SAN JOSE, Calif. - February 10, 1999 ã | Knight Ridder Real Cities, a leader in city networks on the Web, introduces a new Valentine's Day Gift Guide in time for the Cupid season. "We've combined many services available in Real Cities and added a variety of new merchants all in one location to help users plan the perfect celebration with minimal effort," said Emily Lyons Soelberg, E-commerce product manager for Knight Ridder Real Cities.
Real Cities resources make Valentine's planning a cinch - it's a one-stop resource for organizing a complete Valentine's celebration. Users can send flowers, select and ship chocolates, send cards to loved ones, select and purchase traditional and unique gifts from the many merchants in the Valentine's Day Gift Guide. Purchasing a sentimental book is a click away from RealBooks.com. Finding a romantic restaurant, choosing a movie or buying theater tickets for an ideal evening is easy at JustGo.com. Users can search for cozy restaurants using the "romantic category". Using the JustGo entertainment guides, site visitors can also obtain phone numbers for reservations, get directions and print out route maps.
The new Valentine's Day Gift Guide marks the start of a new Real Cities tradition of seasonal gift guides to help consumers quickly and conveniently shop from specialized local and national online merchants.
The diverse collection of online merchants available in the Real Cities Shopping Guides include eToys and barnesandnoble.com, as well as new participants CDNow, Beyond.com, J. Crew, Avon, Reel.com and Hickory Farms.
Company and Network Information:
Knight Ridder New Media, a leader in interactive information, is located in San Jose, Calif., and maintains more than 40 Web sites in the Real Cities network (www.realcities.com). Real Cities, one of the leading city networks on the Web today, consists of city-resource sites and a variety of online services in classifieds, entertainment, shopping, news search and archives.
Knight Ridder (www.kri.com) is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with products in print and online. The company publishes 31 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, reaching 9 million readers daily and 12.6 million on Sunday. Knight Ridder has investments in two newsprint mills and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. In September, the company was named the most innovative user of technology in the United States by InformationWeek magazine in its annual InformationWeek 500 listings.
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Knight Ridder Real Cities is a registered trademark of Knight Ridder New Media.
*Statistics referenced in this news release are from: Jupiter Communications, Forrester Research, The Boston Consulting Group, Inteco and Clarke Martire and Bartolomeo
Contacts:
Cynthia Mallen Funnell
Knight Ridder New Media
(408) 938-8076
(408) 293-8600
cfunnell@realcities.com
Retailers Interested In Joining Real Cities Contact:
Emily Lyons Soelberg
Strategic Alliances Manager
(408) 938-6082
esoelberg@realcities.com
