CardStore.com to Provide Personalized Card Service for marthastewart.com; New Partnership Enables marthastewart.com to Offer Its Own Line of Greeting Cards.Business Editors/Lifestyle and Entertainment Writers EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000 CardStore.com, the on-demand solution for personalized print communications, today announced the launch of marthascards, a greeting card service for marthastewart.com, the web site of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO, NYSE: MSO) is publishing and content provider founded by Martha Stewart. The Company's business activities center around the domestic arts. In 2005 MSLO reported revenues of US$209.5 million compared to US$187. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MSO (1) (Multiple System Operator) Typically refers to a cable TV organization that owns more than one cable system, but it may refer to an operator of only one system. ). Visitors to marthastewart.com will now be able to create, personalize and mail marthascards through an innovative technology and fulfillment platform powered by CardStore.com. The initial offering includes a holiday card collection comprised of photographs originally published in Martha Stewart Living Martha Stewart Living is a magazine and a television show featuring entertaining and home decorating guru Martha Stewart. Both the magazine and the television program focus on the domestic arts. magazines and books. This well-known company is the latest addition to CardStore.com's recently announced partnerships, which include Print@Kodak, Shutterfly, PurchasePro and Staples.com. Like these partners, marthastewart.com has integrated CardStore.com's ASP solution -- which includes an online card selection and personalization experience as well as next day custom printing and mailing. "Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. has built an incredible brand by delivering the highest quality products and services, and by providing consumers with tools and ideas to create their own personal touch," 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 thrilled to be the technology and fulfillment solution behind marthascards." Photo Cards and Easy Address Book Upload In addition to being able to send cards featuring Martha Stewart Living images, web site visitors are also able to create their own photo cards by uploading digital photographs and selecting from a variety of borders. Additionally, users will have access to CardStore.com's convenient address book upload feature, which allows users to upload their address books from standard software programs such as Excel, Outlook(TM) or Palm. "We are extremely pleased to announce the debut of marthascards and our partnership with CardStore.com," said Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. , chairman and chief executive officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. "CardStore.com enables us to offer our customers the convenience of ordering and creating online, while preserving the beauty and tradition of receiving a real card in the mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). ." Personalized Card Service CardStore.com's personalized card service provides an easy way for businesses and individuals to select, customize and mail premium-quality cards with one-to-one personalization. Visitors can launch volume mailings from their desktop in minutes for a variety of applications including holiday and photo greeting cards See e-card. . Users may upload their customer mailing lists 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. Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., 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. |
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