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BestSelections.com Featured as Luxury Goods Aggregator on ShopMerrill.com.


Business Editors/Interactive & Multimedia Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000

BestSelections.com, a unique luxury shopping destination on the Web, has signed an agreement with Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis.  to offer ShopMerrill.com users a co-branded shopping site.

BestSelections.com will also provide merchandise promotional support for the co-branded Web site, which is prominently displayed on www.ShopMerrill.com.

Merrill Lynch clients may now tap into a powerful network of more than 200 upscale boutiques in major cities around the world. The co-branded site will also offer various concierge services, including a personal shopper Personal shopping is a occupation of people who help others shop by giving advice and making suggestions to customers. They are often employed by department stores and boutiques (although some are freelance or work exclusively online).  - providing Merrill Lynch clients with superior online client service. Shoppers' questions can be addressed around-the-clock online or by a toll-free phone call.

"BestSelections.com's commitment to personalization, client service and one-to-one relationships made it a natural choice for Merrill Lynch," said Josh Nabozny, Merrill Lynch's director of e-commerce. "We believe our clients will enjoy the shopping experience they have with BestSelections nearly as much as the site's products and services."

"Our partnership with Merrill Lynch complements the high-end product offerings currently available to Merrill Lynch clients," said Jody Owen, president and 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.  of BestSelections.com. "Our team has done the legwork leg·work  
n. Informal
Work, such as collecting information or doing research in preparation for a project, that involves much walking or traveling about.
 for the consumer by traveling the world and selecting the best retailers. To that end, we offer more than 5,000 products that range from antique fly-fishing sets and afghan pillows to porcelain dog bowls and couture jewelry."

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 stores and "hidden treasure" boutiques, BestSelections.com brings together the largest and most diverse upscale collection of merchandise online. From couture to caviar caviar or caviare (kăv`ēär), the roe (eggs) of various species of sturgeon prepared as a piquant table delicacy. , dog beds to diamonds, antiques to electronics and everything in between, BestSelections.com is the first e-commerce site to offer specialty merchandise from a variety of premier retailers. Adding exceptional real-time customer service to this unique merchandise mix, BestSelections.com offers an unparalleled online shopping experience.

For more information on BestSelections.com, contact Pam Manela of Clifford Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  at 212-358-0800
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