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Immediate Release Contact:Gene Williams Natasha's Café & Boutique Ltd. 888 -- 901 8412 http://www.natashascafe.com Offbeat Shopping: Best of the Web by LookSmart Buy a pair of earrings from Moscow. Lexington, Kentucky -- Jan 1, 2001 -- The shopping that people remember and talk about the most in real time are the "finds" and surprises that occur "off the beaten path". The Williams family brings to the web a commercial site with a mixture of quirkiness, style,and information while offering an eclectic array of artifacts, jewelry and coffee from around the world. Modeled after a real life cafe and import boutique in Kentucky, it's a place where Natasha might still answer the phone. Definitely too weird to franchise. What Three Customers Said Your site is simply the best site I've seen. Character, offbeat sense of
humor, and style really come through. This is how more sites should be! I
especially loved Natasha's singing! Surfing the web used to be a constant hooray! With so many boring homepages
and flat commercial sites, your site is a real gem. Loved the silent chat room
and the recipe for a black hole. Thanks for keeping the spirit of the "old web"
alive...just a little harder to find these days. What an eloquent way to showcase the art and mythology and, well, humanity of
so many different cultures! I have thoroughly enjoyed the very well written
descriptions about each of these lovely objects, especially the asides
concerning the reactions of customers in your store. You really make it apparent
that there's more to this web site than selling imports-you're sharing with
interested browsers your enthusiasm for beautiful and thoughtful things as well
as a solid respect for the crafts people and artists who have created them. Good
Luck with everything! Facts and Details Growth in Web Sales 1999-2001: 175% Percent of returned merchandise from web sales: 3% (mail order industry average is 6%) Natasha’s Café and Boutique LTD. is a Kentucky corporation recently renamed Balagula Ltd. Address: Natasha’s Café, 112 Esplanade, Lexington, Ky. 40507 Number of employees: 25 including family members Years in Business: 10 Web site: 6 years old, 270 products Web site ranking searching Turkish Coffee: Hot Bot #2, Excite #1, Lycos #1, Yahoo #4, Google #1, AltaVista #1 The Williams Family: Gene, age 51, advertising, web, makes ice tea, mail order fulfillment, makes
salads, sweeps. Yesterday’s Special in the Café: Mushroom Stew. The customer is not always right. |