Bloomingdale's and 3Com Launch Digital Santa and Holiday Windows Over the Web.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1999-- HomeConnect(TM) Video Cameras from 3Com Capture The Magic of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Holiday Season at 59th Street and Lexington This holiday season, family and friends from around the world can receive video email postcards of the children they love sitting on Santa's lap - thanks to 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) and Bloomingdale's. The two companies have teamed up again this year to bring the department store's world-famous holiday window displays and Santa to online shoppers and web users. The window displays at Bloomingdale's flagship Manhattan store on Lexington Avenue, which will be unveiled this week, attract long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. of spectators throughout the holiday season each year. For the first time ever, children sitting on Santa's lap can use a 3Com(R) HomeConnect(TM) PC digital camera to send a digital video email postcard of themselves to family and friends anywhere in the world over the Internet. Santa will be joined this year by a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Rockette on each arm in the window at Lexington Avenue & 60th on Nov. 26, Friday, 9-11 am. After Friday Santa moves to "SantaLand" on the 5th floor through Dec. 23rd, Monday-Friday, 12 pm - 6 pm, weekends 11 am - 6 pm. This year's holiday Internet "Window Watch" program marks the debut of a permanent 3Com HomeConnect webcam installation, which will be used to showcase 10 different views of the Lexington Avenue windows on the Bloomingdale's web site (www.bloomingdales.com) throughout the year. Web shoppers will be able to peek into the famous fashion windows and check out the latest trends showcased at the Manhattan landmark from anywhere in the world. "Beginning with this year's holiday windows, we are delighted to now offer our web customers year-round access to our windows, styles and trends through the latest video technology from 3Com," said Michael Gould Not to be confused with Mick Gould or Michael Gould (actor). Michael Gould is the Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's, a division of Federated Department Stores. Gould received his B.A. , Chairman 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 Bloomingdale's. "Our collaboration with 3Com to bring the magic of our New York store to the web is indicative of our commitment to Internet commerce and www.bloomingdales.com." "3Com is excited to, once again, help Bloomingdale's recreate the ultimate shopping experience for web users during the holiday season through our HomeConnect video cameras," said Anna Pappas, 3Com Video Product Line Marketing Manager. "3Com HomeConnect products enable a host of applications that enhance consumers' lifestyles by providing simple, easy to use connections via the Internet." The theme of this year's window display, led by Michael Fisher This article is about the British theoretical physicist. For others, see Michael Fisher (disambiguation). Michael Ellis Fisher (born 3 September 1931 in Trinidad) is a physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions to , Bloomingdale's creative director, is "We are all made of stardust star·dust n. 1. A dreamlike, romantic, or uncritical sense of well-being. 2. A cluster of stars too distant to be seen individually, resembling a dimly luminous cloud of dust. Not in scientific use. 3. ." A father is seen decorating the front yard of his house in a madcap manner, mistakenly covering everything present including the family pet. An interior of the family's home is composed entirely of gummy gummy an old sheep that has lost all of its incisor teeth. candy. The back yard holds a space capsule with Santa inside and telescopes that allow window shoppers to view the stars. Joining Santa this year is Percy the Snowman, a come-to-life character adorning the pages of the Bloomingdale's holiday catalogue. The window displays can be viewed throughout the holiday season on Bloomingdale's Web site at www.bloomingdales.com. Information about 3Com HomeConnect products can be found on the 3Com Web site at www.3Com.com. About 3Com Corporation With more than 300 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative Information access products and network system solutions to enterprises, small businesses, carriers and network service providers, PC OEMs and consumers. 3Com. More connected.(TM) For further information, visit 3Com's press site at www.3com.com/pressbox. About Bloomingdale's Bloomingdale's, a division of Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. was founded in 1872 and currently operates 23 stores New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Florida and California. For web site access log onto www.bloomingdales.com 3Com is a registered trademark and HomeConnect and More connected. are trademarks of 3Com Corporation. |
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