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SHOPCOM Redesign Aims to Help Women 'Shop Smart, Save Big'
New Price Drop Alert, Twitter Deals and Other Tools Focus on Saving Money and Building a Shopping Community

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 - -SHOPCOM (www.shop.com), the destination comparison shopping site designed for busy women, today announced an updated site design and the creation of new money-saving features, along with a new entertainment-focused category of Books, Music & Videos, as well as a suite of social networking tools to offer its customers an even more compelling shopping experience. Additionally, SHOPCOM 's refreshed tagline, "Shop Smart, Save Big", underscores the brand's renewed mission to offer consumers savvy ways to shop and to save money in the current economic environment.

"SHOPCOM visitors have come to rely on the site's product and price comparison features, top deals, coupon aggregation page, free shipping, buying guides and informative editorial articles that were created to match the needs of today's budget-conscious shoppers," said Mondy Beller, Senior Vice President, Marketing for SHOPCOM. "We're very pleased to unveil the latest ways that SHOPCOM strives to continuously bolster customer engagement and meet the demands of online shoppers."

Notable new features, tools and site redesign elements include the following:

Streamlined Category Pages- All key department category pages, including Clothing, Shoes, Kids & Baby, Beauty, At Home, and Electronics have been redesigned and streamlined making it easier to connect shoppers with the products they want to find. Also, editorial content such as buying guides, shopping articles, and popular searches are easier to access, making it simpler for shoppers to make smarter shopping decisions.

Price Drop Alerts- SHOPCOM customers can now receive a price alert via email when a product's price drops to or below the amount they are willing to pay. Customers simply enter the desired amount on any product page throughout the site.

New Books, Music, & Video Category and Updated musicSHOP- Now shoppers have the opportunity to save even more money by coming to SHOPCOM for all their entertainment media needs. SHOPCOM's up-to-date offerings of the latest book, music, and movie releases make it easy for shoppers to compare prices on the hottest releases, while saving time and money. Additionally, the site's popular musicSHOP offers discounted pricing on the latest hits from Grammy-winning artists and allows shoppers to listen to exclusive song selections in their entirety through a free flash audio player while they shop on the site.

SHOPCOM Social Networking Tools- Social networking-minded shoppers are invited to become a follower of SHOPCOM through Twitter at http://twitter.com/shopcom. SHOPCOM editors tweet daily about deals, hot sales, trends and more. In addition, SHOPCOM shoppers who want to easily share and connect with other shoppers can become a fan of SHOP•COM on Facebook or subscribe to the site's companion shopping blog, The Shopping Vine, which can be found at http://theshoppingvine.com. SHOPCOM shoppers will also be able to share their favorite products and shopping lists with friends and other shoppers through an innovative feature to be announced soon.

SHOP•COM's Partner Store program allows customers to purchase directly from hundreds of linked stores. Through SHOPCOM's unique OneCart(R) Trusted Merchants program, customers can browse and purchase items using the site's proprietary universal shopping cart, OneCart(R). SHOP•COM's current listings offer access to over 20 million products from more than 2,000 stores.

About SHOP•COM
SHOP•COM is the comparison shopping engine that is designed to meet the specific shopping needs of women - and the individual business needs of merchants. Leveraging the multi-merchant features of its patented OneCart(R) technology along with extensive partner store integration, SHOP•COM offers an authoritative selection of products from well-known brand name merchants and high quality specialty retailers. Privately-held, SHOP•COM is a California-based company with an office in London. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.SHOP.com.


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