IR 500 Retailers Connect With Mercent at the 2011 Shop.org Annual Summit

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - Aug 23, 2011) - Mercent™, a leading provider of on-demand performance marketing solutions for retailers, announced today participation at the 2011 Shop.org Annual Summit to be held September 12^th -14^th at the Boston Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

As a tenured Shop.org Annual Summit attendee, exhibitor and presenter, Mercent will be on hand in Booth #830 to meet with conference attendees that include IR Top 500 merchants, industry media, Wall Street and retail analysts, and strategic partners. Throughout the 3-day event, Company executives will:

• Showcase the Mercent Retail Paid™ Search platform, which is recognized as the industry's leading paid search solution designed specifically for online retail marketers;
• Share how Mercent helps large brand name retailers increase their on line marketing performance, sales and revenues across leading online channels that include Amazon, Google, Bing, Shopping Engines, Affiliate Networks and others, through interactive Mercent Retail™ demos, customer case studies and performance results;
• Offer expert insight and data on the current state of eCommerce, expectations for the 2011 eRetail holiday shopping season, and channel management and marketing trends and best practices to help retailers increase their online sales revenue and profit; and,
• Register Mercent Booth #830 visitors for a chance to win a $1500 Online Spending Spree!

Attendees interested in scheduling time to meet with the Mercent team or demo Mercent's performance marketing solutions during the Summit are encouraged to email sales@mercent.com or call (206) 832-3971. Information regarding Mercent and its portfolio of performance marketing solutions, including Mercent Retail™, Mercent Performance marketing services and the complete list of online marketing channels in the Mercent Shopping Network is available at www.mercent.com.

The Shop.org Annual Summit is the premier event for online and multichannel retail leaders and regularly proves to be the best networking opportunity and learning environment for the digital retail community. The programming for the Annual Summit includes tactical and strategic breakout sessions, themed roundtable discussions and individual website tutorials. The Summit will feature an EXPO hall with over 180 solution providers showcasing products, technologies and services designed to improve the online retailing experience. For more information about the Shop.org Annual Summit, please visit the event's website at www.shop.org/summit11/.

About Shop.Org
Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation, is the world's leading membership community for digital retail. Founded in 1996, Shop.org's 700 members include the 10 largest retailers in the U.S. and more than 60 percent of the Internet Retailer Top 100 E-Retailers. It's where the best retail minds come together to gain the insight, knowledge and intelligence to make smarter, more informed decisions in the evolving world of the Internet and multichannel retailing. Shop.org programs and activities include benchmarking research, events and networking communities.

About Mercent:
Mercent ensures the world's leading retailers are visible, competitive and profitable wherever consumers shop online. Through its award-winning Mercent Retail™ SAAS technology and Mercent Performance™ professional services, Mercent helps the world's most successful online merchants including 1-800-Flowers, Bass Pro Shops, GUESS?, L'Occitane USA, HSN and others, maximize their online marketing performance to drive inventory velocity, customer acquisition, revenues and profits. Supported online shopping destinations include Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Bing, comparison shopping engines (CSEs), affiliate networks, social shopping sites, and paid search and display advertising campaigns. The company was founded by Amazon.com veterans, is venture-funded, and is based in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit www.mercent.com.