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Neiman Marcus Launches Online Resource for Beauty.


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, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000

The Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus

U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman.
 Group (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: NMG/A, NMG/B) today announced the launch of Beauty at NeimanMarcus.com, a complete online resource for beauty tips and trends, luxury cosmetics, fragrances, skincare treatments and beauty accessories. The online shop represents the upscale specialty retailer's next step in positioning NeimanMarcus.com as the e-commerce authority for fashion and luxury gifts.

Beauty is divided into 60 upscale boutiques (see attached vendor list) in an easy-to-use format on the NeimanMarcus.com web site. Each boutique Boutique

A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals.

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 captures the brands' unique personality and features a designer or company profile and depictions of in-stock merchandise. Merchandise also can be located on the site by searching specific product categories.

Beauty includes the latest news in beauty, tips and trends from NM experts, and must-have beauty products. For the beauty site launch, professional make-up Make-up

The amount of deficiency when a cash flow or capital item is deficient. For example, an interest make-up relates to the interest amount above a ceiling percentage.
 artist Laura Mercier Laura Mercier is a French make-up artist who has lent her name to a line of cosmetics. History
Raised in Provence, Laura Mercier began her training at age 17 when she entered painting school in Paris.
 created an NM exclusive "Flawless Face" that is showcased in her online boutique.

The on-line shop triples the assortment assortment /as·sort·ment/ (ah-sort´ment) the random distribution of nonhomologous chromosomes to daughter cells in metaphase of the first meiotic division.

as·sort·ment
n.
 of beauty merchandise previously available on the company's web site, and features top-selling items from Neiman Marcus stores and catalogs for each brand offered online.

"Beauty has always been a high profile business within Neiman Marcus. The stores have recently reallocated more floor space to niche cosmetic cosmetic /cos·met·ic/ (koz-met´ik)
1. pertaining to cosmesis.

2. a beautifying substance or preparation.


cos·met·ic
n.
 companies and the direct mail division has aggressively increased its assortment of beauty products," said Sharen Jester Turney, who heads the company's online business as president and chief executive officer of Neiman Marcus Direct.

"It should come as no surprise that the new `Shop for Beauty' is offering some of the best performing products from our stores and catalogs to make NeimanMarcus.com the online destination for high quality, exclusive cosmetics and accessories," she continued.

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 a recent survey conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, nearly 80 percent of online shoppers agree that their purchasing decisions are strongly influenced by the ability to buy from known, trusted retailers. The survey also reports that most Internet users Internet user ninternauta m/f

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 are more likely to purchase a product online if they are able to return items to a store. Founded in 1907, Neiman Marcus has more than 40 years of experience in the direct-to-consumer business, and customers who purchase merchandise on NeimanMarcus.com may return it to any of the Company's 31 stores.

About NeimanMarcus.com

NeimanMarcus.com, launched in October 1999, offers customers access to the largest collection of current designer merchandise and luxury brands on the Internet. Many designer offerings are available online exclusively through NM's Web site, and all of the featured merchandise is guaranteed to be in stock. This spring, NeimanMarcus.com was named a "Forbes Favorite" by the news publication.

NeimanMarcus.com utilizes the latest technology to bring to the Internet the high level of customer service for which Neiman Marcus is best known. Highlights include the NM Virtual Studio/Personal Shopper Program which makes available all the inventory from its largest store, 24-hour instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous  
adj.
1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous.

2.
 customer assistance via real time online chat, fractal zoom To change from a distant view to a more close-up view (zoom in) and vice versa (zoom out). An application may provide fixed or variable levels of zoom. A display adapter may also have built-in zoom capability.  for up-close looks at details, and 360-degree product views.

In addition to Neiman Marcus Stores and Neiman Marcus Direct, the company's direct marketing business, The Neiman Marcus Group includes Bergdorf Goodman Bergdorf Goodman is a major, world-renowned luxury goods department store based in Midtown, Manhattan in New York City. It is owned by Neiman Marcus. History
Beginnings
, the luxury retailer in Manhattan.

                  NEIMANMARCUS.COM BEAUTY COLLECTIONS


COLOR                            BATH, BODY & HAIR, Continued
--  Anna Sui                     --  NM Bath
--  Awake                            --  Phytotherathrie
--  Chantecaille                 FRAGRANCE
--  Guerlain                     --  Acqua di Parma
--  Laura Mercier                    --  Anna Sui
--  NARS                         --  Annick Goutal
--  Trish McEvoy                     --  Bvlgari
SKINCARE                         --  Chantecaille
--  Awake                            --  Collector's Bottles
--  Darphin                      --  Creed
--  Eve Lom                      --  Diva
--  Guerlain                     --  Fracas
--  La Prairie                   --  Fresh, Inc.
--  Laura Mercier                    --  Gucci
--  Natura Bisse                 --  Guerlain
--  Orlane Paris                 --  Henry Dunay
--  Re Vive                      --  Issey Miyake
--  Sisley Paris                 --  Jean Paul Gaultier
--  Trish McEvoy                     --  Jil Sander
BATH, BODY & HAIR                --  Lalique Parfums
--  Bliss                        --  Perfumes Isabell
--  Fresh, Inc.                  --  Sisley Paris
--  J.F. Lazartigue                  --  Statkin
--  John Barrett                 --  S.T. Dupont
--  Lady Primrose's              --  Trish McEvoy
--  Linda Rose                   --  Yohji Yamamoto
--  Mason Pearson                --  Zaharoff Parfums
--  Molton Brown
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