Marketing director at 1-800 CONTACTS selected one of the top influential women in America's optical industry; Ann Harrison, who heads 1-800 CONTACTS' offline consumer marketing initiative with a major U.S. retailer, will be honored by Vision Monday in the

Marketing director at 1-800 CONTACTS selected one of the top influential women in America's optical industry; Ann Harrison, who heads 1-800 CONTACTS' offline consumer marketing initiative with a major U.S. retailer, will be honored by Vision Monday in the

		Ann Harrison, 1-800 CONTACTS Marketing Director. (PRNewsFoto/1-800 CONTACTS) DRAPER, UT UNITED STATES

		1-800 contacts logo. (PRNewsFoto) LOS ANGELES, CA USA

DRAPER, Utah, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A marketing director at 1-800 CONTACTS will be honored by Vision Monday magazine as one of the top influential women in America's optical industry. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080728/LAM039) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040107/LACONTACTSLOGO) Ann Harrison, who heads 1-800 CONTACTS' TV and direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns in connection with the company's new alliance with a major retailer, was one of 40 "Influential Women in Optical" to receive the prestigious award. She will be recognized in the magazine's July issue. Vision Monday is the ophthalmic industry's leading source for news and news analysis. Allen Hwang, Vice President of Marketing at 1-800 CONTACTS, said, "Ann's work ethic and creativity make her very deserving of this award." This is the second time Harrison has been honored by Vision Monday. In 2006, she was selected by the magazine for national recognition in their annual salute to women. The 2008 award recognizes women in four groups: Executive Suites, Mentors, Rising Stars and Innovators. Ann will be featured as an Innovator. To win the award, a recipient had to "initiate new product developments or special programs in the arena of marketing, technology or retail, or have spearheaded innovative business ideas or enterprises that are achieving marked success and reinventing old ideas." This is the sixth year the magazine has identified outstanding women in the industry. Harrison has worked at 1-800 CONTACTS for the past eight years in the marketing department, initially as a manager and later as director of Broadscale Marketing. Two years ago she was appointed Director of Broadscale Marketing and Customer Relationship Management. Harrison earned her MBA and BA degrees from Brigham Young University. Background on 1-800 CONTACTS 1-800 CONTACTS, based in Draper, Utah, is the world's largest contact lens store. The company stocks almost 10 million contact lenses (http://www.1800contacts.com) and delivers over 150,000 every day directly to customers. 1-800 CONTACTS has delivered over sixteen million orders to more than five million customers since the company was created in 1995. Through its easy-to-remember, toll-free telephone number "1-800 CONTACTS" (1-800-266-8288) and its Internet Web site, http://www.1800contacts.com, the company sells all of the most popular brands of contact lenses including Acuvue Oasys (http://www.1800contacts.com/lens/acuvue-oasys.htm), Acuvue Advance (http://www.1800contacts.com/lens/acuvue-advance.htm), and Focus DAILIES (http://www.1800contacts.com/lens/focus-dailies-90.htm). High volume, cost-efficient operations enable 1-800 CONTACTS to offer products at competitive prices while delivering a high level of customer service.