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Bartell Drug Company Joins DailyShopper.com Seattle Savvy Shopping Resource Signs First Major Retail Agreement.


SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--

DailyShopper.com, the nation's premier online resource for offline shopping, today announced a retail agreement with Bartell Drug Company. The oldest family-owned drugstore chain in the nation, Bartell Drugs is the first of many area-retailers expected to sign on with the new Seattle-based Web company in the coming weeks, offering consumers up-to-the-minute up-to-the-min·ute
adj.
Constituting or including the very latest information: an up-to-the-minute news bulletin.


up-to-the-minute
Adjective
 information on "brick-and-mortar" retail specials.

Set to launch this fall, DailyShopper.com will provide online information on the area's sales and promotions at major retailers in multiple product categories ranging from electronics to apparel to sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity
commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce

sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
.

"DailyShopper.com is an innovative tool that fits well into our overall marketing strategy," said Michael McMurray, director of marketing for the Bartell Drug Company. "This site gives us a user-friendly extension to our traditional advertising efforts, and we believe our customers will appreciate and utilize it."

In addition to offering an extension to traditional print advertising, DailyShopper.com offers retail partners prominent promotional information throughout the site, as well as enhanced product information, store location maps and a direct link to their own Web site.

"The idea behind DailyShopper.com is to provide consumers with a means to make wise buying decisions and shop more efficiently, while giving traditional `brick-and-mortar' retailers a new avenue to drive shoppers to their stores," said Hesky Kutscher, 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.  and co-founder of DailyShopper.com.

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
 shoppers spend twice as much money offline when they browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser.  for specific products online, 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.
 a recent Harris Interactive Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL) is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research using both telephone and surveys on online panels. The company is the product of a 1996 merger between the Gordon S. Black Company and Louis Harris & Associates.  benchmark survey. Capitalizing on this trend and the opportunity to provide consumers with a unique and useful shopping tool, DailyShopper.com created a user-friendly resource allowing consumers to research sales and promotions for thousands of products as well as directing them to their neighborhood retail locations that carry them.

Visitors to DailyShopper.com can surf the site for specific products, product categories, or by searching the more than 40 neighborhood retailers currently listed. Customers can also utilize one of several unique search functions including the Deal Detective(TM), DailyShopper.com's interactive feature that asks the customer what they're 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.
 and sends them an email alert if that item goes on sale at one of the neighborhood retailers. When shoppers have completed their search, they receive their own personal shopping list for items found and can even print out a map directing them to the most convenient retail locations.

Another service perk perk 1  
v. perked, perk·ing, perks

v.intr.
1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk.

2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner.
 for DailyShopper.com members is the Club Shopper Program(TM), which allows members to participate in online forums with product experts; share information with other members about products or great deals; receive email newsletters alerting them about sales and promotions; and enter daily sweepstake sweepstake or esp US sweepstakes
Noun

1. a lottery in which the stakes of the participants make up the prize

2.
 drawings for a variety of prizes.

DailyShopper.com, located at www.DailyShopper.com, offers shoppers a quick and efficient way to view current sales and promotions of over 7,000 items in more than 40 neighborhood retailers traditionally found only in printed advertising circulars. Site content is updated daily, and includes information obtained from retail partners and all local circular print advertisements.
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