Progress EasyAsk eCommerce Search Customers Make Internet Retailer's ''Top 50 Best of the Web'' for 2006; LandsEnd.com, Talbots.com and BassProShops.com Among Those Recognized for Dynamic Online Merchandising Success.BEDFORD, Mass. -- The Progress EasyAsk Division, a leading provider of intelligent search, navigation and dynamic online merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. solutions, and an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS PRGS Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase ), proudly announces that a half dozen of its customers utilizing EasyAsk(R) eCommerce search capabilities for their Web sites have been chosen by Internet Retailer magazine for its annual "Top 50 Best of the Web." The nation's premier online retailers and manufacturers were selected due to their innovative use of the Web to help customers easily find the products they want, creatively market and merchandise specific items, and successfully synchronize See synchronization. in-store, catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. and online promotions - resulting in a more rich shopping experience for customers and increased retail sales. EasyAsk provides the only search, navigation, merchandising and analytic solution specifically developed for retail eCommerce. EasyAsk was also the first to market with an intuitive Merchandising Manager Dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. (TM), which enables marketers and merchandisers to easily define business rules for promoting products, cross-selling and up-selling, thereby further driving conversion and average order size. Powered by EasyAsk's dynamic online merchandising technology, LandsEnd.com, Talbots.com and BassProShops.com are among this list of online retailers selected in part for generating best practices for meeting the individual needs and personal preferences of customers. Making the Top 50 list for the seventh consecutive year, LandsEnd.com continues to excel in making the online shopping experience easy and fun for its customers. The magazine recognized LandsEnd.com for its user-friendly search functionality that allows individuals to quickly locate products and for its 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. shopping tools. Internet Retailer recognized Talbots.com for its recently expanded site search capabilities which allow shoppers to more quickly find the products they desire and for incorporating new search and navigation options that allow items to be sorted by bestseller status, price, color and other attributes. "Our customers' success speaks to their outstanding online retail strategies and the effectiveness of dynamic online merchandising," said Larry Harris
Larry Harris is currently the General Manager of the Milwaukee Bucks. He is the son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach, and current Dallas Mavericks Assistant Coach Del , founder of EasyAsk, Inc. and Vice President and General Manager of the Progress EasyAsk Division. "We commend com·mend tr.v. com·mend·ed, com·mend·ing, com·mends 1. To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend. 2. To express approval of; praise. See Synonyms at praise. 3. each of these sites for their commitment to boosting customer loyalty through providing the best overall shopping experience. We are committed to building on that success and applying EasyAsk technology to other markets where it is of critical importance." The Internet Retailer Top 50 Best of the Web were selected by Internet Retailer's editors in consultation with an Editorial Board of Advisers and industry consultants and researchers. For more information and a complete listing of this year's selection please visit: http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=16882. About Internet Retailer Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine and Web site serving the retailing community. It focuses on the Internet's vital role in a wide array of retailing activities, including web merchandising, supply chain management and multi-channel integration. Its subscribers are senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores and catalogs. Internet Retailer's circulation represents the largest multi-channel readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. base of any retailing magazine with over 36,000 subscribers. The magazine also publishes the most widely read e-mail newsletter in retailing, IRNewsLink, which is distributed twice-weekly to 35,000 opt-in subscribers. For more information, visit www.InternetRetailer.com. About the Progress EasyAsk Division The Progress EasyAsk Division provides next-generation data search and query technology solutions that empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems non-technical users to quickly find and retrieve critical business information from multiple enterprise data sources. In addition, EasyAsk provides an integrated search, navigation and dynamic online merchandising platform that optimizes the shopping experience on many of the world's most successful eCommerce sites. Progress EasyAsk Division is an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a global software industry leader. More information about EasyAsk is available at www.easyask.com or at +1-800-425-8200. EasyAsk is a registered trademark of Progress Development Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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