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PixelMEDIA Wins “Best of Retail” Award for ECCO USA Website
Web Marketing Association’s Award Acknowledges ECCO USA’s Site as One of the Internet’s Best
Portsmouth, NH - 12/15/2004 - PixelMEDIA, Inc., a full service company offering integrated strategy, design and implementation services for Web, multimedia and IT initiatives, today announced the company has won the Web Marketing Associations prestigious Best of Retail WebAward for its work on ECCO USAs retail website, the US branch of the seventh largest shoe brand in the world. The Associations WebAward Competition is a premier annual award competition that judges and recognizes the individual and team achievement of Web professionals who create and maintain outstanding websites.
The award recognized PixelMEDIAs development of a fully customized e-commerce storefront and content and asset management system that was designed, developed and deployed on Microsoft's .NET platform. PixelMEDIA designed and developed a fully customizable and secure enterprise class commerce solution that features an elegantly branded Web interface, full product line catalog, and a configurable shopping cart. ECCOs e-commerce site utilizes real-time SAP integration to offer two-way inventory feeds, integration with its order management system for fulfillment, and automatic order updates. In addition, ECCO is able to benefit from cross-sell opportunities based on built in campaign management capabilities.
With over 80 industry categories and websites competing head-to-head for the top honors, it made for tough competition. We are proud and honored to be recognized with some of the top agencies in our field--agencies we actually look up to, said Thomas J. Obrey, COO of PixelMEDIA. This award validates our teams ability to consistently deliver award winning work to our clients.
WebAward entries come in from 19 countries round the world to be considered in one of 80 categories. Each submission is judged against a standard of excellence and then against the other entries in a certain category to win a Best of the Web award. A certain minimum score must be achieved to qualify for a WebAward with entries being judged on seven criteria -- design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease-of-use. The WebAward competition's judges represent various relevant disciplines and are distinguished experts in their fields, including members of the media, advertising executives, site designers, content providers and Web masters.
"We chose PixelMEDIA for our Internet-services and as our one source provider in the hopes that they could build a site that would showcase our brand, said Barbara Briguglio, vice president of operations, ECCO USA.. The collaboration between the two companies has been more than we could imagine. PixelMEDIA has been able to create a site that not only showcases our brand strategy, but provides an exemplary consumer experience for all to visit us.
About ECCO USA
Founded in 1963, Eccolet Sko is an international designer and manufacturer of men's, women's and children's shoes. Today, ECCO employs more than 9,000 people around the world producing more than 12 million pairs of shoes every year-making it the seventh largest shoe brand in the world.
About PixelMEDIA
PixelMEDIA is an award-winning provider of integrated Internet and IT services that help clients align initiatives with short and long-term business objectives. PixelMEDIA provides the strategic, creative and technical expertise needed to increase revenue opportunities and reduce costs. Founded in 1994, PixelMEDIAs services include custom Web and Application design and development, User Interface design, Flash and multimedia tools, Search Engine services, Content Management, hosting and site management. PixelMEDIA's customers include industry leaders such as Tyco International, ECCO Shoes, CVS/pharmacy, LogicaCMG, MatrixOne, Nokia, Harvey Industries, and Cbeyond Communications. More information on PixelMEDIA can be found at www.pixelmedia.com.