Wine.com, the leading online wine store, has launched a new division, Wine.com Logistics, offering direct-to-consumer fulfillment services to wineries. The business, which will operate out of Wine.com’s Berkeley, CA warehouse, will leverage Wine.com’s scale, service capabilities and eleven year history delivering wine by-the-bottle to the end consumer.

Wine.com was founded in 1998 as eVineyard.com and in 2001 purchased the Wine.com name out of foreclosure from another business. Since then, the company has built its business by providing value to its consumers: great selection, low prices, convenient delivery and information that’s impossible to replicate in a store. Wine.com Logistics will provide value to winery clients by offering high levels of service at competitive rates.

“We’ve been looking at this for some time,” said Rich Bergsund, Wine.com CEO. “We already have warehouses and call centers, we’ve shipped millions of orders direct-to-consumer and we understand the importance of a great customer experience. Wine.com Logistics is a natural extension of our core business.”

The company will provide warehousing, pick/pack/ship and call center support for winery wine clubs and daily orders placed by consumers with wineries. Inventory will be owned by the wineries and segregated from inventory owned by Wine.com for its retail business. Wine.com maintains a California ABC Type 14 public storage license in support of these services.

Leading the effort will be Mike Osborn, Wine.com Founder and VP Merchandising, as well as David Do, VP Operations. Wine.com Logistics will be filling positions in sales and service as the business demands.

Corporate Suites Business Centers, a leading provider of turn-key office space in Manhattan, today announced the launch of its new virtual office website at http://virtualoffices.csbcenters.com. The new website features a modern chic design, easy navigation and an ‘order now’ function which allows customers to select or customize a virtual office plan online, receive a real time price quote and place an order.

“The new website is another step for us to provide customers with outstanding service and save them time,” said Hayim A. Grant, President of Corporate Suites Business Centers. “This turn-key way of reviewing and ordering a virtual office product, is transparent and the exact premise of our officing business.”

A virtual office is a convenient way for an individual or business to utilize a prestigious Manhattan business address, access to conference rooms and business services including full telecom services, at a fraction of the cost to rent a physical office.

“We have seen a growing demand in the past few months from start-ups in New York City, and many other cities worldwide, which are looking for flexible office solutions,” said Mr. Grant. “A start-up may not require an office right away, but having a 212 phone number, a central business address and immediate access to meeting space to meet with their clients, can greatly help them get their business off the ground.”

To meet growing demand, Corporate Suites has also introduced and expanded their hot desking and disaster recovery services. A hot desk provides a client traditional virtual office services as well as weekly access to a furnished office with internet and phone access. Ever since helping many businesses following the 2007 NYC steam pipe explosion, Corporate Suites has also expanded their disaster recovery services to include new technology and officing options, as part of their affordable virtual services offerings.

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