NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN), a provider of real-time chat, voice and content solutions that increase conversions and improve customer experience, is gearing up for Cyber Monday – the biggest online shopping day of the year in the U.S.  According to comScore, Inc., online sales hit a new high of over $1 billion on Cyber Monday in 2010, and with the rising popularity of online shopping, Forrester Research Inc. predicts that e-retail sales will increase by 15 percent this holiday season.

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Retailers are looking for ways to ease the shopping experience for stressed consumers, while simultaneously boosting sales and truly connecting with customers. Proven to increase online sales by up to 20 percent, and average order size by 35 percent, LivePerson's LP Chat software allows retailers to have proactive, personalized chats with prospects and customers across multiple channels and screens, wherever customers can be found, including websites, social media and mobile devices. LivePerson's scalable platform can support very high volumes of secure and uninterrupted interactions at all times. In 2010, the LivePerson platform hosted over 400,000 chats on Cyber Monday—a 78% increase in chats from November's daily average.

"Cyber Monday has become a highly anticipated day for online shoppers, kicking off the holiday shopping season for many," said Robert LoCascio, Founder and CEO of LivePerson. "Consumers are anxious to get what they need, when they need it, and it's critical to have live help available during the shopping experience. LP Chat provides the unique opportunity to offer shopping assistance and recommendations in real-time to consumers, which builds stronger connections and enhances the overall brand experience."

According to Forrester Research, live chat is a feature that the company believes garners approximately 105 percent return on investment, as it improves conversion and an average order value.

"LivePerson live chat has helped us better connect with our site visitors by extending our in-store brand to the online channel. In addition, the ability to highlight and communicate seasonal campaigns to website visitors has helped us achieve good online revenue growth," says Eve Henrikson, Head of eCommerce, Ted Baker.

To learn more about LP Chat, please visit http://www.liveperson.com/products-services/lp-chat.

About LivePerson
LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN) offers a platform that enables businesses to proactively connect in real-time with their customers via chat, voice, and content delivery at the right time, through the right channel, including websites, social media, and mobile devices. This "intelligent engagement" is driven by real-time behavioral analytics, producing connections based on a true understanding of business objectives and customer needs.

More than 8,500 companies rely on LivePerson's platform to increase conversions and improve customer experience, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Verizon, Sky, Walt Disney, PNC, QVC and Orbitz.

LivePerson has received the CODiE award for Best Ecommerce Solution in 2011, and has been named one of America's 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies by Forbes in 2011, and a Company of the Year by Frost and Sullivan in 2010.  LivePerson is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Atlanta, London and Melbourne, Australia.

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