GO Network Blooms With FTD, the World's Largest Flower Company.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- Infoseek Announces a Multi-Million Dollar Deal, Making it Convenient to Browse and Buy from ftd.com, FTD's Leading Online Flower and Gift Service Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq:SEEK), home of GO Network(TM) (www.go.com), today announced an agreement with ftd.com, a leading online marketer of flowers and gifts. Over the next two years, ftd.com will be the exclusive flower partner for GO Network during certain holiday time periods, as well as the premier flower partner in GO Shop, the comprehensive online shopping destination at GO Network. During certain holiday time periods, the nearly 21 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. to GO Network will enjoy easy access from the GO Network homepage to ftd.com's flower store filled with exciting products and 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. services. Consumers will be able to conveniently find the right gift for any holiday or personal occasion with FTD's hundreds of holiday and everyday arrangements, flowers, gourmet food items and other gift items. As a premier partner in GO Shop, which offers millions of products and services from hundreds of merchants, FTD enables online shoppers to browse FTD's catalog, research holiday traditions and take advantage of a free reminder service. At GO Shop, customers can link directly to ftd.com allowing them to reap the benefits of personalized services that includes streamlining the ordering process, a tracking feature for important order information, and a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. "GO Network offers both a time savings tool and a destination where people can go to get things done, such as buying flowers for a friend. With FTD's offerings, GO Network visitors can find and purchase the perfect gift easily and quickly. Plus with FTD, a worldwide flower giant, customers can be confident about the level of quality and service that FTD is known for," said Patrick Naughton, executive vice president of products for Infoseek. "Our relationship with GO Network is a perfect fit for FTD and a great convenience for consumers. Now GO Network visitors from across the country have finger tip access to a wide range of FTD's offerings," commented Michael Soenen, President and 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. of ftd.com. About ftd.com ftd.com is a leading Internet and telephone marketer of flowers and specialty gifts. Founded by FTD, the world's largest floral services organization, ftd.com sells directly to consumers through the www.ftd.com Web site and 1-800-SEND-FTD toll-free telephone number A toll-free, Freecall, Freephone, or 800 number is a special telephone number, in that the called party is charged the cost of the calls by the telephone carrier, instead of the calling party. . Utilizing a select group of approximately 6,500 FTD Florists who adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. the highest service standards in the industry, ftd.com provides same-day delivery of floral orders to over 97% of the U.S. population. ftd.com offers over 150 floral arrangements for holidays and other occasions as well as 50 specialty gifts, including stuffed animals
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the and other plush toys, gourmet gift baskets, holiday gift sets and collectible containers. About Infoseek Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq:SEEK) is the home of GO Network, a premier global media network enriching people's daily The People's Daily (Chinese: 人民日报; Pinyin: Rénmín Rìbào), a daily newspaper, is the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published worldwide lives by combining integrated Internet services with leading consumer brands. Now one of the top five sites on the Internet, GO Network was launched in January 1999 by Infoseek, in partnership with The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DIS), and is the online home of leading world brands such as ABCNEWS.com for news, ESPN.com for sports, Disney.com and Family.com for kids and family, Infoseek for search, and Disney.com and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com for entertainment. In addition, Infoseek licenses its Ultraseek Server search and navigation software to companies for their own intranet, extranet and Internet sites. Infoseek is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information about Infoseek, please visit Infoseek's corporate Internet home page at info.infoseek.com or to request additional information about Infoseek, call our Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Request Line at 408/543-6960 or visit our new investor relations web site at www.ir-infoseek.com (http://www.ir-infoseek.com). Note to Editors: Infoseek, Ultraseek and the Infoseek logo shown are trademarks of Infoseek Corporation, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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