BOULDER, CO, Dec 19 (MARKET WIRE) --
AeroGrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERO) ("AeroGrow" or the "Company"),
makers of the AeroGarden(R) kitchen garden appliance, announced that AeroGrow's
products ranked #1 on Amazon.com's "Most Wished For" list, #2 on their "Most
Gifted"
list, and #5 on the "Bestsellers" list for the Patio, Lawn & Garden category
as of December 17, 2007. In addition to being ranked first on the "Most
Wished For" list, a total of 5 AeroGrow products were ranked in the top 25
and 9 in the top 100. The 2007 holiday season marks AeroGrow's second
consecutive annual appearance at the top of Amazon's "Most Wished For" list.
In the "Most Gifted" list -- those items that have been ordered for
gift-giving -- the AeroGarden Classic in black was the #2 gift choice of
Amazon.com shoppers in the category. AeroGrow had 2 products in the top 5, 4
in the top 25, and 7 in the top 100 of the "Most Gifted" list.
The AeroGarden also ranked #5 in Amazon.com's "Bestseller" list for the
category, with 4 products in the top 25 and 7 in the top 100.
Amazon.com is the world's largest online retailer. Their "Bestseller" and
"Most Gifted" lists track and rank sales in real time from among tens of
thousands of products. The "Most Wished For" list features the product
thatappears most often on the Wish Lists of Amazon.com customers.
"It's wonderful to see this continued and escalating interest in our
products
and accessories," said Michael Bissonnette, AeroGrow's Founder and CEO. "Our
sell-through data this quarter to date has exceeded our expectations. We're
continuing to execute and deliver new products through new channels, at an
ever-increasing rate, and are seeing growing levels of consumer excitement
and interest. With the growing acceptance and demand across all channels this
holiday season, I think we've firmly cemented our new product category in the
minds of both consumers and retailers."
About AeroGrow International, Inc.
Founded in 2002 in Boulder, Colorado, AeroGrow International, Inc. is
dedicated to the research, development and marketing of the AeroGarden(R), the
world's
first kitchen garden appliance. The AeroGarden features NASA-proven, dirt-free
aeroponic technology, allowing anyone to grow farmer's market fresh herbs,
salad greens, tomatoes, chili peppers, strawberries and more, indoors,
year-round,
so simply and easily that no green thumb is required. See www.aerogrow.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of
1995: Statements by Michael Bissonnette and/or the Company, statements regarding
growth of the AeroGarden product line, optimism related to the business,
expanding sales and other statements in this press release are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation
Reform
Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates and
projections about the Company's business. Words such as expects,
anticipates, intends, plans, believes, sees, estimates and variations of such
words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and
involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual
results could vary materially from the description contained herein due to
many factors including continued market acceptance of the Company's products or
the need to raise additional capital. In addition, actual results could vary
materially based on changes or slower growth in the kitchen garden appliance
market; the potential inability to realize expected benefits and synergies;
domestic and international business and economic conditions; changes in
customer demand or ordering patterns; changes in the competitive environment
includingpricing pressures or technological changes; technological advances;
shortages of
manufacturing capacity; future production variables impacting excess inventory
and
other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) filings under "risk factors" and elsewhere. The
forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of
the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances
after the date of this press release.
CONTACTS:
Corporate
John Thompson
AeroGrow International, Inc.
(303) 444-7755
Email Contact
Investor
Budd Zuckerman
Genesis Select Corporation
(303) 415-0200
Email Contact
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