, shoppers can register traditional holidays and important personal occasions -- such as a sibling's birthday or parents' anniversary for example. Two weeks before a registered event, GiftAlert subscribers receive a personalized reminder email, complete with appropriate gift suggestions that can be purchased with a single mouse click. GiftAlert also sends a "last-minute" reminder four days before registered events featuring gift suggestions that can be shipped overnight. Seasoned Executives and A-List Relationships Building Online Success During its first 14 months of operation, 911gifts.com has developed marketing relationships with many of the Internet's leading portals. America Online See AOL. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AOL), CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. (NASDAQ:CNWK), CompuServe, Excite (NASDAQ:XCIT), Junglee, Lycos (NASDAQ:LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ), Microsoft's MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). (NASDAQ:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Netscape's NetCenter (NASDAQ:NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ), Prodigy, and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) all feature online gift shopping through 911gifts.com. One of 911gifts.com's obvious strengths is the breadth of experience represented by its management team. The experience of the team members combines startup and online marketing savvy with traditional merchandising and operations know-how gleaned from years of experience at companies like America Online, Macy's, Avon, Liz Claiborne This article is about the corporation Liz Claiborne Inc. For the fashion designer who founded the company, see Liz Claiborne (fashion designer). Liz Claiborne Inc. , Williams-Sonoma and the Nature Company. 911gifts.com was launched in September 1997 to address a clear unmet consumer need in the $2B online gift market. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , 911gifts.com's mission is to become the premier online destination for shoppers in search of the perfect gift. 911gifts.com combines new levels of convenience, advice and gift selection with last-minute delivery. 911gifts.com also makes it easy to remember important gift-giving occasions with its free GiftAlert email reminder service. 911gifts.com's tagline perfectly expresses the company's mission, helping customers to find "the right gift, right away." GiftSearch and GiftAlert are trademarks of 911Gifts Inc. All other products mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such. |
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