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Zazzle(R) and Signatures Network Sign Strategic Partnership Deal for On-Demand Custom Merchandise

 

Deal Gives Access to Signatures Network's Top Artists and Bands, including

The Who, KISS, Fergie, Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Velvet Revolver and

Others



    REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Zazzle, the only
 on-demand, online retail platform to offer billions of products that ship
 in 24 hours, today announced a distribution partnership with Signatures
 Network, the industry-leading music merchandising and licensing company.
 
     (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071128/AQW081)
 
     Signatures Network and Zazzle are joining forces starting this holiday
 season to bring "on-demand" merchandise to music fans worldwide. The
 companies will collaborate to bring to music fans Signatures' extensive
 library of artist designs, photos and images, allowing fans to design
 personalized shirts and other products.
 
     Signatures Network artists will have their own galleries on Zazzle,
 displaying an infinite selection of ready-to-order and customizable
 products where fans can put their personal style on official artist
 merchandise while still maintaining the integrity of the artist's brand.
 With Zazzle's on-demand retail platform there are no set up fees, costs or
 inventory risks -- all merchandise can be created instantly and shipped in
 24 hours. In addition, through Zazzle's innovative "Model Realview"
 technology, all artist t-shirts are displayed three dimensionally on real
 models. Zazzle and its strategic distribution partners allow an
 unprecedented reach to millions of music fans through the Zazzle
 marketplace, the Signatures Network web sites, MySpace, Facebook, artist
 fan sites and blogs.
 
     Zazzle will launch its on-demand custom retail platform for Signatures
 Network with the following artists: The Who, Kiss, Fergie, Black Eyed Peas,
 Velvet Revolver, Slash, Maroon 5, ZZ Top, Rob Zombie, Tommy Lee, Pantera,
 and Alice Cooper. More artists will be announced soon.
 
     "Signatures Network is the leader in music merchandise and we are
 excited to be their digital partner in offering music fans around the globe
 great designs, artwork, and content in Signatures' extensive catalogue,"
 said James Heckman, Zazzle's Chief Strategy Officer. "Merchandise has
 always been a great way for artists to stay connected to their fans. In
 today's every changing digital world, we are able to take it one step
 further by offering endless possibilities of high quality products
 instantly, on-demand through our propriety technology."
 
     "Zazzle is a perfect complement to Signatures Network's worldwide
 marketing efforts by offering thousands of products featuring our artists
 that are available instantaneously to consumers," said Dell Furano, CEO of
 Signatures Network. "Through their extensive distribution reach with key
 online partners, Zazzle enables artists to sell merchandise anytime, and
 anywhere they interact with their fans online, and allows fans to further
 promote the merchandise on their websites and profiles to their friends,
 and even personalize it to fit their personal style."
 
     Zazzle enables content owners to unlock and monetize their entire
 content libraries, allowing consumers to easily and instantaneously create
 physical, customizable products including t-shirts, mugs, posters, hats,
 real U.S. postage and more, which fit their personal style. Zazzle has
 strategic relationships already in place with MySpace, Warner Music Group,
 Ford Models, edun LIVE, The Walt Disney Company, Fox's Family Guy,
 Lucasfilm LTD, the Library of Congress, and others for custom, on-demand
 merchandise.
 
     About Zazzle
 
     Infinite and Instant, Zazzle is the only on-demand retail platform for
 consumers and major brands, offering billions of retail quality,
 one-of-a-kind products shipped within 24 hours. Offering the largest
 library of customizable digital images from world-class brands, Zazzle
 enables content owners to unlock their entire libraries of content, making
 it available for purchase and customization by consumers. Through Zazzle's
 innovative on-demand retail and technology platform, users can instantly
 create, customize to fit their personal style, purchase and sell a near
 infinite array of products online. The company launched in 2005 and is
 based in Redwood City, California. For more information,
 http://www.Zazzle.com.
 
     About Signatures Network Inc.
 
     Signatures Network (SNI) is the music and concert industry's premiere
 merchandising, licensing and official music artist website company. SNI
 holds rights to more than 150 top music artists, celebrities, and
 entertainment properties including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Madonna, The
 Beatles, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Barbra Streisand, Ozzy Osbourne,
 Kiss, Billy Joel, Jennifer Lopez and the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art
 Festival among others
 
     (C)2007 Zazzle.com Inc., all right reserved. Zazzle is a registered
 trademark and trademark of Zazzle.com, Inc. in the United States and other
 countries.
 
 
 

SOURCE Zazzle