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Buy.com Adds Sports.


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ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2003

The Internet Superstore(TM) Significantly Expands Products

Offering by Launching a Sports Store To Include 65,000 Products

from Top Brand Names

Buy.com Inc., The Internet Superstore(TM), today announced that it has significantly expanded its product offering by launching a Sports Store, giving customers access to 65,000 new products from top brand names in the sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity
commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce

sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
 marketplace.

"The opening of our Sports Store signifies Buy.com's entrance into a whole new area of consumer products and further establishes us as a destination for much more than consumer electronics, computer and entertainment products," said Brent Rusick, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 at Buy.com.

"We are opening the store just in time for the outdoor activities and sports craze that the summer months bring and expect the store to have a great first few months of sales driven by the breadth of products and big brand names we are carrying."

The Sports Store offers a variety of top products for team sports, water sports water sports Urophilia, see there , winter sports winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing. , hiking, hunting, fishing, exercise, running, tennis and golf. Sports and fitness apparel and footwear will also be available.

As with all of Buy.com's stores, the Sports Store will offer well-known brands including Wilson, Adidas, Puma, New Balance, Fila, Penn and Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. . In addition to sporting goods, Buy.com's Sports Store will also offer recreational products such as patio and deck accessories and indoor/outdoor games such as table tennis and numerous board games This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see for a list of board game articles. .

To shop at the new Sports Store, visit www.buy.com and click on the "Sports" tab.

About Buy.com

Buy.com(TM), The Internet Superstore(TM), offers its more than 5 million customers more than 1.5 million products in a range of categories including computer hardware and software, electronics, cellular products and services, music, DVDs, books and more. Individuals and businesses can shop quickly and easily at Buy.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Buy.com was the top performing site on Gomez Inc.'s E-Holiday Shopping 2002 Index in the music, electronics and books category (December 2002), "Best Overall Place To Buy Mobile Devices" (January 2002), "Best E-Commerce Site" by PC World magazine (June 2001), "Best Overall Place To Buy" by Computer Shopper Computer Shopper could referr to the following publications:
  • Computer Shopper (UK magazine) - a home computer magazine published in the United Kingdom
  • Computer Shopper (US magazine) - a home computer magazine published in the United States
N.B.
 Magazine (January 2001), a "Best of the Web" in the computer and electronics category by Forbes Magazine (spring 2000 and fall 2000) and the No. 1 electronics e-tailer in the PowerRankings by Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
  • Founded: 1983 by George F.
 Inc. (November 2000).

Buy.com, founded in June 1997, is located in Aliso Viejo. For more information, visit www.buy.com.

Note to Editors: Buy.com(TM) and The Internet Superstore(TM) are trademarks of Buy.com Inc.
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