CardStore.com Supplies Kodak With Photo Card Solution; Agreement Establishes Customized Greeting Card Service Through Print@Kodak, Kodak's Internet Photofinishing Service.Business Editors EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000 CardStore.com, the on-demand solution for personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. print communications, today announced an agreement with Eastman Kodak Company for the launch of a card service for Kodak's Print@Kodak Internet photofinishing pho·to·fin·ish·ing n. The act or business of developing camera films and printing photographs for customers. pho service. Under the agreement, users visiting the Print@Kodak service will be able to create, personalize per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. and mail high-quality, custom-printed greeting cards See e-card. and photo cards. The CardStore.com ASP solution gives consumers who use Print@Kodak the ability to upload digital pictures to create family photo cards -- with next-day printing and mailing to a user's entire address book. "With the exploding growth of digital camera sales, consumers will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new and creative ways to share their digital pictures -- both online and offline," said Jinee Tao, 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. and co-founder of CardStore.com. "We are delighted to be working with Kodak to provide a photo card service for Print@Kodak." Users of Print@Kodak can now upload digital pictures, select from a variety of attractive borders, and write their own greetings to create a truly personalized card that's mailed the next day. With retail analysts predicting a strong holiday season for digital camera sales -- digital camera owners generated 13.9 billion digital images in 2000 alone -- the market for value-added photo services will only continue to grow. "Our goal is to give consumers easy and innovative ways to take, make and share better pictures," said Nancy Carr CARR Carrier CARR Customer Acceptance Readiness Review CARR Carrollton Railroad CARR Corrective Action Request and Report CARR City Area Rural Rides (Texas) CARR Configuration Audit Readiness Review CARR Customer Acceptance Requirements Review , vice president, Digital and Applied Imaging, Eastman Kodak Company. "CardStore.com lets us add an easy-to-use application for people to create and share real cards using their personal digital pictures." The CardStore.com co-branded card service Under the agreement, CardStore.com is offering Kodak its standard ASP card service. The CardStore.com co-branded card service provides an easy way to select, customize and mail premium-quality cards to one person or thousands. Visitors can send card mailings from their desktop in minutes for a variety of applications including holiday and photo greeting cards, party invitations, birthday cards, birth, engagement and wedding announcements, anniversary parties and many other occasions. Users may upload their customer mailing lists An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new from standard software (Excel, Outlook, Palm) and store them on site for easy access. CardStore.com prints and mails on the next business day using premium cover stock, commercial quality digital printing, elegant penmanship fonts, quality envelopes and real first-class stamps. About CardStore.com CardStore.com provides on-demand solutions for personalized print communications by integrating Internet technologies, digital inventory management, state-of-the-art digital printing and direct mail fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. . Headquartered in Emeryville, the company powers branded card stores for online commerce and provides businesses with a convenient, full-service solution for one-to-one relationship marketing. The company is backed by venture capital financing To start an own company or to bring a new product to the market, the venture may need to attract financial funding. There are several categories of financing possibilities. If it is a small venture, then perhaps the venture can rely on family funding, loans from friends from Highland Capital Partners Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices located in Boston, Silicon Valley, Geneva, and Shanghai. Since its inception in 1988, the firm has invested in more than 180 early and growth stage companies and taken a sector-focused approach to investing in , The Roda Group, and Crimson Global Internet Fund. Visit www.cardstore.com for more information. About Print@Kodak Created to meet the growing market demand for high-quality photographic prints from digital files, Print@Kodak makes it easier than ever to upload, print and share high-quality prints with a simple three-step order process, convenient batch uploads, low prices and a variety of delivery options. Powered by the latest Kodak technologies and industry-leading photofinishing capabilities, Print@Kodak provides consumers with an easy and convenient way to get high-quality prints from digital files. The service offers customers new opportunities to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the growing digital and Internet photography market and to deliver leading photofinishing services to consumers over the Internet and through emerging technologies such as connected frames and interactive television services. --30--mmc\sf* nj/sf CONTACT: CardStore.com, Emeryville Patty Gessner, 510/595-6128 patty@cardstore.com or Landis Communications Juli Tolleson, 415/561-0888 juli@landis.com Laura Shinn, 415/561-0888 laura@landis.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INTERNET PUBLISHING E-COMMERCE PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS |
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