Running to the Store Takes on a New Meaning

RunToTheStore.com allows consumers to shop online while benefiting charities.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 9, 2004 -- RunToTheStore.com, a new online mall with hundreds of popular merchants, provides consumers the ease of shopping online, access to merchant online specials, and the ability to help their favorite charity (at no additional cost).

The RunToTheStore.com merchants offer shoppers the same or lower prices they would pay elsewhere. Consumers can easily and conveniently shop at their favorite merchants, including stores such as; Linens 'n Things, REI, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Office Depot, Illuminations, Drugstore.com, Hammacher Schlemmer, Chadwicks, Pet Co, Disney Movie, Dell Computers, Barnes and Noble, The Sharper Image, The Bombay Company, Cooking.com, Apple, Beauty.com, Flowers.com, Mrs. Fields, and hundreds of other stores.

Along with the convenience of online shopping, access to online specials and promotions, RunToTheStore.com is committed to promoting the practice of giving to charitable causes via the standard online shopping process. Any time an item is purchased from one of the hundreds of merchants via the RunToTheStore.com website, the company will donate up to 15% to a charitable organization.

All revenues/donations come directly from merchant commissions. RunToTheStore.com will make the donation automatically - at no additional cost to the shopper - to a wide variety charitable organizations that support causes including; cancer research, childrens organizations, animal rescue, environmental causes, and a growing number of other charitable organizations.

Online shopping through RunToTheStore.com is easy, convenient and a simple way of doing a good thing for others! Shoppers now have the ability to make their voices heard through the act of shopping online.

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About RunToTheStore.com

RunToTheStore.com is an online mall that donates a percentage of every purchase to charitable organizations. The site works with merchants to enable users to easily support a variety of charities while shopping at hundreds of stores with thousands of products. RunToTheStore.com is a privately held company based in San Diego CA. For more information, visit www.runtothestore.com.