Philips Lighting names bulbs.com a distributor

By Staff -- Purchasing, 8/24/2000

Bulbs.com, an e-commerce light bulb supplier, and Philips Lighting have entered into an agreement that makes bulbs.com a principal online distributor of Philips's light bulbs.

"We are thrilled that bulbs.com will have Philips Lighting Co.'s industry-leading lighting products available to offer to our e-commerce customers," says Steven Rothschild, CEO, bulbs.com. "We benefit from working with a world-class light bulb manufacturer and bulbs.com is able to use its proven online technology to quickly provide quality online service and the best light bulbs to our e-commerce customers."

Most recently, bulbs.com partnered with Gage Marketing Group LLC to expand its extensive warehousing and order-fulfillment services: Now, bulbs.com can provide its customers with same-day shipment or orders when received by 2 PM EST.

"Our relationship with bulbs.com helps Philips penetrate the rapidly expanding e-business market while remaining focused on what we do best: Manufacturing innovative, high-quality light bulbs," says Steve Goldmacher of Philips Lighting. "With access to the industry's leading technology for ordering light bulbs on the Web, we have enhanced our ability to meet the online needs of our national accounts."

In addition to product selection, bulbs.com customers will have access to the industry's most cost-effective distribution system that guarantees fast product delivery.

Bulbs.com, based in Worcester, Mass., is an online bulb supplier that offers an easy, complete purchasing process with the company's eSpec searchable database and BuldTrack smart reordering technology. Headquartered in Somerset, N.J., Philips Lighting markets more than 3,000 lighting products to the retail, industrial commercial, consumer and original equipment manufacturer markets.