Gentlemen, The Results Are In: You Are Impossible To Shop For!

Plus savvy, safe online holiday shopping tips.

Dallas, TX (USA), December 20, 2012 — zuuzs.com, the online site that offers shoppers cash back at more than 800 major retailers, took a holiday survey of its Facebook friends and found that husbands are overwhelmingly harder to shop for than anyone else on the list. Thirty-eight percent of those surveyed named husbands the most difficult, parents were the second hardest group at 19 percent, and significant others came in at 15 percent. Wife, children, siblings and others came in at a clear distance.

Why is shopping for the hubby so daunting? Patricia Blair, zuuzs VP of marketing, has an idea. “In my household, my spouse is very picky. When it comes to electronics—the things high on his wish list—he likes to make the selection so he gets what he really wants. So that leaves me with clothes, shoes or little gadgets—not big ‘WOW’ items for gift giving. He also really prefers to give instead of get. I’m guessing a lot of wives have similar issues.”

The survey also found that in a world where Black Friday headlines screamed “melee, violence, chaos and hysteria,” nearly 75 percent of those surveyed want nonmaterial things for Christmas: 44 percent want the family together and 30 percent are looking for peace, love and happiness.

“It’s great news to us that people are focusing on the important things about the season,” says Blair. “Especially in today’s uncertain times when people are on tighter budgets.”

Let’s face it though, ‘tis the time to shop!
Forecasts say that with 2012’s extra long holiday shopping season, total sales will be up again—around 3-4 percent. When you’re shopping for friends and family, zuuzs’ survey found that electronic gadgets were the hot-ticket items once more, but you can’t go wrong with clothes and jewelry:

iPad 52 percent
Kindle Fire 20 percent
Smartphone 7 percent
Clothes 8 percent
Health and fitness 3 percent
Home stuff 3 percent
TV or TV accessories 2 percent
Tech gadgets 2 percent
Jewelry 2 percent
Beauty products 1 percent

Savvy, safe online holiday shopping
Online shopping can certainly be convenient and simple. But buyers beware, warns zuuzs’ lead developer Shane Walker.

“There are some important things that savvy internet shoppers should abide by to not only find the best deals, but shop safely,” Walker says. “Your wallet can get picked as easily online as it can out of your purse or pocket if you’re not careful—both by someone taking your card number or taking advantage of you in extra fees.”

Here are some things that online shoppers should consider:
1. Order online and pick up at the store. Get the browsing benefits of online shopping while still getting near-instant gratification by ordering online and picking up at the store.
2. Take advantage of Free Shipping Day. This year, mark your calendars for Dec. 17 when more than 1,000 online retailers offer shoppers free shipping and other discounts with delivery by Christmas Eve.
3. What’s the shopping trifecta? Retailer rewards + credit card cash (or points) rewards + zuuzs cash back equals maximum rewards for your gift giving.
4. Look for free shipping. Shop online stores that offer free shipping either across the board or when you spend a certain amount in one order. Many retailers also ship to store for free.
5. Don’t store credit card information. Unless you shop an online store frequently, don’t allow them to store your credit card information. Many online stores keep your credit card information as the default, so make sure you check this before logging off.
6. Keep your passwords sacred. Never save your user names or passwords on computers you share with others.
7. Shop the “buy x, get y” deals. You could potentially get enough gifts for all your friends in one fell swoop. And capture the savings.
8. Skip the gift wrapping upcharge. It can add $5 or more to your cost.
9. Read the fine print. Some retailers don’t allow you to use coupons on sale or clearance items.
10. Save by ordering from out-of-state retailers. If there are no retailer facilities in your state you save on sales taxes. For instance, in DFW this translates into about 8 percent; in Chicago about 10 percent savings. This benefit will likely be legislated out of existence soon, so this may be the last holiday to take advantage of it.

How zuuzs works:
Customers go to zuuzs.com and create a short profile that identifies their favorite stores and products. zuuzs customizes their shopping experiences, pulling the best and most relevant offers from over 800 retailers. When customers are ready to shop, they click on the deals or the retailers they are interested in, and zuuzs transfers them to the retailers. Once there, customers make their purchases, and zuuzs sends them their cash-back reward. Amounts vary, depending on the purchases and retail partner. See zuuzs.com for details.

