eBay and Google Execs Headline ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- ChannelAdvisor, a solution provider that enables online retailers to improve efficiency and increase revenue, today announced the agenda for its annual Catalyst conference being held May 3-5, 2010, at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club in Durham, NC.  The 9th annual conference, which sold out last year, is on track to sell out again with an agenda stacked with prestigious speakers.  

Currently slated to speak include the following:

• Scot Wingo, President and CEO of ChannelAdvisor
• Raju Malhotra, Director of Product Marketing, Bing
• Jay Custard, Global Online Marketing Director, Crocs
• Dinesh Lathi, Vice President of Buyer and Seller Experience, eBay
• Stephanie Tilenius, Vice President of E-Commerce, Google

"Catalyst is easily one of the best venues to network with our top merchants," said Dinesh Lathi, VP of buyer and seller experience at eBay.  "It's the perfect opportunity for us to exchange ideas and solicit feedback from merchants of all sizes, which we take back and use to make eBay an even stronger marketplace."   

Attendees can also expect to learn, direct from industry experts and peers, strategies and best practices for selling more through comparison shopping engines, paid search, marketplaces, rich media and social media.  This year will also bring the return of the popular consumer panel, which allows attendees to poll a demographic range of consumers about their online shopping and buying habits.  

"We always hear from our retailers that Catalyst offers an unusual value proposition; the ability to interface in an intimate setting with senior management from companies that our retailers work with daily," asserted Scot Wingo, ChannelAdvisor CEO.  "We've created Catalyst with the idea of bringing together the most innovative minds in e-commerce to fuel discussions, solve problems and create new questions about where e-commerce is headed and how the industry can improve."

"Catalyst is the one show I refuse to miss," said David Duong, CEO of Shoe Metro.  "No other show provides the opportunity to network with so many peers and industry influencers."

To register for Catalyst today, or to find out more visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/catalyst/us/.

About ChannelAdvisor

ChannelAdvisor helps the world sell more online with applications that enable retailers to efficiently distribute their products across multiple online channels, drive shoppers to those products and then convert those shoppers into customers. The ChannelAdvisor platform empowers retailers to distribute their products across multiple online marketplaces, comparison shopping sites and search engines. With application features such as keyword generation, in-depth reporting, and a merchandising engine, retailers gain the solutions they need to easily fine-tune and analyze their marketing efforts to drive more shoppers to their products. ChannelAdvisor's rich media offerings and storefront applications enable retailers to provide an engaging online shopping experience that represents their brand and is optimized to convert shoppers into buyers.  In 2009, ChannelAdvisor managed $2.6 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) on behalf of leading retailers around the world including Saks, Dell, Brookstone and GSI Commerce.  ChannelAdvisor is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. with offices in Atlanta, Seattle, New York, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and Germany.  For further information, visit www.channeladvisor.com

SOURCE ChannelAdvisor