HealthCentral.com Acquires Vitamins.com

HealthCentral.com Acquires Vitamins.com

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--Two websites that focus on health and wellness merged in a deal that transferred 22.7 million shares of HealthCentral.com stock to Vitamins.com stockholders. According to Albert Greene, HealthCentral.com's president and chief executive officer, the merger will create an online "Health Superstore."

The merged site will offer more than 31,000 products, as well as health information. Greene projected that the two companies will create a synergy that will strengthen sales and reduce expenses for both companies in the e-commerce sector.