Digital River Launches Global E-Commerce Operations for Quark
MINNEAPOLIS— August 30, 2007 - Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, today announced that it is providing global e-commerce services for Quark Inc. Digital River is managing the online sale and delivery of Quark’s desktop publishing, multimedia, pre-press, and graphic and Web design software applications. Digital River built and is hosting the online U.S. and international Quark stores.
“We are pleased to add an industry leader such as Quark to our client base, a growing group of companies looking to us to help them achieve maximum success in the online sales channel,” said Don Peterson, Digital River’s senior vice president of global client development. “We specialize in helping our clients expand their online presence, expertly merchandise their sites and use statistical analysis to optimize their online stores and revenue, all while providing a seamless, stable online shopping experience.”
Digital River is powering each of Quark’s global online software stores. The U.S. Quark store displays in English and Spanish while the European Quark stores display in international English, French, Italian, German and Spanish languages. For the sites, Digital River is managing order transactions using multiple preferred payment methods, including credit cards, wire transfers and checks, as well as providing fraud screening and customer service support. The sites also use Digital River’s e-commerce technology and services to offer complementary products through automated cross-sells, electronic download insurance and optional back-up CDs of Quark software applications.
“We selected Digital River as our e-commerce partner as part of our efforts to make it easier to buy our products and services online,” said Adriaan Roosen, senior vice president, operations, Quark. “Digital River’s comprehensive e-commerce tools provide a much improved buying experience, and quick turn around of promotions and special offers. Digital River’s global reach allows us to very rapidly expand our e-stores internationally, with stores already live in seven countries and five more geographies underway, including Japan and Scandinavia.”
About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.
About Digital River, Inc.
Digital River, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, consumer technology manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company’s comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.
Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; and Shanghai, China. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.
Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.
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