Furniture.com and Amazon.com Team-up On Home Furnishing/ Decorating "Reading Room."

Furniture World Magazine

Furniture.com, the online leader revolutionizing the way people buy furniture, and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), the leading online retailer, are teaming up to introduce an enjoyable new way for people to read and learn about home furnishings and decorating, Furniture.com Inc. President and CEO Andrew L. Brooks announced today. "Decorating one's home is an extremely personal and information-intensive decision. Furniture.com is joining forces with premiere Internet partners like Amazon.com, design professionals and leading manufacturers to create the most enjoyable way to shop for furniture and home furnishings," Brooks said. "We are extremely pleased to announce our association with Amazon.com as our first major online partnering effort." To give consumers access to &sign related books, Furniture.com has launched the Furniture.com Reading Room - at http://www.furniture.com - featuring the "best of the best" books on home furnishing, interior design, and style - selected and reviewed by Furniture.com's own Design Consultants. Additionally, consumers can enjoy the savings and convenience of instantly ordering any Reading Room selection from Amazon.com. The Reading Room is Furniture.com's latest offering of value-added information for customers redecorating their homes. Furniture.com already offers "Furniture Facts," a collection of information about furniture and the language of style and design and preferred customer e-mail newsletters that deliver the latest information on specials as well as furnishings and design trends. Furniture.com helps make your house your home Furniture.com gives you the tools to create your own shopping experience and makes furnishing your home convenient and fun. You set your own hours, shop according to your own style - by room, style, item, manufacturer, price range or any combination, and create your own virtual showroom - all from the comfort of your home," Brooks said. "We offer the broadest selection online -- 50,000 items from 100 manufacturers -- at competitive direct-from-the-manufacturer values, all with Red Carpet Delivery and inhome set-up." About Furniture.com Furniture.com, at http://www.furniture.com is the e-commerce leader in the growing $178 billion U.S. furniture and home furnishings market. Backed by a 'Who's Who' of Internet/e-commerce venture capital firms -including @Ventures, the affiliated venture capital arm of CMGI; Bessemer Venture Partners; and Brand Equity Ventures - Furniture.com is revolutionizing the way consumers shop for furniture by delivering the world's most enjoyable furniture shopping experience. On Furniture.com, consumers create their own personal showroom by selecting their favorite items from the broadest selection of furniture online. Furniture.com is a Lycos Top 5% website and is a member of BBBOnline, TRUSTe and VeriSign.