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Ritz Interactive Named to Internet Retailer's 2009 Top 500(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/13/09 -- Ritz Interactive, Inc., the e-commerce network that includes RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com and other leading online shopping sites, has been ranked number 16 in Internet Retailer's 2009 Top 500 Computers / Electronics Category and number 124 in Internet Retailer's 2009 Top 500. Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2008 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in key categories. According to Ritz Interactive President and CEO Fred H. Lerner, it is no accident the Ritz Interactive network consistently rates in the top 25% of online retailers. "From the very start, we have been committed to providing our customers with a world-class online shopping experience," said Lerner. "That means consistently delivering on our promises -- all the way through the selection, purchasing and fulfillment processes. Sure we benefit from our well-known, trusted brands, but it's the ease of use, savings, and superior service that keeps customers coming back to our sites," Lerner added. "Ritz Interactive used its diversified e-commerce business model to make it through a tough year in the camera and consumer electronics segment," says Internet Retailer editor-in-chief Kurt Peters. "Some store-based chains didn't make it, but Ritz Interactive's rank as No. 124 on the Top 500 list is a testament to their resilience and staying power as an online retailer." Ritz Interactive, launched in April of 1999, has evolved into one of the Web's most successful retailers, offering online shoppers an amazing array of products and accessories, plus the added benefits of no sales tax and free shipping on most photo, consumer electronics, marine, boating and fishing items. In addition to its flagship Web properties RitzCamera.com (www.RitzCamera.com), WolfCamera.com (www.WolfCamera.com) and BoatersWorld.com (www.BoatersWorld.com), the Ritz Interactive network includes such popular sites as CameraWorld.com (www.CameraWorld.com), PhotoAlley.com (www.PhotoAlley.com), eAngler.com (www.eAngler.com), OuterBanksOutfitters.com (www.OuterBanksOutfitters.com), ScrapbookingAlley.com (www.ScrapbookingAlley.com) and ShopAtShark.com (www.ShopAtShark.com). About Ritz Interactive, Inc. Ritz Interactive is an award-winning, specialty online retailer and e-commerce service provider that operates a network of websites offering high quality, branded lifestyle products. Since its inception in Irvine, California in 1999, the company has become a leader in providing a full selection of photographic and consumer electronics products as well as a wide range of marine, boating and fishing products, at competitive prices for online shoppers. Ritz Interactive's leading photo-specialty and consumer electronics e-commerce websites are RitzCamera.com and WolfCamera.com, while the company's leading marine e-commerce website is BoatersWorld.com. Each of the individually branded and marketed websites offers a broad and deep selection of competitively priced products, how-to tips and articles, and customer product reviews. About Internet Retailer Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine. The Internet Retailer family of products focuses on the Internet's vital role in a wide array of retailing activities, including web merchandising, supply chain management and multichannel integration. Its 42,500 subscribers are senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores, catalogs, virtual merchants and brand name manufacturers. Internet Retailer's circulation represents the largest multichannel readership base of any retailing magazine. The magazine also publishes the most widely read e-mail newsletter in retailing, IRNewsLink, which is distributed four times a week to 30,000+ opt-in subscribers, operates the largest retailing information web site, InternetRetailer.com, sponsors the largest conference in the e-retailing industry and publishes an annual ranking of the 500 largest web sites. Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine Contact: Andre Brysha Ritz Interactive, Inc. Tel: 949-442-0205 Fax: 949-442-0210 E-Mail: Email Contact |