Books-for-Cooks.com, DonnellyChocolates.com, GoldandDiamond.com, GotItDirect.com, and iHome.com Join the FirstRegistry Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN CARLOS San Carlos (săn kär`lōs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,167), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1925. The chief manufactures are plastic products, hardware, and machine parts. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 Private-Label Solution Enables Merchants to Offer a Full-Featured 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. FirstRegistry(TM), a leading provider of gift registry and merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. solutions, today announced partnerships with five new merchants that have joined FirstRegistry's Network and launched gift registries including Books-for-Cooks.com, DonnellyChocolates.com, GoldandDiamond.com, GotitDirect.com, and iHome.com. Each of these merchants launched a unique gift registry solution "powered by FirstRegistry" with all the features of a traditional in-store gift registry to leverage the 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 . FirstRegistry is hosting each merchant's solution and will include each of the merchants in its "Featured Merchant Program," driving additional traffic to merchant partners' websites. "Having a gift registry on our website will have a tremendous impact on sales, particularly since it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have a great solution," said Gavin Mandelbaum, 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 iHome.com. "Not only is FirstRegistry's solution feature rich and affordable, it was also very easy to implement on our site." For customers, the FirstRegistry Network has significant advantages. Customers can select products from leading merchants to create multiple wishlists or one comprehensive wishlist all in one place. For example, customers can select Fieldcrest bath towels from iHome.com, a Sony digital camcorder from GotItDirect.com, and a Rolex watch from GoldandDiamond.com to add to their wedding registry or birthday wishlist. By going directly to FirstRegistry.com, customers will also be able to add products from hundreds of other merchants to their registry or wishlist. "We are very pleased to bring several more high-quality merchants to our customers," said Ken Goldberg Ken Goldberg (1961- ) is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. , president and CEO of FirstRegistry. "Our growth in the number of merchant partners will allow our customers to find exactly what they want from a broad set of branded merchants. We will continue to look for merchant partners that can provide both quality products and a rich customer experience. Given the intense rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. among eTailers, we are now seeing a significant number of merchants requesting to join our Network." "We are excited to offer a private-label gift registry and wishlist service to our customers," said Perry Berman, CEO of Books-for-Cooks. "We think a registry service will appeal to a variety of people in a variety of situations, including weddings, baby showers A baby shower is a party in which expectant parents receive gifts for their expected or born child. By convention, a baby shower is intended to help parents get items that they need for their baby, such as baby clothes. and the holidays. It is a nice way to extend our services since cookbooks The following is a list of cookbooks, sorted alphabetically by author's surname. This is not a list of external links to commercial sites; please list only cookbooks here. This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. make great gifts." Merchants who join the Network will receive FirstRegistry's private-label gift registry package, which comes with free inclusion as a "featured merchant" on FirstRegistry's website. Merchants are now recognizing the true value of integrating a seamless gift registry solution that is developed, customized and hosted by FirstRegistry, rather than utilizing their own resources. With the launch of these new gift registries, our merchant partners' customers can also get what they REALLY want. About FirstRegistry FirstRegistry(TM) is a leading provider of gift registry and merchandising solutions. FirstRegistry's solutions enable merchants and other partners to grow their traffic, increase sales and create stickiness See sticky. among their users. FirstRegistry also maintains one of the leading all-occasion gift registries at www.FirstRegistry.com. At FirstRegistry.com, customers can access all their gift registries or wishlists created on the Network and either add to them or create new ones for weddings, baby showers, birthdays, holidays or any occasion using FirstRegistry's gift guides or by choosing among millions of products from hundreds of merchants. FirstRegistry is located at 585 Taylor Way, Suite 2, San Carlos, CA 94070. |
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