Get in Shape With Respond.com.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2000 Online Shopping Service Finds Everything to Get Fit for the Summer and All Year Round With summer not far off, people of all shapes and sizes are 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. ways to trim down. Respond.com(TM) (www.respond.com), the leading online shopping service that allows customers to "shop by request," makes it easy and fun for shoppers with a passion for an active, fit lifestyle to find the broadest selection of fitness equipment, gear, information and accessories online. Shoppers are bombarded daily with advertisements for new weight loss products, messages of what they should look like and details about exercise gizmos, trendy gear, wonder drugs and more. All this information can literally send millions of people into a tailspin tail·spin n. 1. The rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep, spiral spin. 2. Informal A loss of emotional control sometimes resulting in emotional collapse. . Respond.com's free online shopping service provides an anonymous, 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. service that enables customers to gain expert advice and shop for thousands of products and services from the privacy and comfort of home. Whether searching for gear and apparel, home gym equipment and machines, books or spa fitness getaways, Respond.com sellers help shoppers everywhere meet their individual fitness needs with ease and confidence. Respond.com customers have requested fitness getaways, personal fitness training, yoga music, protein supplements, treadmills and many other fitness products and services. In one instance, a shopper named Katy Frey needed suggestions on a wakeboard, so she turned to Respond.com because of its personalized service. "I put in a request for pricing and model suggestions on a wakeboard to use with my new boat," said Katy. "I received a multitude of great offers and selected one from a seller that was actually in my neighborhood. She not only came through with a great price but also has been very responsive to my many questions and requests. I am very pleased with her and the Respond.com service and am looking forward to a great summer." Another Respond.com user, Tim Sampson, spent several months looking for running shoes that truly reflected his running level as a high-mileage trail runner with a mild to moderate over-pronation. Tim was frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: with the lack of personalized service he found in the sports superstores and was almost ready to give up when he found Respond.com's service. "I listed my exact running style and asked for suggestions on a shoe that would fit my level but had my reservations because I hadn't been successful in any stores." said Tim. "But it was different, and I received several responses on the first day and each one had great advice, including one seller who suggested the New Balance 803, a shoe I have since come to depend on. Respond.com is a great shopping source, and I look forward to my future experiences." Respond.com changes the way people shop. The free online shopping service provides a way to shop for thousands of products and services without the time and effort of searching through online catalogs, clicking through search engine results or waiting for the right item to appear for the right price on an auction site. Instead, a customer types in a request, and Respond.com goes to work finding sellers who have exactly what they want. Customers remain anonymous until they are ready to buy and can use Respond.com to comparison shop, to search for specific products or services, to get helpful suggestions or to track down unique or complex goods and services-something impossible with other ecommerce sites. About Respond.com Respond.com(TM) (www.respond.com) is the leading online shopping service that allows customers to "shop by request" and use their own words to get exactly what they want. Respond.com takes the work out of shopping, saving customers effort and time. Sellers with Respond.com benefit by receiving highly-targeted leads from customers who are ready to buy. Respond.com has partnered with 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. , America Online See AOL. , Inc. (AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), Excite@Home and additional online businesses to provide their members access to Respond.com's community of customers and sellers. Based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , the company is funded by The Barksdale Group, Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon , Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. Dean Witter Dean Witter may refer to:
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