Press Releases

07.12.2006

Intershop Partners with FACT-Finder

Intershop is partnering with Omikron Data Quality GmbH, the German market leader for online product searches

Jena, Germany - December 7, 2006 - Intershop Communications AG will incorporate the FACT-Finder search and navigation solution into the upcoming 6.2 version of its Enfinity software. FACT-Finder ranks itself as market leader in Germany for product searches in online stores and is used by over 200 sites in Germany. Together, the two partners can offer an unrivaled software package for successful <nobr>e-commerce</nobr>.

"The objective of this partnership is to significantly enhance our existing functionality in the product search and navigation domain, enabling our customers to boost sales volumes without major system modifications," says Ralf Männlein, the Intershop board member responsible for sales and marketing.

Both existing Intershop customers and new customers will benefit from optimized Enfinity <nobr>Suite 6.2</nobr> with FACT-Finder. The error-tolerant search and navigation solution is pre-integrated and requires virtually no maintenance. All settings and updates can be performed while the system is running. Web stores can achieve significantly increased sales almost immediately after installation of the search system, without the need for complicated configuration work.

Carsten Kraus, CEO of Omikron Data Quality GmbH: "I'm delighted with the productive, collaborative relationship with Intershop and am confident that large online stores in particular will benefit from this jointly-developed cartridge. I believe this is the best ever pre-integration of FACT-Finder in a store system."

About Intershop
Intershop Communications AG (Prime Standard: ISH2) is a leading provider of comprehensive global e-commerce and online marketing solutions. Founded in 1992, Intershop has a long tradition of driving innovation in e-commerce by automating and simplifying business processes for mid to large-sized organizations. Intershop’s standard e-commerce software, Enfinity Suite 6, offers a highly scalable and robust solution for conducting online business, complemented by all necessary technical and business consulting services. Intershop also acts as a business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, managing all aspects of online retailing, including fulfillment, online marketing and hosting. Around the globe more than 320 enterprise customers, including HP, Sun Microsystems, BMW, and Deutsche Telekom run Intershop solutions. Intershop has offices in the United States and Europe. More information about Intershop can be found on the Web at www.intershop.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial and operational performance of Intershop. Actual events or performance may differ materially from those contained or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that could lead to such difference could include, among other things: Intershop's limited operating history, the unpredictability of future revenues and expenses and potential fluctuations in revenues and operating results, significant dependence on large single customer deals, consumer trends, the level of competition, seasonality, risks related to electronic security, possible governmental regulation, and general economic conditions.

Intershop Press Contact:
Dr. Ute Danz
Director Corporate Development
Tel: +49.3641.50-1000
pr@intershop.com

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