MarketLive and Endeca Partner to Offer Best-in-Class Online Retail Solution
Petaluma, CA – January 16, 2007 – MarketLive, Inc., the leading global
e-commerce application platform and services provider for retailers, today
announced that it has teamed with Endeca, a next generation information access
company, to introduce new MarketLive Intelligent Site Search and Navigation.
Designed for many of today’s fastest-growing online retailers, MarketLive Intelligent
Site Search and Navigation includes best-in-class search, Guided Navigation® and
Dynamic Merchandising capabilities powered by Endeca and will be offered as a
value-added component of the MarketLive E-commerce Platform. The fully integrated
offering will give fast-growing online retailers new abilities designed to deliver a
superior customer experience, while boosting conversion rates, average order size,
and overall revenue.
MarketLive Intelligent Site Search will be generally available to new and existing
MarketLive v5 customers in Q1 2007.
Offered as a turnkey solution, the MarketLive E-Commerce Platform and MarketLive
Intelligent Site Search and Navigation give fast-growing online retailers advanced
information access capabilities to drive a cutting-edge online shopping experience.
Over 100 of the world’s most successful online and multichannel retailers use Endeca
to power their online customer experience, including Barnes & Noble, Circuit City,
CompUSA, Dabs.com, The Home Depot, Nike, Tesco, and Walmart.com. MarketLive
v5 is the E-commerce Application Platform of choice that is used to increase online
sales for some of the world’s fastest-growing online retailers, including Sur La Table,
Sundance Catalog, Frontgate, Keds, and Armani Exchange.
“By integrating Endeca’s capabilities into MarketLive’s E-commerce Platform we’re
able to fulfill our continued commitment to offer best-in-class capabilities enabled by
the extensibility of our platform architecture,” said Ken Burke, CEO of MarketLive.
“This powerful combination of search, navigation and merchandising capabilities
allows online merchants to expose the full breadth of their product lines while
delivering highly relevant offers and promotional content. In essence, it’s like
designing your storefront with each and every individual customer in mind.”
“Endeca is excited to offer our information access solutions to a much broader
audience through this integrated offering,” said Phil Braden, director of customerfacing
solutions at Endeca. "The MarketLive platform is the e-commerce solution of
choice with many of today’s fastest growing retailers. This partnership will introduce
a significant new channel for Endeca, while giving MarketLive a distinct competitive
advantage to help increase their lead in the marketplace.”
About Endeca
Endeca is a next-generation information access company, uniting the ease of search
with the analytical power of business intelligence. Combining patented intellectual
property, breakthrough science and a deep focus on user experience, the Endeca
Information Access Platform helps people find, analyze and understand information
in ways never before possible. Leading global organizations like ABN AMRO, Bank of
America, Boeing, Cox Newspapers, Dice, The (US) Defense Intelligence Agency, The
Home Depot, Hyatt, IBM, John Deere, The Library of Congress, Nike, and
Walmart.com rely on Endeca to power business-critical applications that increase
revenue, reduce costs and streamline operations.
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, USA, Endeca is a private company with worldwide
operations. For more information: www.endeca.com or info@endeca.com.
About MarketLive
Since 1995, MarketLive, Inc. (www.marketlive.com) has provided enterprise-class
e-commerce retail technology and services that help fast-growing companies
successfully sell goods and services online. Designed to meet the unique
requirements of catalogers, retailers, direct marketers, and manufacturers, the
extensible MarketLive® platform and MarketLive's best practices-based Intelligent
Selling® methodology enable merchants to enhance their customers' experience
online while dramatically improving acquisition, conversion, and retention rates. The
MarketLive platform is the most retail-targeted, fully featured, customizable
e-commerce solution on the market today. MarketLive powers some of the most
successful retail Web sites, including Frontgate, Garnet Hill, Norm Thompson, Stride
Rite, and Trek.
MarketLive and Endeca Partner to Offer Best-in-Class Online Retail Solution
Petaluma, CA – January 16, 2007 – MarketLive, Inc., the leading global
e-commerce application platform and services provider for retailers, today
announced that it has teamed with Endeca, a next generation information access
company, to introduce new MarketLive Intelligent Site Search and Navigation.
Designed for many of today’s fastest-growing online retailers, MarketLive Intelligent
Site Search and Navigation includes best-in-class search, Guided Navigation® and
Dynamic Merchandising capabilities powered by Endeca and will be offered as a
value-added component of the MarketLive E-commerce Platform. The fully integrated
offering will give fast-growing online retailers new abilities designed to deliver a
superior customer experience, while boosting conversion rates, average order size,
and overall revenue.
MarketLive Intelligent Site Search will be generally available to new and existing
MarketLive v5 customers in Q1 2007.
Offered as a turnkey solution, the MarketLive E-Commerce Platform and MarketLive
Intelligent Site Search and Navigation give fast-growing online retailers advanced
information access capabilities to drive a cutting-edge online shopping experience.
Over 100 of the world’s most successful online and multichannel retailers use Endeca
to power their online customer experience, including Barnes & Noble, Circuit City,
CompUSA, Dabs.com, The Home Depot, Nike, Tesco, and Walmart.com. MarketLive
v5 is the E-commerce Application Platform of choice that is used to increase online
sales for some of the world’s fastest-growing online retailers, including Sur La Table,
Sundance Catalog, Frontgate, Keds, and Armani Exchange.
“By integrating Endeca’s capabilities into MarketLive’s E-commerce Platform we’re
able to fulfill our continued commitment to offer best-in-class capabilities enabled by
the extensibility of our platform architecture,” said Ken Burke, CEO of MarketLive.
“This powerful combination of search, navigation and merchandising capabilities
allows online merchants to expose the full breadth of their product lines while
delivering highly relevant offers and promotional content. In essence, it’s like
designing your storefront with each and every individual customer in mind.”
“Endeca is excited to offer our information access solutions to a much broader
audience through this integrated offering,” said Phil Braden, director of customerfacing
solutions at Endeca. "The MarketLive platform is the e-commerce solution of
choice with many of today’s fastest growing retailers. This partnership will introduce
a significant new channel for Endeca, while giving MarketLive a distinct competitive
advantage to help increase their lead in the marketplace.”
About Endeca
Endeca is a next-generation information access company, uniting the ease of search
with the analytical power of business intelligence. Combining patented intellectual
property, breakthrough science and a deep focus on user experience, the Endeca
Information Access Platform helps people find, analyze and understand information
in ways never before possible. Leading global organizations like ABN AMRO, Bank of
America, Boeing, Cox Newspapers, Dice, The (US) Defense Intelligence Agency, The
Home Depot, Hyatt, IBM, John Deere, The Library of Congress, Nike, and
Walmart.com rely on Endeca to power business-critical applications that increase
revenue, reduce costs and streamline operations.
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, USA, Endeca is a private company with worldwide
operations. For more information: www.endeca.com or info@endeca.com.
About MarketLive
Since 1995, MarketLive, Inc. (www.marketlive.com) has provided enterprise-class
e-commerce retail technology and services that help fast-growing companies
successfully sell goods and services online. Designed to meet the unique
requirements of catalogers, retailers, direct marketers, and manufacturers, the
extensible MarketLive® platform and MarketLive's best practices-based Intelligent
Selling® methodology enable merchants to enhance their customers' experience
online while dramatically improving acquisition, conversion, and retention rates. The
MarketLive platform is the most retail-targeted, fully featured, customizable
e-commerce solution on the market today. MarketLive powers some of the most
successful retail Web sites, including Frontgate, Garnet Hill, Norm Thompson, Stride
Rite, and Trek.
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