Tavolo, a leading online retailer and destination for people who cook, dine and entertain, today announced an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a global Internet communications, commerce and media company, to strengthen its presence across the Yahoo! network. In addition to the marketing and content components of the agreement, Tavolo will launch a new interactive video network hosted on Yahoo!®Broadcast (http://broadcast.yahoo.com/).
Under the agreement, Yahoo! is hosting Tavolo’s interactive network which features and archives video content, including cooking tips, techniques and live events. Tavolo will also showcase a selection of clips from The Culinary Institute of America’s “Great Chefs” series for culinary students.
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“Through this agreement, we are making Tavolo even more accessible and engaging by broadcasting personal cooking classes on Yahoo! Broadcast directly to our customers,” said Kevin Appelbaum, Tavolo’s chief executive officer. “Customers can hone their knife skills or learn how to prepare the perfect roast; it’s like having a personal chef on call!”
“We’re pleased to expand our relationship with Tavolo to include marketing, content and broadcast services components,” said Stan Woodward, vice president of business services, Yahoo! Inc. “Our Fusion Marketing approach is designed to leverage Yahoo!’s broad platform of services that are customized to meet specific marketing objectives. In addition, Yahoo!’s powerful digital distribution network and vast global audience provide a great platform for Tavolo to showcase its interactive network.”
In addition, Tavolo is providing daily recipes to Yahoo! Shopping (http://shopping.yahoo.com/), one of the Web’s most popular commerce destinations. As a premier merchant, Tavolo is the only featured store within the specialty food and kitchenware category to appear on the Yahoo! Shopping home page for an agreed upon period of time. The company will also be promoted with banner advertisements and fixed button placement in categories such as Food and Beverages, Flowers, Gifts and Occasions, and Home and Garden.
“Our placement throughout Yahoo! Shopping has proven to be extremely successful,” added Appelbaum. “Our renewed agreement with Yahoo! will allow us to continue to offer Yahoo!’s millions of users worldwide comprehensive shopping and information resources for those who cook, dine and entertain in the home.”
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By GlobalDataOver the next few months, Tavolo will continue to add streaming content to its interactive network.
About Tavolo, Inc.
Tavolo, in exclusive partnership with the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the nation’s foremost center for culinary education, is a leading online retailer and destination for consumers who cook, dine and entertain. The site offers thousands of specialty foods-including a signature collection of more than 300 private-label ingredients and prepared foods, professional quality cooking tools, and brand-name kitchen appliances including All-Clad, Braun, KitchenAid and Wusthof. Tavolo also provides thousands of recipes, hundreds of cooking tips, buying guides and other expert cooking information and advice, in addition to useful customized features. Tavolo has an exclusive marketing relationship with American Express Publishing, and is a featured store on Yahoo! Shopping with preferred placement throughout AOL. The company has content licensing agreements with most major cookbook publishers and more than 100 renowned chefs.
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