eBags.com won “Website of the Year” at the 2006 Multichannel Merchant Awards. The awards were announced at a special luncheon on May 10 at the Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM) in Chicago. The company also received the Gold Award in Consumer Specialty Products – Web Channel.
The Multichannel Merchant Awards honor outstanding companies in catalog and multichannel retailing. E-tailers and online stores were judged on overall design, marketing of the site and sales results.
“Receiving this recognition from our peers in retailing and ecommerce for a fourth time is a tremendous honor,” says Jon Nordmark eBags' CEO, “We are proud of the progress we have made at eBags over the past seven years. We strive to bring innovative, pioneering new technologies to eBags.com to make shopping for bags and accessories easy, fun and engaging for our customers.”
eBags.com has previously won the “Website of the Year” award in 2001, 2002, and 2004. Last year's winner was landsend.com.
eBags.com also received the Community Service Award from the Travel Goods Association for fundraising work on behalf of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation through its Pick Pink at eBags program. TGA's Community Service Award recognizes an individual or company that has distinguished itself by making a positive social contribution.
“eBags is proud to have raised $350,000 in support of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation,” said Peter Cobb, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of eBags.com. “Almost 70% of our customers are women and we are committed to fighting this life-threatening disease by raising funds for breast cancer research, education and outreach programs through our Pick Pink Program.”
eBags Pick Pink program donates 10% of the retail sales price of any pink luggage, handbag or accessory on eBags.com to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Over 900 pink products are available with new styles being added every day. For more information, visit www.ebags.com/pickpink .
