"Mark was a natural choice for CEO and brings a unique combination ofreal-world eCommerce experience as well as a solid understanding of ourcustomers' and company's operations," said Ken Burke, Chairman and Founderof MarketLive. "Mark has earned the respect of MarketLive customers,partners, and employees and will provide critical guidance in key focusareas as we continue to grow and serve our customers. The MarketLive Boardwelcomes Mark in his new role."

Pierce will take over CEO responsibilities immediately. The Board ofDirectors selected Pierce because of his extensive domain expertise and hissound business operations acumen. He has held top positions at leadingcompanies including Procter & Gamble and Accenture. He was Executive VicePresident of the Western Region for USWeb/CKS. Under his leadership atUSWeb/CKS, some of the first retail eCommerce sites were launched. His teamsuccessfully created the initial eCommerce sites for Williams-Sonoma, LeviStrauss & Co., Mazda of America, Walgreens, and JCPenney among others.

Most recently, Mark was a Managing Partner with Pinnacle Rock Associates(PRA), a company specializing in connecting eCommerce operations withmid-market, multi-channel retail enterprise systems. Many currentMarketLive customers were also PRA customers.

"MarketLive is a pioneer, innovator, and leader in the eCommerce industry.We have built a large portfolio of world-class merchants who aresuccessfully growing their brands and businesses with MarketLive," saidPierce. "In the last year, the company has assembled a highly skilledmanagement team, implemented solid customer service practices, developedkey technology enhancements, and dramatically improved the reliability andscalability of our infrastructure. These advancements, combined with ourheritage in eCommerce strategy, position us well for ongoing growth."

About MarketLive

Since 1995, MarketLive, Inc. (www.marketlive.com) has providedenterprise-class eCommerce retail technology and services that helpfast-growing companies successfully sell goods and services online.Designed to meet the unique requirements of catalogers, retailers, directmarketers, and manufacturers, the extensible MarketLive® platform andMarketLive's best practices-based Intelligent Selling® methodology enablemerchants to enhance their customers' experience online while dramaticallyimproving acquisition, conversion, and retention rates. The MarketLiveplatform is the most retail-targeted, fully featured, customizableeCommerce solution on the market today. MarketLive powers some of the mostsuccessful retail Web sites, including Intermix, eVanity, Wakeside,TruSnow, Party America, and Trek.

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