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NEW YORK, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ —
Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, announced today that its e-commerce website, Barneys.com (http://www.Barneys.com), has introduced international shipping to 90 countries including Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia, and China.
International customers of Barneys will enjoy the same full-service online shopping experience currently available to domestic customers, but will be able to make payments in their preferred currency with cost-effective international shipping and handling services. By going global, Barneys is able to offer its carefully edited assortment of products to those outside of the existing US e-commerce market.
“Barneys has always been a destination for International tourists and it is a natural step to offer our web services to the rest of the world. Barneys has incredible global brand recognition, but we could only service here in the US. International shipping has fundamentally changed that reach,” says Daniella Vitale, Chief Merchant and Executive Vice-President of Barneys New York.
Barneys has partnered with FiftyOne Global Ecommerce, the recognized market leader in international e-commerce, to provide exceptional service and convenience for its customers around the world. FiftyOne allows US retailers to transact with customers in over 90 countries worldwide, making it the most comprehensive global e-commerce offering available in the marketplace today.
Launched in 2005, Barneys.com translates the upscale environment and curated assortment of the flagship stores into the digital realm. Barneys.com provides a feature-rich, sophisticated environment and an engaging online shopping experience to further strengthen the brand’s relationship with its clients around the world. Barneys also operates a fully transactional mobile version of its site along with The Window, a luxury content site that offers an insider view to designers, fashion, events, and the Barneys team.
To learn more about international shipping, including a complete list of countries as well as logistical information, please visit http://www.Barneys.com.
About Barneys New York
Barneys New York is a luxury specialty retailer with flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. Founded as a men’s retailer in 1923 in downtown Manhattan it turned into an international arbiter of high style for both women and men in the 1970s and became renowned for discovering and developing new and innovative design talent. Barneys is famous for selling the most intriguing edit from the world’s top designers including women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts for the home. Barneys’ signature sense of humor and style is manifested in its creative advertising campaigns, original holiday themes, and celebrated window displays. Barneys’ innovative and CO-OP, a mecca for young and emerging designers, was launched in 1985 and has since expanded into a freestanding store concept. Barneys operates more than a dozen CO-OP stores in eight states across the U.S. For more information about Barneys New York please visit www.Barneys.com.
Barneys New York
International Shipping
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELGIUM
BELIZE
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
BRUNEI
BULGARIA
CAMBODIA
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KUWAIT
LATVIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MACAU
MALDIVES
MALTA
MEXICO
MONACO
MOROCCO
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
QATAR
ROMANIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SURINAME
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAIWAN
THAILAND
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TURKEY
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM
VIETNAM
SOURCE: Barneys New York
CONTACT: Marisa Pucci
+1-212-450-8696
mpucci@barneys.com