Beyond.com Expands Its Online Mac Store for the Holidays.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1998--Online software 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. Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today announced it has remodeled and expanded its online Mac software superstore to feature more than 2,000 Mac software titles, many of which can be digitally downloaded directly to a computer. Other features of the Beyond.com Mac site include: -- Reviews and Recommendations of popular Mac software. -- A Games Center built by gamers for gamers. -- Staff Picks from the folks at Beyond.com. -- Customer Ratings on hundreds of Mac software titles. -- An easily navigated site that lets shoppers 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. through eleven categories, including Games, Graphics, Hobbies It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of hobbies. , Internet and Utilities, to name a few examples. -- Digitally downloadable software gifts that let procrastinators buy as late as Christmas day often for same-day delivery, depending on the size of the title. "Beyond.com is extra valuable to Mac users because they're under served in the world of retail," said Brian Sroub, vice-president of marketing at Beyond.com. "Our new store, with its huge selection, Gift Certificates and boxed and downloadable Mac software makes it easier than ever to buy software for the Mac." For the convenience of Mac owners, the Beyond.com web site at http://www.beyond.com recognizes Mac users and displays only Mac titles to them, although other platforms are just a click away. To celebrate the opening of the remodeled Mac store, Beyond.com announced it would give away a free iMac(R) computer every two weeks during the months of December and January 1999. Information about the offer can be found at http://www.beyond.com/forms/imac.htm. About Beyond.com Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to the government enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Approximately 30,000 software stock-keeping units (database) stock-keeping unit - (SKU) /skyoo/ (rarely seen expanded) A common term for a unique numeric identifier, typically in a database. Originally this was used only for products, but has spread in usage. Compare with UID for sense development. (SKUs) are available for online purchase with more than 3,300 SKUs available for immediate, electronic delivery, including software from such major publishers as Adobe adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth. adobe Handmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. , Lotus, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. and Symantec. The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online See AOL. Inc., Excite Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. Additionally, Beyond.com offers publishers transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , physical and electronic order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , customer support, site design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM dot com - com . Beyond.com Corp. trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). To the extent that this news release discusses Beyond.com's expectations about plans to grow the company's revenue or customer base through sales of Mac software, these statements are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended a·mend v. a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends v.tr. 1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive. 2. , and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results for the fourth quarter of 1998 and subsequent quarters could differ materially from any future performance suggested above. Among the factors that could affect subsequent periods include: Reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with software suppliers, changes in relationships with strategic partners, changes in the product mix sold by the company, competition from other online software resellers or publishers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's prospectus dated June 17, 1998, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under its original name, Software.net Corp. Beyond.com news and product/service information is available at the company's World Wide Web site located at http://www.beyond.com. |
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