Brooks Brothers to Implement Next Generation E-retail Site, Powered by InterWorld.Business Editors/Internet Writers & Reporters NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 InterWorld(R) Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : INTW), a leading provider of mission-ready(TM) e-commerce software solutions, today announced that Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers is the oldest surviving men's clothier in the United States, founded in 1818. The privately owned company is owned by Retail Brand Alliance, a spinoff of Luxottica, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in New York City. plans to implement its next generation e-retail site, powered by InterWorld's enhanced merchandising, personalization, customer care and business intelligence capabilities. Brooks Brothers has been an InterWorld customer for over a year, offering its customers an extensive array of men's and women's clothing, footwear and accessories to purchase online at www.brooksbrothers.com. "We continue to build on our online success by enhancing the shopping experience for our loyal and growing base of customers. InterWorld's latest e-commerce offering provides extremely rich functionality that we could begin to utilize immediately to drive repeat business and maximize our profitability," said Mark Friedman, executive vice president of e-commerce and direct marketing, Brooks Brothers. "As one of the leading apparel retailers on the Web today, Brooks Brothers' understands e-commerce and what it takes to be successful in today's new digital economy," said Leon DeMaille, senior vice president of marketing, InterWorld. "It's yet another customer testament to how deep our solution is in the retail space." About Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers was founded in 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. in 1818. A subsidiary of United Kingdom-based retailer Marks & Spencer, plc, the company currently operates 80 retail and 72 factory stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and a direct mail catalog business. Brooks Brothers also sells its merchandise in 70 locations in Japan, five in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , and two in Taiwan. About InterWorld Corporation InterWorld(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: INTW) is a leading provider of mission-ready(TM) e-commerce software solutions that enable manufacturers, distributors and retailers to compete and evolve in today's global digital economy. InterWorld's comprehensive, out-of-the-box suite of enterprise-class applications allows businesses to get to market quickly, scale to meet peak transaction volumes and evolve to keep pace with changing market conditions and customer demands. The company's modular and flexible architecture was designed to be open and standards-based. Today, it supports Java, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , COM and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. . Founded in 1995, InterWorld is headquartered in 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 , NY with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. InterWorld can be reached at 1-877-326-6637 or http://www.interworld.com. InterWorld is a registered trademark of InterWorld Corporation. All other company, product, and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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