11/17/00
ConsumerREVIEW.com Unwraps 2000 Holiday Buying Guide

Buying Guide Includes More Than 100 Holiday Gift Ideas; Poll Shows Consumers Eager to Spend Online This Season
 
SUNNYVALE, Calif., - November 17, 2000 - ConsumerREVIEW.com, the leading, trusted source for consumer product information on the Web, today introduced its 2000 Holiday Buying Guide as well as results of a recent holiday shopping poll. Shoppers can visit the buying guide to find consumer reviews, ratings and where-to-buy information on hot products such as digital cameras, DVD players, video games and handheld organizers. The guide pulls together more than 100 popular gift ideas and was designed to help consumers research and choose the perfect gift.
 
Results of ConsumerREVIEW.com's recent holiday shopping poll showed that consumers were largely satisfied with their online shopping experience last year and are eager to spend more this season. Of the 1,000 users polled, 70% said they were satisfied with their online shopping experiences last holiday season and 54% of those polled said they would be buying more online this year than last year.
 
"As our poll shows, people haven't lost their enthusiasm for buying gifts online during the holidays. That's why we've created the 2000 Holiday Buying Guide. Our recommendations include popular products in a variety of price ranges," said Max Mancini, CEO of ConsumerREVIEW.com. "With consumer reviews, ratings and comparison shopping tools, our guide makes it easy for those shoppers to research must have products and find the best deals."
 
Some of the hot products consumers can research in the guide include Palm's m100 handheld organizer, Diamond Rio's 600 MP3 player and Toshiba's 1600 DVD player. The 2000 Holiday Buying Guide can be found at http://www.consumerreview.com/holiday.
 
About ConsumerREVIEW.com
Founded in 1998, ConsumerREVIEW.com is the leading, trusted source for consumer product information on the Web. ConsumerREVIEW.com develops and manages Web communities around common product interests to meet the needs of consumers researching purchases. The company's review content is available to millions of consumers through partnerships with sites such as Yahoo!, AltaVista and Respond.com. In October 2000, ConsumerREVIEW.com introduced the CHOICE Awards to honor the favorite products of the more than two million consumers who frequent the company's network of vertical Web sites. The company is focused on creating online environments that foster communication, community spirit and quality product reviews. ConsumerREVIEW.com is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.