Walmart Adds 1 Million New Items Including eBags.com

Walmart.com announced today that it will begin carrying 1 million new items with the addition of it's new Walmart Marketplace. The additional products will come from a number of sites including well known etailers like eBags, CSN Stores and Pro Team.

"This will have a significant impact on eBags and will help further solidify eBags as the place to go for luggage", according to Eliot Cobb, of Denver CO, a Co-founder of eBags, and the original CFO. "It's also coming at a perfect time for the upcoming Christmas Holiday and should have a direct impact of eBags Holiday quarter sales.

For more information see the attached press release:



Walmart.com Adds Nearly One Million New Items With the Launch of Walmart
Marketplace

BRISBANE, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Walmart.com today announced that it has added nearly one million new items to its online product assortment with the launch of "Walmart Marketplace," a new program that gives customers more choices at Walmart.com (www.walmart.com). Walmart Marketplace enables a select group of retailers to offer additional products at Walmart.com, providing customers more selection and added convenience.

Walmart Marketplace further expands its online assortment with new products
and top brands within some of the most popular online categories, including
Home, Baby, Apparel, Toys and Sporting Goods / Sports Memorabilia. In
addition, the program offers the added convenience of purchasing from select
retailers known for their customer service and large selection. Walmart.com
carefully chose these specific retailers based on their strong customer
service track records and large assortments of quality brands and products.
Also, Walmart.com will continue to grow the Walmart Marketplace program with
additional retailers over the next year.

Current Walmart Marketplace retailers include:

-- CSN Stores (www.csnstores.com) - home, baby, toys, sporting goods and
shoes

-- eBags (www.ebags.com) - bags and luggage

-- Pro Team, a subsidiary of Dreams, Inc. (NYSE Amex: DRJ) - licensed
sports apparel and collectibles

"We've added nearly one million new items to our online assortment with the
introduction of Walmart Marketplace, making it even easier for customers to
find more of what they want when shopping Walmart.com," said Kerry Cooper,
Walmart.com's chief marketing officer. "Working with select retailers, known
for their strong customer service and large online assortments of new
merchandise, gives our customer more reasons to choose Walmart.com when
shopping online."

Customers can find the expanded assortment online at Walmart.com beginning
today. As an added convenience for customers, all purchases from a Walmart
Marketplace retailer are managed through Walmart.com's trusted and secure
checkout process. The Walmart Marketplace retailer will then manage and
support the order, including shipping and handling, customer service,
exchanges and returns.

In the coming months, Walmart.com will announce additional programs designed
to further expand its online assortment for customers.

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