プレス・リリース (2002-08-26)
YesAsia.com and Kingstone Form Alliance to Bring Chinese Books to Chinese Worldwide
(San Francisco; August 26, 2002) YesAsia.com, the leading online Asian entertainment store, today announced the commencement of its alliance with Kingstone, the largest bookstore chain in Taiwan with over 100 physical stores nationwide. Through this alliance, YesAsia.com and Kingstone will promote Chinese culture and literature at "kingstone.yesasia.com" to overseas Chinese communities, which have traditionally had limited means of obtaining information about and purchasing Chinese books.
"Since January 2002, YesAsia.com has been working with bookstores and publishers in Hong Kong to develop its Book Outlet. Partners can easily upload products to YesAsia.com, effectively reaching the company's 150,000 customers, and sell their books via this new channel. Kingstone is our first book alliance in Taiwan, and we are proud to be working with a partner of their strong reputation and expertise. Thanks to this exciting new alliance, our customers can now find an even wider array of Chinese books at our Book Outlet, further enriching their shopping experience at YesAsia.com," said Albert Wong, YesAsia.com's IT and Operation Director.
"A healthy overseas demand exists for Chinese books, and we are excited to be working with YesAsia.com to address this demand. YesAsia has created the most effective channel available for reaching the largest pool of overseas Chinese with minimum effort and investment. They are one of the few companies to survive the burst of the internet bubble intact, and we feel they are the right partner to help us leverage the power and reach offered by the internet. With YesAsia's rich experience in e-commerce and established logistics system covering North America and Europe, and our expertise in books, I believe we can rapidly capture significant market share in this relatively untapped market," said Cindy Liu, Project Manager of Digital Kingstone Co., Ltd.
The YesAsia.com and Kingstone alliance is designed to provide meaningful benefits to customers. Customers can easily find the latest releases, bestseller information, and book reviews at "kingstone.yesasia.com," and receive their book orders in the shortest time with quality delivery service. The alliance is the fruition of bringing together the highly complementary strengths of two leading Asian product brands to create a better shopping experience for Chinese worldwide.
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About YesAsia.com, Inc.
Founded in 1998, headquartered in San Francisco with regional offices in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, YesAsia.com has successfully established itself as the leading Internet source of Asian entertainment products including music, videos, karaoke, games, books, magazines, electronics, toys and gifts. Firmly committed to offering good customer service to its customers, YesAsia.com has allied with more than 80 different leading brands worldwide including Sony Music International, EMI Asia, and Universal Music. Besides its renowned global E-Commerce infrastructure, YesAsia.com also possesses a highly secure and sophisticated technology platform in four languages to provide better browsing and shopping experience to customers. With its continuous efforts to improve, YesAsia.com has earned the Top Service Award from Yahoo!, the Most Popular Merchant from Yahoo! HK, and the Best Music and Movie Shopping Site from CMAsia. For more information on YesAsia.com, please visit the Company's corporate information site.
About Kingstone
Kingstone has secured a leading market position and respected reputation throughout Taiwan with its extensive distribution channel, warehouse management and state of the art logistics system. Possessing a wealth of expertise and experience in the book market, Kingstone is one of the most effective "Chinese knowledge channels" available. Building on these successes, Kingstone will continue to develop its Taiwan market while expanding to serve Chinese communities all over the globe through the Internet, providing professional, friendly and custom services for its customers.
"Since January 2002, YesAsia.com has been working with bookstores and publishers in Hong Kong to develop its Book Outlet. Partners can easily upload products to YesAsia.com, effectively reaching the company's 150,000 customers, and sell their books via this new channel. Kingstone is our first book alliance in Taiwan, and we are proud to be working with a partner of their strong reputation and expertise. Thanks to this exciting new alliance, our customers can now find an even wider array of Chinese books at our Book Outlet, further enriching their shopping experience at YesAsia.com," said Albert Wong, YesAsia.com's IT and Operation Director.
"A healthy overseas demand exists for Chinese books, and we are excited to be working with YesAsia.com to address this demand. YesAsia has created the most effective channel available for reaching the largest pool of overseas Chinese with minimum effort and investment. They are one of the few companies to survive the burst of the internet bubble intact, and we feel they are the right partner to help us leverage the power and reach offered by the internet. With YesAsia's rich experience in e-commerce and established logistics system covering North America and Europe, and our expertise in books, I believe we can rapidly capture significant market share in this relatively untapped market," said Cindy Liu, Project Manager of Digital Kingstone Co., Ltd.
The YesAsia.com and Kingstone alliance is designed to provide meaningful benefits to customers. Customers can easily find the latest releases, bestseller information, and book reviews at "kingstone.yesasia.com," and receive their book orders in the shortest time with quality delivery service. The alliance is the fruition of bringing together the highly complementary strengths of two leading Asian product brands to create a better shopping experience for Chinese worldwide.
About YesAsia.com, Inc.
Founded in 1998, headquartered in San Francisco with regional offices in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, YesAsia.com has successfully established itself as the leading Internet source of Asian entertainment products including music, videos, karaoke, games, books, magazines, electronics, toys and gifts. Firmly committed to offering good customer service to its customers, YesAsia.com has allied with more than 80 different leading brands worldwide including Sony Music International, EMI Asia, and Universal Music. Besides its renowned global E-Commerce infrastructure, YesAsia.com also possesses a highly secure and sophisticated technology platform in four languages to provide better browsing and shopping experience to customers. With its continuous efforts to improve, YesAsia.com has earned the Top Service Award from Yahoo!, the Most Popular Merchant from Yahoo! HK, and the Best Music and Movie Shopping Site from CMAsia. For more information on YesAsia.com, please visit the Company's corporate information site.
About Kingstone
Kingstone has secured a leading market position and respected reputation throughout Taiwan with its extensive distribution channel, warehouse management and state of the art logistics system. Possessing a wealth of expertise and experience in the book market, Kingstone is one of the most effective "Chinese knowledge channels" available. Building on these successes, Kingstone will continue to develop its Taiwan market while expanding to serve Chinese communities all over the globe through the Internet, providing professional, friendly and custom services for its customers.
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