DGAP-News: ROK Global PLC : JP Selects Begins Product Distribution With Groupon

DGAP-News: ROK Global PLC / Key word(s): Product Launch
ROK Global PLC : JP Selects Begins Product Distribution With Groupon

15.05.2012 / 08:30

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JP Selects Begins Product Distribution With Groupon

First two JP Selects products marketed by Groupon are Revivogen and JP Pets

15th May 2012

Ticker Symbol: RKG
WKN: A0YKFS

ROK Global PLC, the technology, applications and services company, has
announced its online shopping portal for eco-conscious consumers, JP
Selects, has begun to distribute selected products through Groupon, the
world–s biggest online direct marketing company, to promote, initially,
several thousand Revivogen hair restoring kits and a package of JP Pets
products.

Commenting on the arrangement with Groupon, Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman of
ROK said –Groupon, of course, has an enormous customer base across the
United States and an estimated 150 million opt-in subscribers worldwide, so
the distribution of JP Selects products through Groupon is another
fantastic development which is already proving hugely successful with many
thousands of sales made with much more to come.–

Groupon, launched in 2008, is the world–s biggest –deal-of-the-day– website
and features discounted gift certificates, marketed to opt-in consumers,
usable with local or national companies.

By December 2011 Groupon had a total of 150 million registered subscribers
worldwide and now employs a total of 7,000 people in the US alone with
combined global billings in 2011 of USD $4 Billion, of which $1.6 Billion
were generated within the US arm of the business.

Part of ROK Global PLC, co-founded by US Billionaire John Paul DeJoria and
UK-based serial entrepreneur Jonathan Kendrick, JP Selects is a
members-only online platform which promotes the best eco-friendly and
sustainable products, brands and companies through flash sales, an online
marketplace and distribution partnerships.

In addition to being the co-founder of ROK, John Paul DeJoria is Chairman
of John Paul Mitchell Systems, the manufacturer of Paul Mitchell hair care
products as well as being the co-founder of Patron Tequila, the world–s
leading premium tequila brand and is a renowned humanitarian and social
entrepreneur.

ROK recently announced the acquisition, by JP Selects, of rival US –green
commerce– company, LovingEco as well as a partnership with Xiu.com, to
launch JP Selects in China.

Paolo Fidanza, CEO of ROK Global added –We are delighted to be providing
our upscale eco-conscious products to Groupon as it means we are reaching
an even wider customer base, even faster, than ever before.–

In addition to JP Selects, ROK has pioneered a portfolio of new
technologies and services including high quality mass-market Mobile TV
which can be streamed, live and on-demand, over mass-market 2.5G GPRS as
well as 3G and Wi-Fi, several mobile security technologies which it
licenses to law enforcement agencies, a suite of cutting-edge industrial
technology products and multi-language text-to-speech translation
technologies.

More information:

www.rokglobal.com
www.jpselects.com

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limited to, certain delays beyond the company–s control with respect to
market acceptance of new technologies or products, delays in testing and
evaluation of products, and other risks detailed from time to time.

End of Corporate News

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