BUY.COM Launches Holiday Store and New Gift Center; Internet Retailer Gears Up for Holiday Season With Special Deals, Gift Certificates, Gift Registry and Gift Ideas.ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1999-- BUY.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , a leading Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the retailer, Tuesday announced it has launched a special Holiday Store and separate online Gift Center -- just in time to kick-off the holiday shopping season. The Holiday Store is designed to help customers purchase special gift selections based on individual recipients. The www.buyholidaygifts.com store includes gift ideas for family, friends and co-workers, as well as romantic, sports-related and travel-related gifts and much more. In addition, BUY.COM's new year-round Gift Center provides online shoppers with a variety of timesaving time·sav·ing adj. Serving to save time through an efficient method or a shorter route; expeditious. time and instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. gift-giving solutions, including personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. gift certificates, innovative gift ideas and a gift registry The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM. . About BUY.COM's Holiday Store The Holiday Store features gift suggestions from BUY.COM's technology and entertainment stores, and includes a variety of lower-priced stocking stuffer gift ideas from under $25 to under $99. The store will also feature a variety of promotions such as computer systems with special mail-in rebates and free shipping on certain products throughout the holiday season. About BUY.COM's Gift Center Online shoppers can now purchase Gift Certificates from as low as $10 up to a maximum of $2,000. Each certificate offers a personalized message and can be sent to the recipient via e-mail or postal mail. Gift shoppers can now scan the new Gift Registry section of the Gift Center and select a variety of presents. The process is designed to be hassle-free, convenient and fun. Recipients can simply develop a gift list online at BUY.COM, then shoppers can select from this gift list and purchase the products. Once presents have been purchased from the gift list, the Gift Registry will be automatically updated to keep the account current. The new Gift Center also features a Gift Idea section, where gift hunters can scan BUY.COM's holiday gift recommendations selected specifically for women, men and children. Gift ideas include products ranging from videos and games, to music, books and computers. About BUY.COM BUY.COM is a leading Internet superstore su·per·store n. A very large retail store that stocks highly diversified merchandise, such as groceries, toys, and camera equipment, or a wide variety of mechandise in a specific product line, such as computers or sporting goods. , offering a comprehensive selection of brand name computer hardware and peripherals, software, books, videos, DVDs, computer games, music and surplus equipment at everyday low prices. Through eight online specialty stores Noun 1. specialty store - a store that sells only one kind of merchandise shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" -- BUYCOMP.COM, BUYSOFT.COM, BUYBOOKS.COM, BUYVIDEOS.COM, BUYMUSIC.COM, BUYGAMES.COM, BUYELECTRONICS and BUYCLEARANCE.COM -- BUY.COM offers more than 850,000 products in a convenient, intuitive shopping interface that features extensive product information and multi-media presentations. BUY.COM's e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. portal, www.buy.com, links all eight specialty stores and is designed to enhance the customer's online shopping experience 24 hours a day, seven days a week. More information on BUY.COM is available at the corporate Web site, www.buy.com. Note to Editors: BUY.COM, BUYCOMP.COM, BUYSOFT.COM, BUYBOOKS.COM, BUYVIDEOS.COM, BUYMUSIC.COM, BUYGAMES.COM, BUYELECTRONICS and BUYCLEARANCE.COM, are trademarks or service marks of BUY.COM Inc. All other trademarks and registered marks belong to their respective owners. |
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