DiscountDance.com, LuggagePoint.com and Nimli.com Select Strands Recommender for Personalized Product Recommendations

Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- Strands (http://recommender.strands.com), the leading provider of social recommendations announced today that DiscountDance.com (Internet Retailer Top 500 #336), LuggagePoint.com, Nimli.com, and Furnitureblue.com have recently selected Strands to power their automatic product recommendations. The sites will employ a new level of personalization through the use of the Strands Recommender™ and provide an optimal customer experience online. Strands Social Recommender™ will allow each of the online retailers to automate their cross sell and up sell throughout the product, shopping cart and checkout pages as well as offering recommendations through behaviorally targeted email campaigns.

"We were amazed by the ease of implementation," said John Miller, VP of Ecommerce / IT, DiscountDance.com. "We were able to place Strands Recommendations on our site through 3 easy steps, and we are seeing measurable results within a couple of weeks." DiscountDance.com, LuggagePoint.com, Nimli.com and FurnitureBlue.com are just a few of the online retailers relying on Strands Recommendation engine for it's ease of implementation and an algorithm that delivers personalized product suggestions for online shoppers. "Strands offers a very comprehensive feature set at very competitive price points. After looking at various solutions, it was clear for us that they could easily integrate with the Beanbasket cart and platform, and the teams have deployed in under a week." said Rajat Arora, founder and CEO at Nimli.com, a fast-growing store and Ecommerce marketplace for sustainable products.

Strands increases conversion rates and average order values by pulling together catalog metadata, user generated content from ratings and reviews vendors such as Power Reviews and BazaarVoice, as well as multiple types of behavioral data. Strands Recommender helps merchandising and marketing teams understand what's working and why at a category, brand, product selection and transactional level.

"Helping online merchants drive increased conversions and sales in this economy is very satisfying. Strands has the most cost-effective and comprehensive recommender system in the market now and are really excited about recent changes that have brought deployment cycles to just a few days. Our focus continues to be on delivering an easy-to-use personalization system that brings the best value to merchandisers and marketers of large and small retailers alike," said Jesus A. Pindado, VP and GM at Strands.

About Strands:

Strands is the leading provider of social recommendations and continues to develop recommendation and personalization technologies that deliver personalized shopping experiences and targeted product recommendations for online shoppers. The patent-pending Strands Social Recommender™ is capable of automatically learning people's tastes and how their preferences evolve over time. Strands customers range from billion dollars to a few million dollars in revenue, and recommendations work effectively in a vast number of vertical domains. Based on proven technology, the recommender engine can be used in conjunction with email marketing solutions, search engines, shopping carts, and E-commerce platforms. Strands is headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon and has offices in New York, San Francisco and Madrid, Spain.

To learn more about Strands products and services, as well as our partnership program, visit us http://recommender.strands.com or call 646.213.2000.

Media Contact:

Christopher Contos

Strands

Director of Marketing

Tel: 415.398.4333 x204

Email: contos(at)strands.com

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Home Site Map Advertise For Sale Subscribe to our Monthly Email Newsletter	honorablesite.com DiscountDance.com, LuggagePoint.com and Nimli.com Select Strands Recommender for Personalized Product Recommendations Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- Strands (http://recommender.strands.com), the leading provider of social recommendations announced today that DiscountDance.com (Internet Retailer Top 500 #336), LuggagePoint.com, Nimli.com, and Furnitureblue.com have recently selected Strands to power their automatic product recommendations. The sites will employ a new level of personalization through the use of the Strands Recommender™ and provide an optimal customer experience online. Strands Social Recommender™ will allow each of the online retailers to automate their cross sell and up sell throughout the product, shopping cart and checkout pages as well as offering recommendations through behaviorally targeted email campaigns. "We were amazed by the ease of implementation," said John Miller, VP of Ecommerce / IT, DiscountDance.com. "We were able to place Strands Recommendations on our site through 3 easy steps, and we are seeing measurable results within a couple of weeks." DiscountDance.com, LuggagePoint.com, Nimli.com and FurnitureBlue.com are just a few of the online retailers relying on Strands Recommendation engine for it's ease of implementation and an algorithm that delivers personalized product suggestions for online shoppers. "Strands offers a very comprehensive feature set at very competitive price points. After looking at various solutions, it was clear for us that they could easily integrate with the Beanbasket cart and platform, and the teams have deployed in under a week." said Rajat Arora, founder and CEO at Nimli.com, a fast-growing store and Ecommerce marketplace for sustainable products. Strands increases conversion rates and average order values by pulling together catalog metadata, user generated content from ratings and reviews vendors such as Power Reviews and BazaarVoice, as well as multiple types of behavioral data. Strands Recommender helps merchandising and marketing teams understand what's working and why at a category, brand, product selection and transactional level. "Helping online merchants drive increased conversions and sales in this economy is very satisfying. Strands has the most cost-effective and comprehensive recommender system in the market now and are really excited about recent changes that have brought deployment cycles to just a few days. Our focus continues to be on delivering an easy-to-use personalization system that brings the best value to merchandisers and marketers of large and small retailers alike," said Jesus A. Pindado, VP and GM at Strands. About Strands: Strands is the leading provider of social recommendations and continues to develop recommendation and personalization technologies that deliver personalized shopping experiences and targeted product recommendations for online shoppers. The patent-pending Strands Social Recommender™ is capable of automatically learning people's tastes and how their preferences evolve over time. Strands customers range from billion dollars to a few million dollars in revenue, and recommendations work effectively in a vast number of vertical domains. Based on proven technology, the recommender engine can be used in conjunction with email marketing solutions, search engines, shopping carts, and E-commerce platforms. Strands is headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon and has offices in New York, San Francisco and Madrid, Spain. To learn more about Strands products and services, as well as our partnership program, visit us http://recommender.strands.com or call 646.213.2000. Media Contact: Christopher Contos Strands Director of Marketing Tel: 415.398.4333 x204 Email: contos(at)strands.com ### This press release has been reprinted from PRWEB per the terms and conditions of the copyright notice. 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