May, 2003 : Digital River to Host Flambeau E-com Sites

📅 May 13, 2003 - Digital River (digitalriver.com) today announced that it has signed a retail e-commerce agreement with Flambeau, Inc. (flambeau.com) Under the agreement, Digital River will build, host and manage the consumer e-commerce operations and new online stores for four of Flambeau's popular product lines, including Duncan Toys Company, Flambeau Outdoors, ArtBin Art & Craft Storage and Transport Products, and Flambeau Hardware. In addition, Digital River will be providing order management, site merchandising, e-marketing, product fulfillment, fraud prevention and customer service.

"We are pleased to work with Flambeau and extend the benefit of our e-marketing expertise to the company and its new online businesses," said Jay Kerutis, president of Digital River's software and digital commerce services. "Working with a network of nearly 34,000 companies world-wide, we are in a unique position to track and analyze the performance of sites to determine what e-commerce strategies and tactics are most effective in driving online growth and efficiencies. By leveraging this solid base of information, we can help Flambeau develop an e-commerce game plan that will extend e-commerce best practices across all of its sites."
The new online stores are expected to launch later this month.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Digital River builds and manages online businesses for nearly 34,000 companies worldwide.

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