Celebrities Star in New Online Charity Auction Site; Petspark Features Celebrity-Designed Dog Collars On the FairMarket Network UK.Business/Technology Editors WOBURN, Mass. and LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 FairMarket(sm), Inc. (Nasdaq:FAIM FAIM Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management FAIM Foundation for the Advancement of Innovative Medicine ), a leading provider of outsourced, online selling solutions, and Petspark www.petspark.com, a web-based community created for pet and animal lovers, today announced the launch of a new charity auction site offering a range of celebrity-designed dog collars. Available at http://auction.petspark.com, the site is powered by FairMarket and is part of the FairMarket Network(sm) UK of auction sites, including MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Excite and Adtrader. Launched during London's Discover Dog's exhibition, Petspark will auction off autographed au·to·graph n. 1. A person's own signature or handwriting. 2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting. tr.v. au·to·graphed, au·to·graph·ing, au·to·graphs 1. dog collars from a host of dog-loving celebrities including Annie Lennox Annie Lennox (born Ann Lennox on 25 December 1954) is a Scottish musician and vocalist. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the duo Eurythmics, called "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll 1999. , Chris Tarrant
Christopher John Tarrant OBE (born 10 October 1946, Reading, Berkshire) is an English radio broadcaster and television presenter, now best known for hosting the TV game show , Barbara Windsor and Vanessa Mae. All funds raised from the auction will be shared between two England-based charities, The Blue Cross' Victoria Animal Hospital and the Canine canine or canid Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands. Partners for Independence. From November 4 - 30th, the bidding price for all collars starts at just (pound)5. In addition, through reserve bids, site visitors are able to bid for a real Baroque pearl Baroque pearls are simply pearls that have an irregular shape. Freshwater pearls are most commonly baroque as freshwater pearls are mantle-tissue nucleated instead of bead nucleated. So the pearls are rarely perfectly spherical and can appear oval or ovoid. collar, complete with a sterling silver buckle. "It's great that FairMarket is working closely with us to create this celebrity charity auction," said Adrian Marrullier, Managing Director of Petspark. "We are very impressed with FairMarket's track record which proves it has the best technical and best-practices expertise to make this auction the success it undoubtedly will be." "This is a fantastic fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. idea," said Adam Dorrell, Marketing Director of FairMarket UK. "We are very pleased to have been asked by Petspark to develop and manage this auction site and to provide them additional distribution through the FairMarket Network UK. We wish them the very best of luck in raising money for their extremely worthy causes." About FairMarket FairMarket, Inc. is the leading provider of outsourced, online, distributed selling solutions, including hosted auction, falling price, and shopping-by-request services. The company helps businesses generate online revenue by expanding e-commerce functionality and strengthening brand recognition. The FairMarket Networksm UK includes the some of the world's leading portals and vendors on the Web. The company has offices in the UK and Australia and is headquartered in Woburn, Mass. Corporate information can be obtained on the Web at www.fairmarket.com, by calling 800-531-7871, or through the investor hotline at 1-877-4IR-FAIM. The UK office can be reached at +44 0207 203 8424. This press release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of FairMarket, Inc. that constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including but not limited to market acceptance of FairMarket's online auction and other e-commerce services; growth of the market for dynamic e-commerce services; the competitive nature of the online markets in which FairMarket operates; FairMarket's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; FairMarket's ability to retain existing customers and to obtain new customers; the operation and capacity of FairMarket's network system infrastructure; FairMarket's ability to expand into new geographic markets and the currency, regulatory and other risks associated with expansion into international markets; FairMarket's limited operating history; and the other risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in FairMarket's prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2000 in connection with FairMarket's initial public offering and the reports filed by FairMarket from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FairMarket assumes no obligation to update any of the information included in this press release. |
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