From: morning26@alerts.equityalert.com
To: alewis@ect.enron.com
Date: 2001-11-26 14:28:58+00:00
Subject: Your News Alert for YHOO


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(Nasdaq:YHOO) announced that as of noon (PST) today, sales on Yahoo!(R) Shopping (http://shopping.yahoo.com) were on pace to be more than 60 percent higher than sales levels from the same day last year. Preliminary Black Friday results for Yahoo! Shopping, recently ranked the Web's No. 1 portal shopping destination (Nielsen//NetRatings, August 2001), show a strong start to the beginning of the holiday shopping season.   "Despite the softening economy, Yahoo! Shopping has had a very strong year and sales for today far outpace the projected industry estimates for holiday growth," said Rob Solomon, vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Shopping. "Today's growth in sales point to the fact that consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable with shopping on the Internet and that online shopping continues to be a compelling option for holiday shopping."   With more than 18 million unique visitors a month and millions of products from more than 10,000 brand name and specialty merchants, Yahoo! Shopping has the unique ability to identify consumer trends early in the shopping season. Currently, the most popular categories and products on Yahoo! Shopping based on sales and search data are:   --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- Top              No. 1 Most       No. 2 Most        No. 3 Most Categories       Searched for     Searched for      Searched for                  Product          Product           Product --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 1. Videogame     X-box            Game Cube         PlayStation 2    consoles --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 2. Electronics   Olympus          Canon PowerShot   Nikon Coolpix    -- digital    C-3000 Zoom      S100 Digital      995    cameras                        ELPH --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 3. Toys          Harry Potter     Barbie            Lego Bionicles                  merchandise      merchandise --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 4. Computers     Sony Vio         Dell Dimension    Toshiba                  PCG-             4300              Satellite                  R505TS                             Pro 4600 --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 5. Apparel       Gucci branded    Shoes             Lingerie    (women)       merchandise --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 6. Apparel       Michael Jordan   Shoes             Outerwear    (men)         branded                  merchandise --------------   --------------   ---------------   --------------- 7. Jewelry and   Men's Omega      Women's Rolex     Diamond Rings    Watches       Watches          Watches --------------   --------------   ---------------   ---------------  Yahoo! Shopping provides consumers with convenient and useful tools for the holiday shopping season such as:   For Bargain Hunters     Post Thanksgiving Day Sales: Yahoo! Shopping provides links to the     hottest holiday sales from its brand name retail partners all in     one place. Merchants like JCPenny.com, Eddie Bauer and Dell and     great deals like "20 percent off everything" and "save up to 75     percent" make it even more compelling to shop online. Yahoo!     Shopping will feature special sales from brand name retailers     throughout the holiday season.     Free Shipping Center: Free shipping offers are abundant on Yahoo!     Shopping and the Free Shipping Center makes it easy to find all of     the free shipping offers available at any time.     For Great Gift Ideas     The Gift Center: The Gift Center highlights the hottest gifts,     making it easy to buy the perfect gift by occasion, price,     interests, age, or gender.     Gift Wizard: Consumers can talk to the Wizard to get gift     recommendations for anyone on their list. Easily downloadable from     the front page of Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com), the Gift Wizard Instant     Messenger is a fun interactive way to shop this holiday season.     The Gift Wizard uses the new Yahoo! IMVironments, the first     interactive multimedia experience within an instant messaging     window.     For Convenience     Yahoo! Wallet: Enter your billing, shipping and credit card     information only once in your free wallet and shop at more than     10,000 stores without having to reenter your information.     Order History: Don't worry about printing out all your online     receipts and confirmation codes, Order History keeps track of all     of your orders, delivery tracking numbers and customer service     contacts.     About The New Yahoo! Shopping  The New Yahoo! Shopping is the only place consumers need to go to research, compare and buy almost anything online. Consumers will find the popular brand-name retailers and buying information they want, as well as millions of products from thousands of merchants and individual sellers, in more than 20 retail categories. The New Yahoo! Shopping enables consumers to use a universal search, which allows them to easily shop across: Shopping, Warehouse, Auctions, and Classifieds. The New Yahoo! Shopping also has convenient features, such as Yahoo! Wallet and Express Checkout, which make online shopping fast and easy. Additionally, Yahoo!'s audience has been ranked the most valuable shopping audience online according to Forrester Research.   About Yahoo! Inc.  Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 218 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States.   Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.   Satellite Feed and B-Roll Available:     What: B-roll of Yahoo! Shopping Web pages, images of hot products,         holiday shoppers, visuals and soundbites from the Yahoo! Gift         Wizard and Yahoo! Shopping Bus from Day After Thanksgiving         Marketing event, and sound bite from Jennifer Dulski, senior         brand manager, Yahoo! Shopping discussing online shopping         numbers.     Date: Friday, Nov. 23 - 6 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. (EST)           Saturday, Nov. 24 - 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. (EST) same           coordinates     Satellite: Galaxy 3R     Transponder: 7     Band: C-band     Downlink Frequency: 3840 Horizontal     Audio: 6.2/6.8  CONTACT:          Yahoo! Inc.                   Stephanie Iwamasa, 408/349-6877                   siwamasa@yahoo-inc.com                   or                   Fleishman-Hillard                   Sherri Weiss, 212/453-2237                   weisss@fleishman.com                   Emily Collins, 415/356-1064                   collinse@fleishman.com URL:              http://www.businesswire.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page.  Copyright (C) 2001 Business Wire.  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