About zuuzs:
zuuzs.com is a shopping and sharing site that combines amazing discounts with a social experience. Customers who shop through zuuzs can save money, share deals with friends and earn cash rewards. zuuzs has over 800 retail partners that specialize in a wide variety of products and services. The company is owned by Nectar Online Media, Inc. and is headquartered in Dallas. Connect with zuuzs on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/myzuuzs and Twitter at https://twitter.com/zuuzs. For more information, visit http://www.zuuzs.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Karen Carrera
TrizCom, Inc
Dallas, TX – USA
972-207-1935
karen@trizcom.com
http://www.zuuzs.com

URALCHEM and the Ziedot.lv Fund present New Year Gifts to seriously ill children in Latvia

URALCHEM and a leading Latvian charity organization, the Ziedot.lv Fund, held New Year activities and events for a group of seriously ill children in Latvia and members of their families. URALCHEM’s CEO, Dmitry Konyaev, and the head of the Ziedot.lv Fund, Ruta Dimanta, gave presents to the children.

Riga, Latvia – December 20, 2012 — URALCHEM and a leading Latvian charity organization, the Ziedot.lv Fund, held New Year activities and events for a group of seriously ill children in Latvia and members of their families. URALCHEM’s CEO, Dmitry Konyaev, and the head of the Ziedot.lv Fund, Ruta Dimanta, gave presents to the children. These children are beneficiaries of a joint charity programme “Help for seriously ill children”, which was launched in the autumn of this year.

In September 2012, URALCHEM and the Ziedot.lv Fund signed an agreement that started a charitable programme for the treatment of 20 children from Latvia in leading Russian clinics. URALCHEM is providing total funding to the amount of €80 thousand.

Since the launch of the programme, 11 families have received help with specific treatment or rehabilitation for their children using leading Russian clinics. The Ziedot.lv Fund has selected clinics and treatment programmes on the basis of doctors’ recommendations and requests from parents for financial assistance. URALCHEM has currently provided €25 thousand of funding.

Dmitry Konyaev came to Latvia to show his support for the children and give them New Year presents. “We are pleased that the company’s social policy in Latvia is generating results already. Together with the Ziedot.lv Fund, we intend to continue our support for the children. They are now on their way to recovery and I wish them success in the coming year in overcoming their problems,” he said.

Ruta Dimanta said that the Fund treated every case individually, choosing leading medical institutions in Russia to carry out the treatments. In clinical cases involving children with rare or complex conditions requiring care outside Latvia and not funded by the state, URALCHEM’s participation enables the provision of hospital and other treatment and support for the children’s’ families. She added, “The condition of the children who have been helped has improved significantly. We are grateful to the Russian doctors and to URALCHEM for their assistance. Our joint programme is gaining momentum and I hope that as a result, next year more families will be able to celebrate this holiday with joy.”

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URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilisers in Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm; MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow region.

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2nd Annual All Women Art Competition Announced by Gallery

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an “All Women” Juried Art Competition for the month of January 2013.

Jupiter, Florida, USA – December 20, 2012 — Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an “All Women” Juried Art Competition for the month of January 2013. The gallery urges all 2D (women only) artists to submit their best art for inclusion into the gallery’s February 2013 online group exhibition.

The gallery would like to be able to exhibit only the best art that is submitted by women artists only. Women can submit any 2D media, in any style and about any subject matter. Women are encouraged to submit their art regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field.

A group exhibition of the top ten finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery during the month of February 2013. Awards will be for 1st through 5th places and in addition 5 artists will be recognized with Honorable Mention awards. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries, these winning categories may be expanded and there also may be Special Recognition awards posted as well. The submission process and the deadline is January 27, 2013.

Winning artists of the “All Women” Art Exhibition will receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements, 75+ event announcements, and social media marketing in order to make the art world aware of the artist’s accomplishments. In addition, there will also be links back to the artist’s website as part of this achievement and hopefully to help drive traffic back to the artist’s website.

Women artists should provide us with your best art and apply online here: http://www.lightspacetime.com.

About Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts monthly art competitions and monthly art exhibitions for new and emerging artists on a worldwide basis. It is Light Space & Time’s intention to showcase this incredible talent in a series of monthly themed art competitions and art exhibitions by marketing and displaying the exceptional abilities of these worldwide artists.

The art gallery website can be viewed here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

Media Contact:
John R. Math
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
118 Poinciana Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
888-490-3530
info@lightspacetime.com
http://www.lightspacetime.com