MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Mar 5, 2004--TigerDirect, Inc., the multi-channel computer reseller, kept web shoppers for the longest time at its website during the week ending on February 8.
According to the report published in Internet Retailer, TigerDirect`s website visitors spend an average of almost 12 minutes on the site. This time of 11 minutes and 53 seconds is nearly 1 1/2 minutes longer than second-ranked eBay, at 10 minutes 33 seconds. The report continues to detail TigerDirect also outranked other leading computer and electronic sites such as CompUSA, CircuitCity, BestBuy, RadioShack, Sony Electronics, Sony.com, and OSDN.
TigerDirect has steadily increased its presence on the dot-com radar in the last several years with consistent customer traffic growth under the hands-on leadership of CEO Gilbert Fiorentino.
''This is evidence of the quality service and products we provide here, the convenience and ease of using our website, and the satisfaction that our customers enjoy,'' says CEO Gilbert Fiorentino. ''I am pleased with the results of our continuing efforts to broaden the quality, and scope of our e-commerce services as we approach our 20th Anniversary.''
TigerDirect`s catalog has been known to many as a ''technology handbook'' for years. The company now extends its ability to inform consumers via its growing presence on the Internet. TigerDirect`s homepage offers visitors a snapshot of the best deals available at the moment. It reflects the company`s focus on bringing the greatest values on the best computer hardware and related equipment directly to the consumer and business customer.
TigerDirect.com has also been ranked the #1 Computer Hardware Components site and the #5 Computer Hardware site (based on traffic), behind Dell, HP, IBM, and Sun. This most recent data from Alexa (https://www.alexa.com), reported in Internet Retailer, confirms the popularity of the TigerDirect product offering and its enhanced web site content. The increase in online traffic shows that shoppers are discovering that TigerDirect offers many of the best deals for computer-related products and is an excellent source for customer interaction.
''Keeping our customers genuinely interested in our market leading offers, products and services, is a continuous challenge we fiercely defend and expand upon, hence the longer stay of our actual or prospective customers,'' concludes CEO Fiorentino.
About TigerDirect, Inc.
TigerDirect, Inc. (https://www.tigerdirect.com) (a subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX)) is part of an integrated system of branded e-commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, and relationship marketing companies selling private-label and name-brand PC hardware, related computer products and industrial products to consumers and businesses in North America and Europe with 2003 annual sales of $1.66 billion.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company`s performance. These statements are based on management`s estimates, assumptions and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. The Company assumes no obligation to update these statements. Actual results may differ materially from results expressed or implied in these statements as the result of risks, uncertainties and other factors including, but not limited to: (a)unanticipated variations in sales volume, (b) economic conditions and exchange rates, (c) actions by competitors, (d) the continuation of key vendor relationships, (e) the ability to maintain satisfactory loan agreements with lenders, (f) risks associated with the delivery of merchandise to customers utilizing common carriers, (g) the operation of the Company`s management information systems, and (h) unanticipated legal and administrative proceedings. Please refer to the Forward Looking Statements section contained in Item 7 of Systemax Inc.`s Form 10-K for a more detailed explanation of the inherent limitations in such forward-looking statements.
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