drugstore.com, inc. Improves Customer Experience with New Site Upgrades; Simplified Navigation between Specialty Stores Provides Easier Access to More Than 24,000 Products.

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM), a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision, and pharmacy products, recently launched an upgrade of its online store to make it easier for consumers to find more than 24,000 everyday and hard-to-find specialty items. The design enhancements provide more efficient navigation between stores and expose browsers to a wider range of product categories, including the company's recently acquired contact lens business. One of the more noticeable new features is the addition of eight new store tabs on the drugstore.com(TM) navigation bar, located at the top of the Web site page.

"The new design introduces a greater variety of products to both our new and existing customers," said Ron Kelly, senior director of site merchandising of drugstore.com, inc. "As the product selection at the drugstore.com(TM) Web store continues to grow, these new visual enhancements will allow customers to shop more efficiently and to be exposed to more of the 24,000 products that we carry."

While the drugstore.com(TM) Web store carries most of the commodity items consumers have come to expect in their neighborhood drug stores, the Web store also features many specialty, exclusive, and hard-to-find items, including Micro Pearl Abrasion(TM) (a crushed pearl skin resurfacing treatment), Fat Cat Boogie Mat (a refillable catnip play mat), and Mustela(R)'s Newborn Set (a kit that includes shampoo, lotion, cleanser, and baby blanket).

The new Web site design, featuring additional stores on the main navigation bar, should make many of these items easier to find. The new store tabs include:

--"Baby" features popular brands such as Aquaphor(R), Baby Bjorn(R), Burt's Bees(TM), California Baby(R), Gerber(TM), and emerging products like Boudreaux's Butt Paste(R), a popular diaper rash treatment.

--"Food & Snacks" provides products from well-known brands like BALANCE Bar(R), Kashi(R), Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., and Tazo Tea(R).

--"Skin Care" offers a wide variety of products, including anti-aging, clinical skin care, eye treatments, men's skin care, microdermabrasion, sun care, acne care, and more. The Skin Care store also carries exclusive brands such as Aveda(R), Clinique(R), Chanel(R), Clarins(R), Lancome(R), philosophy(R), Estee Lauder(R), and Dermalogica(R).

--"Bath & Cosmetics" pampers with well-known brands such as Ahava(R), Almay(R), Revlon(R), Ralph Lauren(R), L'Oreal(R), and philosophy(R).

--"Vitamins & Diet" offers supplements and vitamins for adults and children, men and women, from brands such as GNC(R), One-A-Day, and Ultra Slim Fast(R).

--"Household & Cleaning" features well-known brands such as Kleenex(R), PUR(R), Mr. Clean(R), and Swiffer(R). It also includes hard-to-find natural cleaning products such as Seventh Generation(R).

--"Salon Hair Care" carries a wide variety of hair care and stylers from such trusted brands as American Crew(TM), Aveda(R), Bumble and bumble(R) and more.

--"Fitness" covers the fitness spectrum from Pilates to boxing with brands like Gaiam, Inc., Everlast(R), and Billy Blanks'(R) Tae Bo(R).

--"Pets" offers consumers flea and tick control products, dog treats, and a wide variety of pet toys. Shoppers will also find a large selection of pet magazines, travel items, and cleaning products.

--"All Natural" contains numerous natural products from bath and makeup products, to supplements and food, to products for babies and children. The store also carries a variety of trusted natural brands like Burt's Bees(R), Kiss My Face(R), Boiron(R), and Seventh Generation(R).

--"Contact Lenses" provides a convenient place to get lenses of all types, from disposables to colored lenses, as well as fun Halloween costume lenses. Contact lens wearers can choose from brands such as Bausch & Lomb(R), CIBA Vision(R), Boston(R), and more.

Other highlights of the drugstore.com(TM) Web store include a full-service, licensed retail pharmacy and a wealth of health-related information, buying guides, and other tools designed to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.

About drugstore.com, inc.

drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM) is a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision, and pharmacy solutions. The drugstore.com(TM) online store provides a convenient, private, and informative shopping experience that encourages consumers to purchase products essential to healthy, everyday living. The online store offers thousands of brand-name personal health care products at competitive prices; a full-service, licensed retail pharmacy; and a wealth of health-related information, buying guides, and other tools designed to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions. Consumers can personalize their shopping experiences with shopping lists, e-mail reminders for replenishing regularly used products, and private e-mail access to pharmacists and beauty experts for questions.

drugstore.com, inc. has been awarded the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) certification by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) as a fully licensed facility exercising competent, safe pharmacy practices in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.