Mercent Rocks Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2010; Company to Attend, Exhibit, Speak and Blog at Nation's Largest eCommerce Tradeshow June 8-11, 2010


SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - May 19, 2010) -  Mercent™, a leading provider of on-demand marketing solutions for retailers, today announced the company will attend, exhibit, speak and blog at the largest eCommerce tradeshow in the nation -- Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE), which is being held at the McCormick Place West in Chicago June 8-11, 2010.

"Mercent is excited to be an active participant at IRCE, an event that represents the largest gathering of Tier 1 brand name eRetailers, hundreds of mid-to-small size eRetailers and industry experts, pundits, media and analysts. This year's event serves as an ideal venue for Mercent to share its latest company progress, market development, newest product offerings and Mercent Retail™ platform enhancements," commented Mercent CEO Eric Best. "Additionally, we are pleased to share center stage with one of our premier retail customers, FootSmart, in a highly informative session covering eMarketing in the current economy, the rapidly evolving and increasingly challenging online advertising landscape, and real-world strategies and programs to drive online sales and profits, enhance customer loyalty and increase marketshare." 

The Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition is the world's largest eRetailing event. The event delivers comprehensive, detailed and unbiased information on the ever-changing requirements for retailing success online to the Top 500 eRetailers attending, as well as hundreds of smaller players that fall outside this prestigious group. As an exhibitor, Mercent will be at Booth #205 providing interactive demonstrations of Mercent's award-winning Mercent Retail online marketing and channel management platform; detailing Mercent's newest product releases and offerings; and registering guests for a chance to win an Apple iPad. 

Mercent is also featured as a marquis presenter at this three-day retail event and will head-up a dynamic session entitled "Secrets to More Nimble eMarketing" with its Internet Retailer Top 250 client FootSmart. The session is scheduled for Wednesday, June 9th from 11:15 am - 12:00 pm CST. Mercent will also be posting exclusive, real-time summaries and reviews of various IRCE panels and speeches on the Mercent Blog and Twitter.

Mercent helps the world's most successful online merchants -- including Orvis, Fossil, 1-800-Flowers, Bass Pro Shops, Brookstone, GUESS?, and REI -- optimize online shopping channel marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition, revenues, profits, and inventory velocity through its award-winning Mercent Retail SAAS technology and Mercent Performance™ professional services. Mercent is the single point of integration with a vast online advertising network that includes more than 80 data-intensive online advertising channels including Amazon.com, AOL, eBay, Microsoft Bing, Yahoo!, and Google. Attendees interested in speaking with Mercent during this two-day event can contact Mercent Communications Department at 206-310-5323 or email at kristines@mercent.com. Additional information regarding the Mercent Retail shopping feed and product feed solution; Mercent Retail™ Social shopping service; Mercent Performance marketing service; and/or the company's complete list of online marketing channels in the Mercent Shopping Network are available at www.mercent.com.

About Mercent
Mercent is a leading provider of online channel marketing technology and services for retailers. 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, Brookstone, GUESS?, L'Occitane USA, Redcats Group, and REI optimize online shopping channel marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition, revenues, profits, and inventory velocity. Mercent is the single point of integration with a vast online advertising network that includes transactional marketplaces such as Amazon.com and eBay; comparison shopping engines (CSEs) such as Shopping.com and NextTag; affiliate marketing programs such as LinkShare and the Google Affiliate Network; and other product advertising channels including Microsoft Bing Cashback and Google Product Listing Ads (PLA). The company is a 'Selling on Amazon.com' Certified System Integrator, Buy.com Gold Certified Partner, eBay Certified Provider and certified Google Product Search Partner. Founded by a seasoned team of Amazon.com veterans, Mercent is a venture-funded company based in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit www.mercent.com.

Contact Information:

Mercent PR Contact:
Kristine Szarkowitz

(Tel: ) 206.310.5323