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Channel Intelligence Clients, Listed at Internet Retailer
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Orlando, Florida - (Website Hosting Directory) - June 26, 2008 - Search solution management company, Channel Intelligence, congratulates its clients that have improved or achieved recognition on the Internet Retailer Top 500 ranking.
The latest edition of the annual guide to America's 500 largest e-retailers showcases CI clients that continue to dominate the top ranking spots as the company works with 33 percent of the retailers in the top 100 and 55 percent in the top 20, including HP Home and Home Office Store (No. 5), OfficeMax (No. 6), Best Buy (No. 12) and Target (No. 19), as well as several that have made significant gains in 2008. Over 60 of the top 500 retailers use CI’s eCommerce platform, SellCast Retailer Solutions, to optimize product data and feeds, syndicate data to online shopping destinations, and manage or advise on day-to-day marketing activities to increase sales and achieve a higher areturn-on-ad-spend.
Rob Wight, CEO and President of Channel Intelligence noted, ''We’re delighted to see our customers doing well year-over-year even with the headwinds in the retail industry. Our SellCast products are designed to help retailers grow their online business, and seeing movement like this lets us know that our contribution to that process is successful. We congratulate all our retailer clients for a job well done.''
SellCast clients have reported big gains in the Internet Retailer Top 500 rankings this year included ICE.com advancing to No. 144 from 182, Working Persons jumping to No. 388 from 449 and NetShops moving up 22 spots to reach No. 82. Benchmark Brands and UnbeatableSale.com are also up 18 to Nos. 187 and 355 respectively, ShoeMall.com is up 15 to No. 138, PC Mall is up 12 to No. 61, AmeriMark Direct is up 7 to No. 289, PetMed Express climbed 4 to No. 109, and Circuit City and Northern Tool + Equipment also moved up in the 2008 IR Top 500 Guide.
In addition, CI also saw several of its clients listed in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide for the first time, including Baby Center debuting at No. 239, New York and Company joining at No. 303, Skechers at No. 362 and Bealls entering at No. 458.
Other 2008 Top 500 ranking SellCast Retailer Solutions clients include Overstock.com (No. 30), Neiman Marcus Group (No. 37), Oriental Trading Co. (No. 49), Coldwater Creek (No. 53), Spiegel Brands (No. 56), ShopNBC.com (No. 65), Hanover Direct (No. 81), Drs. Foster and Smith (No. 91), U.S. Autoparts (No. 94), SmartBargains.com (No. 100), and many more.
SellCast Retailer Solutions are based on a proprietary data platform that provides retailers with actionable insight and management capabilities to drive profitable online advertising programs in shopping engines, paid search, affiliates and online marketplaces. The solutions are available in outsourced Managed Services with day-to-day activities managed by Strategic Marketing Consultants, Self Managed Services where retailers are provided with industry-leading tools and support, and TrueTag Marketing Services, which provides comprehensive tracking and business analytics to drive revenue and improve ROI.
In addition, several of the company's SellPath Manufacturer Solutions and CI Ad Network Solutions clients were also named in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide.
The Internet Retailer 500 accolades, come on the heels of CI's plan to create 420 Osceola County jobs. Osceola County Economic Development Department announced today that Channel Intelligence, Inc., code named Project Link, will be expanding their facility located in Celebration, Fla. Channel Intelligence will be creating 420 new jobs with an average annual wage of $55,400, which is 200% of the Osceola County average annual wage. Channel Intelligence will also be making a capital investment of $33 million as a result of the 125,000 square feet expansion.
Channel Intelligence was founded in 1999 by CEO, Robert S. Wight and Executive Vice President, Alan Fulmer. Channel Intelligence, a partner company of Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE) and Aweida Capital Management, is headquartered in Celebration, Fla., with offices in Geneva, Switzerland and London, England.
Mr. Wight explained, ''We're excited by the future of our company and the growth that lies ahead. It has always been a priority for me and the company to share our growth with the local community and economy. We look forward to many more years here in Osceola County.''
With product data as the core foundation of its marketing services, CI has created a database capable of storing, managing and optimizing hundreds of millions of products every day. Helping consumers easily find and buy products is CI's primary goal. CI works with some of the best solution providers in the industry and supports over 50 destination sites to benefit its customers which include hundreds of manufacturers and retailers such as Best Buy, JVC, Neiman Marcus Group, Panasonic, Spiegel, Circuit City, Target, Philips, ICE.com, Black and Decker, ShopNBC, Yamaha, and Overstock.com, among others.
Founded in 1999 by CEO Robert Wight and EVP Alan Fulmer, CI is a partner company of Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE) and is headquartered in Orlando, Fla., with offices in Geneva, Switzerland and London, England.
To learn more, please visit: www.channelintelligence.com.
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