- Dick`s Sporting Goods, Sports Authority, Alpine Sports Outlet, Divers Direct, WaterWorld Sports, and Olympia Sports Also using PowerReviews to Drive Sales Leads -
San Francisco, Calif., February 6, 2008 - PowerReviewsT (www.powerreviews.com), the Internet`s most comprehensive developer of customer-review solutions for retailers and their shoppers, announced today that Sun & Ski Sports (www.sunandski.com), has chosen PowerReviews to harness the power of its customer reviews, increase sales and build stronger customer relationships.
The launch of Sun & Ski Sports makes PowerReviews the premier customer review solutions provider to specialty sporting goods stores, joining companies such as Dick`s Sporting Goods (www.dickssportinggoods.com), Sports Authority (www.sportsauthority.com), Alpine Sports Outlet, (alpinesportsoutlet.com), Divers Direct
(www.diversdirect.com), and Olympia Sports (www.olympiasports.net).
"PowerReviews allowed us to easily deliver customer-friendly, highly-informative product reviews," said Scott Blair, eCommerce General Manager of Sun & Ski Sports. "Not only was the integration and start-up process quick and easy, but the feature has caught on quickly and been very popular with our customers. User-generated content in the form of written comments and photos has been a huge plus for our site."
The PowerReviews technology platform for collecting, organizing, structuring and moderating relevance-based reviews helps online retailers significantly leverage customer reviews with social networking and boost their sales by giving shoppers access to the most meaningful reviews from people just like them. The user-generated content and community drives the highest sales uplift in the industry.
"We are thrilled to work with Sun & Ski Sports to provide relevant product reviews to their customers," said Jay Shaffer, VP of Sales and Marketing for PowerReviews. "We know from experience that sports enthusiasts not only love but crave real product feedback and are some of highest review writers themselves, often including photos of themselves using and enjoying their products right along with their reviews!"
About PowerReviews
PowerReviews (www.powerreviews.com) is an enterprise solutions company that provides customer reviews and social merchandising solutions to multi-channel retailers and their shoppers. Our technology platform for collecting, organizing, structuring and moderating relevance-based reviews helps online retailers significantly boost their sales. PowerReviews`
user-generated content and community drives the highest sales uplift in the industry, and in addition to working with more than 200 online retailers, including Staples, Toys "R" Us, REI, Ritz Camera, Walgreen`s, and The Sports Authority, we have also launched our own shopping portal, Buzzillions (www.buzzillions.com). The company is based in San Francisco and is backed by Menlo Ventures and Draper Richards.
About Sun & Ski
Sun & Ski Sports has five stores in the Houston area and one each in Austin, Grapevine, San Antonio, Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Cincinnati and Nashville. Its interactive e-commerce websites (www.sunandski.com and skichalet.com) boast more than 1,000 specialty products representing 100 brands.
Media Contact:
Jen Avril for PowerReviews
Email: jen@verbfactory.com
Tel: 718 871-7117
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