Channel Intelligence Congratulates Internet Retailer Top 500 Customers

Orlando, FL, May 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Channel Intelligence, Inc. (CI), the leader in Internet marketing commerce solutions for manufacturers, retailers and publishers, congratulates its customers appearing in the 2009 Internet Retailer Top 500, the annual guide to America's 500 largest e-retailers. CI customers continue to dominate the top ranking spots as the company works with seven out of the top 10 retailers and over 30 percent of the top 100. In addition, the 83 Web retailers in the IR Top 500 working with CI saw an average revenue gain of approximately $72 million, with four customers experiencing gains of $200 million or more, despite the overall dip in performance of the retail industry.

Every year, Internet Retailer releases its ranking of the Top 500 Retailers operating online based on revenue. This year, 81 of the Top 500 companies are using one or more of CI's marketing technology and performance solutions to improve brand awareness, increase sales and achieve a higher return-on-ad-spend. Several customers enjoyed a boost in their Top 500 rankings or were able to hold onto their 2008 spots. Among the top gains in customer rankings, Bealls moved from No. 458 to 309, New York & Company jumped from No. 303 to 229, Cymax Stores rose from No. 247 to 200, and Golfsmith moved from No. 214 to 172.

Also making significant gains were The Children's Place (No. 181 to 149), Improvement Direct (No. 148 to 127), and Unbeatablesale (No. 355 to 338). Other positive movements in the Top 100 included Sears Roebuck inching up from No. 8 to 7, NewEgg reaching No. 9 from 10, Best Buy moving from No. 12 to 10, Systemax now No. 21 up from 22, Overstock.com from No. 30 to 29, and Neiman Marcus from No. 37 to 35 among others as well as those holding steady in their top spots: Office Max (No. 6), and Buy.com (No. 33). CI would also like to congratulate those customers joining the list for the first time, including Garmin (No. 313) and 3balls.com (No. 378).

"The last year has been tough for the retail industry, so we're especially pleased to see so many of our customers performing well," said Rob Wight, CEO and President of Channel Intelligence. "We are focused on providing innovative services that support online sales growth, so seeing our customers continue to grow even when others are facing declines is very gratifying for us. We look forward to seeing even higher numbers next year."

More than 61 of the 83 customers appearing in the Internet Retailer Top 500 use CI's SellCast® Retailer Solutions. SellCast® Retailer Solutions are based on a proprietary data platform that provides retailers with actionable insight and management capabilities to drive profitable online advertising programs in shopping engines and online marketplaces. The solutions are available in outsourced Managed Services with day-to-day activities managed by Strategic Marketing Consultants, Advisory Services where retailers are provided with industry-leading services and support, and TrueTag™ Services, which provide comprehensive tracking and business analytics to better understand and measure performance across all online marketing programs. In addition, several of the company's SellPath® Manufacturer Solutions and CI Ad Network Solutions customers were named in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide.

About Channel Intelligence, Inc. (CI):

CI is a product data technology and marketing company focused on helping retailers and manufacturers make their products easier for consumers to find and buy on the Internet and in local retail stores. The CI product database is capable of storing, managing, optimizing and analyzing hundreds of millions of products every day. This database powers product data for leading manufacturers and retailers in Computing, Home Improvement, Appliances, Consumer Electronics, Toys and other Consumer Product industries such as Apparel, Cosmetics and Jewelry. CI offers innovative suites of services for hundreds of the world's best known manufacturers, retailers and publishers and provides distribution of product data to over 50 destination websites, including the proprietary CI Ad Network. Cultivating partnerships with some of the best solution providers in the eCommerce arena, CI is a partner company of Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE) and Aweida Capital Management. CI was founded in 1999 by CEO Robert Wight and EVP Alan Fulmer and is headquartered in Orlando, Fla., with offices in Geneva, Switzerland and London, England. Learn more at www.channelintelligence.com.

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