PriceRunner Signs Ten Premier Retailers.Award-Winning Comparison Shopping Engine Continues Momentum by Delivering High-Value, High-Converting Leads to Top Online Stores WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCLK VCLK Video Clock VCLK Virtual Clock VCLK Value Click ) today announced that PriceRunner, its award-winning comparison shopping engine, has signed ten notable new retailers to its merchant program. These top merchants selected PriceRunner because of the site's ability to provide a consistent flow of high-quality, in-market consumers, resulting in an attractive and dependable return-on-investment. In turn, PriceRunner users are given a vast selection of product choices, and the opportunity to shop and compare prices for those products at many of the industry's most frequented retail sites, all from a single location. Although in the U.S. for only 18 months, PriceRunner has solidified so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. its reputation by delivering high-converting consumers to its retail partners. PriceRunner's performance is highlighted by Steven Roth, senior product manager for Channel Intelligence, the leading provider of data solutions for manufacturers and retailers, who states, "We work with all the top shopping comparison engines, and PriceRunner's conversion rates consistently rank in the top-third." The most recent leading online retailers to select PriceRunner as a strategic shopping search partner include Circuit City, Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. 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"PriceRunner's great mix of reputation, history, quality of traffic, and service is making it a standard addition to the marketing plans of leading U.S. online retailers, just as it has been in Europe for years," said Martin Andersen, general manager of PriceRunner U.S. "As part of ValueClick, PriceRunner has the resources to provide advanced comparison shopping technology, access to large-scale reach and the staying power to build relationships and long-running programs with our merchant partners." PriceRunner's business model includes listing the lowest prices first and including both online and offline retailers. This attracts more buyers who are at the "point-of-sale," which translates to high sales conversion ratios. With access to over 75 percent of the U.S. internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f every month through the ValueClick Media network, PriceRunner provides participating merchants tremendous reach into untapped markets of shopping consumers. About PriceRunner PriceRunner is an internationally acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. comparison shopping engine that provides consumers with easy access to comprehensive buying information on a wide variety of products. PriceRunner aggregates product details, user and expert product reviews, retailer ratings, as well as the best available prices in one convenient location. PriceRunner distinguishes itself from other comparison shopping engines by including prices from both online and offline retailers providing consumers with the broadest price comparisons and always lists the lowest price first. PriceRunner's goal is to provide consumers with the ability to make an informed and confident buying decision. PriceRunner is a ValueClick, Inc. company. For more information: www.pricerunner.com. About ValueClick, Inc ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCLK) is one of the world's largest online marketing companies, offering comprehensive and scalable solutions to deliver cost-effective customer acquisition for advertisers and robust revenue streams for publishers. ValueClick's performance-based solutions allow customers to reach their potential through multiple online marketing channels, including affiliate and search marketing, display advertising, lead generation, ad serving and email technology, and comparison shopping. ValueClick brands include Commission Junction Commission Junction is an online advertising company owned by ValueClick. They are specifically in the affiliate marketing industry. Commission Junction is the largest affiliate network in north America, powering almost 50% of the top 500 web retailers affiliate marketing , ValueClick Media, Mediaplex and PriceRunner. For more information, please visit www.valueclick.com. This release contains 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. that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, ValueClick's ability to successfully integrate its recently completed Fastclick and Webclients acquisitions, trends in online advertising spending and estimates of future online performance-based advertising. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are detailed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by ValueClick, including: its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed on March 31, 2006 and amendment to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed on April 21, 2006; its current report on Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. filed on February 27, 2006; recent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and Form 10-Q/A; other current reports on Form 8-K; its amended registration statement on Form S-4 filed on September 27, 2005; and its final prospectus Final Prospectus A legal document stating the price of a newly issued security, the delivery date, and other facts that are important for investors. Notes: The final prospectus must be given to every investor who purchases a new issue of registered securities. on Form 424B3 filed on September 28, 2005. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risk that market demand for online advertising, and performance-based online advertising in particular, will not grow as rapidly as predicted. ValueClick undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof here·of adv. Of this. hereof Adverb Formal or law of or concerning this Adv. 1. hereof - of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic" or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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