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DISCOVERY COMMERCE SELECTS COMMERCEHUB TO EXPAND
E-COMMERCE MULTI-CHANNEL PLATFORM
Universal Connection Hub™ Enables Discovery Retail to Integrate
Supply Chain Across All Market Platforms.
ALBANY, NY - July 17, 2006 - CommerceHub, the Supply-on-Demand platform for supply chain integration and fulfillment solutions, today announced that Discovery Commerce has selected CommerceHub's Universal Connection Hub™ and Drop-Ship Master™ solutions to provide integrated supplier connectivity across its multi-channel supply chain and the virtual inventory fulfillment capabilities to rapidly expand its multi-platform e-commerce markets.
"Our multi-channel retailing strategy requires a robust platform that provides reliable and flexible connectivity," said Patrick Gates, EVP Consumer Direct for Discovery Commerce. "Through one connection, the CommerceHub platform allows us to rapidly expand products to major retailers and product selection to our customers who purchase goods from the Discovery Channel catalogs and e-commerce site."
Discovery Commerce is the retail and licensing arm of Discovery Communications, Inc, the leader in real-world media and entertainment. Discovery Commerce's retail platforms include more than 100 Discovery Channel Stores, the Discovery Channel Store Catalog, and www.Discoverystore.com and its affiliates. CommerceHub's Universal Connection Hub provides a single platform for Discovery to reliably integrate both new suppliers and new retailers with a streamlined fulfillment process for online and catalog orders. CommerceHub's Drop-Ship Master™ solution will enable Discovery to achieve rapid virtual inventory expansion by empowering multiple channel suppliers to fulfill orders directly to the end customer. Discovery maintains complete visibility and control over the process, allowing it to achieve high levels of brand management, fulfillment performance and customer service.
"Discovery's aggressive activity in the multi-platform marketplace requires rapid growth of its product offerings," said Doug Reed, Vice president of sales at CommerceHub. "CommerceHub's Drop-Ship Master™ Solution will help Discovery handle larger volumes of online and catalog orders more effectively. We are confident that our solutions will provide the supply chain connectivity and fulfillment that will enable Discovery Communications to achieve its business objectives."
About Discovery Commerce
Discovery Commerce extends the Discovery experience through a broad array of engaging and entertaining products and services. Discovery's retail channels include a nation-wide chain of Discovery Channel Stores, the Discovery Channel Store catalog, robust online shopping (discoverystore.com) and direct-to-consumer businesses, and strategic third-party retail and merchandising partnerships. Discovery Domestic Licensing translates network brands and signature series into a wide array of innovative products that are sold through well-known, third-party retailers.
BBC America in the United States. DCI's ownership consists of four shareholders: Discovery Holding Company (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB), Cox Communications, Inc., Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Company's Founder and Chairman.
About CommerceHub
CommerceHub is the industry's leading provider of fulfillment and integration solutions for retailers and wholesale distribution companies. With nearly a decade of experience working with Top 25 retailers, distribution supply chains and a wide array of major brand name suppliers, CommerceHub manages nearly $1 billion in goods annually on behalf of such industry leaders as Costco, QVC, Staples, Circuit City, eToys, Kmart, Sears, Target, Walgreens, Dell, Toshiba, Sanyo, Minolta, Gateway and Little Tikes.
For information on the CommerceHub Supply-on-Demand platform, Universal Connection Hub, Drop Ship Master or Product Master, visit www.commercehub.com.
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