Corel Opens Online Shopping Centre.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1997--Corel Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS, 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 :COSFF) today unveiled Corel Galleria(TM) -- a convenient online shopping centre accessible directly from Corel's home page (www.corel.com). At Galleria, shoppers can browse through a number of stores offering high quality photos (over 71,000 photo images), books and CD Home titles. Eventually the range of stores will expand to include screen savers Screen Savers may refer to:
A continuation of the successful Corel Web Mall, Galleria allows on-line shoppers to make payments by Visa(R), MasterCard(R) and American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. (R) cards. Credit card information is entered via a secure session utilizing industry standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. (Secure Socket Layer) protocol. "Internet commerce has become a rapidly expanding shopping alternative and we are responding to this with Corel Galleria as a continuation of the successful Web.Mall pilot," said Dr. Michael Cowpland Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England and obtained a BSc. , president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "Corel Club offers easy access to our product line and the opportunity to participate in special promotions targeted specifically for our club members." One of the greatest benefits of Corel Galleria is its convenience to shoppers -- it will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week enabling shoppers to place orders at their leisure. Once the customer order has been accepted, it will take approximately 10 business days to deliver the product to them, unless they have purchased an item that is available to download. Upon enrollment, customers receive a secure password and a free membership. With their membership, clients become participants in Corel Club and are entitled to participate in special contests and promotions from time to time. Users already registered with an account through Corel WEB.MALL will automatically have their account number transformed into a membership number. As a special promotion until March 31st, all Corel Club members will receive a complimentary photo with every purchase of photos from Corel Club. Currently, Corel Galleria page provides direct links to Corel Photo Studio, CD Home Collection, Internet Store (Netscape(TM) download site). Corel Freebies and Corel Bookstore. Currently the distribution of Corel CD-Home titles from Corel Galleria is limited to only North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customers. Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelVIDEO(TM), CorelCAD(TM) and over 50 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including: JAVA(TM), Windows(R), Windows(R)NT, Macintosh(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries world-wide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol-COS) and on NASDAQ-National Market System (symbol-COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com . Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks and CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. All products mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Corel Corporation Corinne Smirle, 613/728-0826 x1659 Carrie Bendzsa, 613/728-0826 x1524 |
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