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