NBA Superstar Yao Ming Partners With Consumer Electronics Leader

Born and raised in Shanghai, Yao Ming began his NBA career in 2002 - the
first-ever number one NBA draft pick to come from an international league.com's presence in France will revolutionize online retailing and
help deliver on the promise of a common European market, " commented Daniel
Ciporin, Chairman and CEO of Shopping.S.

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Shopping.com Accelerates International Expansion With Launch in France

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offers across borders, with the site automatically managing currency and
language conversions and calculating the cost of shipping.S.com's launch in France builds on the success of
the company's UK operation during the past four years, where Shopping .com is
ranked the second leading comparison site (Neilsen NetRatings, January 2005). The
Company gathers product and merchant data from across the Internet, organizes
and structures it into a comprehensive catalog, and presents the resulting
information to consumers in a user-friendly interface.

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new spots will begin airing in mid-May and Garmin and Yao's partnership will
extend through 2007.com ( http://fr. (behind eBay and Amazon) with approximately 20 million unique visitors
each month (comScore Media Metrix).

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Since then, fans have voted Yao as a starter in every NBA All-Star Game.
Shopping. These include leading clothing
merchant La Redoute, part of the PPR group; electronics specialist Pixmania;
Apple computers; and Chateauonline , one of the leading online wine merchants
in Europe.
"Pixmania has always been pan-European in scope and focused on offering
the most customized environment in each country to its customers ," says Ulric
Jerome, Managing Director for France, UK, Scandinavia, Pixmania.com,
founded in 1997 , and Epinions.

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This is a major step forward
in building a common European market, providing consumers with the information
they need to find, compare and buy products regardless of differences related
to geography, language or price.com already has secured some of the largest and most well-known
French retailers for the site in hundreds of categories, ranging from
children's car seats to mobile phones . "So we are
happy to see a large global player, such as Shopping."
Shopping. Its mission is to transform the way
consumers shop and merchants sell online by providing consumers with the
broadest range of data to inform their purchase decision -- from merchant,
brand, and product specs to pricing, availability and reviews.

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Garmin International , Inc. That number is expected to
nearly double by year's end. Their leadership and depth of content will enable
merchants, such as Pixmania, to receive high quality traffic to their sites."
Shopping.com is currently the third most visited online retail site in the
U. Informed choice turns
browsers into buyers and creates one of the most productive acquisition and
sales channels for merchants online.

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Video, hard copy requests, contact information and
more available at http://www.com in France.com , founded in 1999.

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com/broadcast/21651/consumer. Yao will play a key
role in Garmin's branding , promotion, and advertising plans, and will appear
in a unified marketing campaign that is designed to build awareness of the
Garmin brand as the premier integrator of GPS (Global Positioning System )
enabled devices and a leading designer and manufacturer of consumer
electronics.

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Garmin International designs and manufactures navigation, communication
and information devices - most of which are enabled by GPS technology., Shopping.com
(Nasdaq: SHOP), the global leader in online comparison shopping, today
announced the launch of Shopping.shopping.com is one of the fastest growing online retail destinations in
the U. International expansion is a critical element to the company's
continued momentum, with more than US$1 million in the first quarter and
approximately US$8-$10 million for the full year of 2005 being invested in
overseas expansion.com. "This announcement provides
merchants the chance to reach a much larger audience while giving consumers in
France the opportunity to experience first-hand an online marketplace which
combines ease-of-use with unparalleled depth of product and supplier
information.com
Shopping.com was
launched in 2003 as the new brand and corporate identity of Dealtime.

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has announced that it has formed a multi-year
global partnership with NBA basketball superstar Yao Ming.

For more information please visit http://www.garmin.
Consumers using Shopping. Approximately 20 percent of the offers available to consumers in
France are from merchants in foreign countries.com, bring to continental
Europe a high level of experience in providing accurate and essential
information to users.

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Garmin
is a pioneer in developing innovative products for consumers, and a leader in
the general aviation and consumer GPS markets and its products serve aviation,
marine, outdoor recreation, automotive, wireless and OEM applications . At the same time,
merchants will have the opportunity to dramatically increase their potential
customer base and reach more than 98 million European online shoppers (Jupiter
2004).
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