29/11/2001 QXL.com and The Times Newspapers Limited announce exclusive auction partnership London, 29th November 2001 - QXL.com ('QXL'), the UK division of QXL ricardo plc, and The Times Newspapers Limited ('TNL') today announce an exclusive content and e-commerce agreement. The agreement will provide:
The agreement will enable Times readers to bid for a continuous selection of items offered by QXL.com's auction community in a specially created, co-branded auction environment, www.thetimes.co.uk/auctions. In addition to this dedicated auction area which is within thetimes.co.uk's shopping channel and will be exclusively populated by QXL auctions, visitors will find integrated auctions throughout the site, in categories such as Travel, Music, Film, Sport and Home & Garden. The official launch date is Monday 3rd December. Through this partnership, QXL and TNL will offer their respective partners, such as sellers or advertisers, unique, cross-media promotional opportunities. These promotions may be supported offline through The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers and supplements and online through the QXL and thetimes.co.uk sites. Through this partnership QXL members, The Times and The Sunday Times readers will also enjoy exclusive auction events. Marc Charron, Managing Director of QXL.com, commented, "We're very pleased to be working with The Times. The individual assets the companies bring to the relationship together create terrific opportunities. The Times' readership and QXL members can expect exciting events, which will cross media and feature unique content and an original buying experience." Annelies van den Belt, Business Development Director of Times Group Digital commented, "We are delighted to be working in partnership with QXL to offer our readers access to exclusive, unique content, which will enable us to offer users an exclusive service as well as extend our current commercial relationships on and offline. For further information:
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