ADVISORY/Living in the Lap of Online Luxury: Online Retail Partners to Moderate Insider Discussion on How Fashion and Luxury Brands are Faring on Web

Business Wire, Jan 8, 2001

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Mon. (Jan. 15)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001

Panel Set for National Retail Federation's

Annual Convention in New York on January 15th

In Time of E-Commerce Uncertainty, Prominent Fashion and

Luxury Executives to Share Challenges, Strategies and

Predictions for 2001

Online Retail Partners, a leading e-commerce solutions provider for customer-facing companies, will moderate a prominent panel of executives from the fashion and luxury goods industries at the National Retail Federation's Annual Convention, Monday, January 15, 2001, from 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Panelists will address a pivotal decision facing high-end brands: developing successful e-commerce strategies.

In an industry that has been slow to harness its online sales potential, luxury goods merchants are trying to make up for lost time with aggressive new e-commerce strategies and alliances to capture sales and increase customer loyalty. The panel will focus on the challenges and trends now driving online luxury marketing, including the imperative for retailers to translate top-tier shopping and customer service to the online world. Analysts predict that the market for luxury goods is growing sharply, and that e-commerce is becoming a significant sales channel.

WHO:    Henry Nasella, Chairman and co-founder, Online Retail Partners
        (Moderator)
        Paul Blum, Executive Vice President and COO, Kenneth Cole
        Productions
        Gregory Furman, Chairman and co-founder, The Luxury Marketing
        Council
        Denise Incandela, COO, Saks Direct
        Gregg Renfrew, CEO, The Wedding List
        Rochelle Udell, President, Internet Division, Fairchild
        Publications

WHAT:   Panelists, representing leaders from a cross-section of the
        fashion and luxury goods industries, will address:
              -   e-store design and integration
              -   trends in online spending
              -   translating high-end retail brands online
              -   predictions for 2001 in view of research that predicts
                luxury marketers "should see the biggest increases in
                sales" in the coming year

WHERE:  The National Retail Federation 90th Annual Convention and Expo
        Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY

WHEN:   Monday, January 15, 2001, 7:30 - 8:20 a.m.

Note to Editors:

Visit Online Retail Partners at the show at booth # 1239. For more about information about ORP, visit www.onlineretailpartners.com