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Tribune
Expands Recycler.com Free Classified Listings to 12 Cities
Provides e-commerce
and comparison tools making it easy to
find stuff, sell stuff and compare stuff
CHICAGO,
May 12, 2005 -- Tribune Interactive
and Classified, a division of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB),
today announced the expansion of its LA-based Recycler.com
to provide free classified listings to 12 additional cities.
Tribune debuted the service in Dallas, Houston, Seattle,
St. Louis, Indianapolis and New Orleans last week. The
company will roll out Recycler.com to New York, Chicago,
Baltimore, Orlando, Fla., Hartford, Conn. and Allentown,
Pa. throughout the month of May.
"Recycler.com makes online shopping convenient and
fun," said Julianna Cole, Tribune Interactive & Classified
vice president/merchandise and classified technology. "It
provides consumers easy access to items for sale, trade
or free -- all direct from one community member to another."
Along with general
merchandise listings, the site includes job, home and automotive
listings, community retail services and announcements.
"The
expansion of Recycler.com is a great complement to the
classified listings offered by Tribune’s newspaper
websites and our other classified products such as
Cars.com, CareerBuilder.com and Apartments.com," said
Tim Landon, Tribune Interactive & Classified president.
"It reflects our commitment to bringing new, valuable
products to consumers and providing an online marketplace
to the communities we serve."
Recycler.com differs from other free
classified websites because of an online comparison feature
that allows users to preview select listings from other
sites -- such as
local newspaper listings, or listings from other online classified
websites. The comparison tool enables sellers to review comparable
products and ensure the item is priced competitively; and
allows buyers to identify the best deals. The site’s
optional "Browse and Buy" e-commerce tool simplifies
transactions and enables the sale and purchase to take place
completely online--no checks, no money orders and no
mailing hassles.
Sellers benefit from several listing packages,
including:
- Free listing - a 50-character headline,
2,000-character description, one main photo and one additional
photo that runs for 14 days -- all free of charge!
- Enhanced
listing - a 50-character headline, 2,000-character description,
one main photo and five additional photos, bold headline
and priority positioning that runs for 21 days -- for
as low as $6.95.
- eCommerce "Browse and Buy" listing
- a 50-character headline, 2,000-character description,
one main photo and five additional photos that runs for
21 days and offers the ability to buy and sell online.
The price of this listing is based on the asking price
of item for sale. For example, an item with an asking price
of $100-$399.99 will have a listing fee of $10.00.
The
expanded Recycler.com is hosted by CityXpress Corp.
and runs on eMarketplaceExpress, the company’s classified
marketplace platform.
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The Recycler has been connecting buyers
and sellers—and communities in general—together
for 30 years. Recycler.com is a stand alone business operation
of Recycler Classifieds based in Los Angeles, Calif. Recycler
Classified also produces eight weekly geographically-zoned
newspapers in Southern California and nine Photo Buys/Recycler
Photo publications (mostly devoted to automobiles.) For more
information, visit www.recycler.com.
Tribune Interactive and Classified, a division of Tribune
Company (NYSE:TRB), manages the interactive operations of
major daily newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago
Tribune, Newsday and their associated websites and all aspects
of Tribune’s print and online classified advertising
operations. Its national classified sites include CareerBuilder.com,
Cars.com and Apartments.com. With more than 50 websites overall,
Tribune Interactive and Classified ranks among the nation’s
leading news and information networks. The sites attract
nearly 12 million unique visitors per month. |
