Air and Water Included Among Top 500 Sites According to Internet Retailer


Santa Ana, Calif. - Air and Water, a family-owned online retailer based in Santa Ana, California, announced their initial ranking in the celebrated Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, ranking number 19 in the Hardware/Home Improvement category and number 464 overall. Internet Retailer's Top 500 Guide is an annual ranking of America's 500 largest and most profitable online retailers, based on sales and performance.

Founded in 2002, Air & Water Inc. has focused on customer service as a means of gaining their clients' trust as well as their business. This trust, when combined with the added product diversity available via Air-n-Water, has contributed to rapid growth for the company during a time of economic decline for most of the country. Air & Water Inc. is now one of the internet's largest independent appliance retailers, and has helped tens of thousands of customers throughout the year.

The company began as an Internet retailer of heating and cooling products before expanding their selection and marketplace in 2009. In addition to swamp coolers, portable air conditioners and heaters, Air & Water Inc. now carries a wide variety of home appliances, including grills, coffee makers and wine coolers, and plans continued expansion throughout the rest of 2010.

"The sales and marketing departments have simple gone above and beyond the call of duty to help us grow," said Jeanie Wong-Vierling, marketing director for Air and Water, Inc. "Breaking into the Internet Retailer 500 and getting as high a ranking in the Home Improvement category as we did is a wonderful honor and a testament to the hard work that goes on at Air and Water."

Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2009 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in key categories.

About Internet Retailer
Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of the leading retail information web site, an e-commerce conference and four directories that serve the retailing community. Internet Retailer's 42,500 subscribers and 250,000 monthly web readers represent senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores, catalogs, virtual merchants and brand name manufacturers. Internet Retailer's circulation represents the largest multichannel readership base of any retailing magazine.

About Air & Water, Inc.
Established in 2002, Air & Water Inc. has devoted itself to helping consumers meet their heating and cooling needs. It is one of the Internet's largest independent appliance retailers and has helped thousands of customers across the country. Air & Water, Inc. is also recognized as a trusted online retailer by some of the web's biggest online shopping compare sites such as Bizrate, Shopping, and NexTag. For more information, please visit www.air-n-water.com.

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