Big Picture surpasses record level in product shipments                                                                                                 Big Picture Technologies Inc -- BPI Shares issued 30,190,081 Thu 1 Jun 2000
  Mr. Michael Anthony reports
  Product shipments during April and  May  surpassed  the  record  levels  of product shipped during the entire first quarter of this year. Led by strong reorders of Big Picture's flagship  product,  eMerchant  pro, and  boosted  by robust sales of SmartSite and the recently released eClerk products, shipments in the past five months  have  exceeded  15,000  units, with  product  orders  in  May alone establishing new monthly and quarterly highs.
  "eMerchant pro continues to generate impressive market momentum, even  five months  after  its introduction," said Michael Anthony, president and chief executive officer. "This is significant because typically now product sales tend  to  peak  within  three months following introduction. We are clearly riding a strong horse in this race for market leadership." Anthony added: "Normally, the company refrains from releasing shipment data because  we  have  found  in  the  past that our success in the U.S. retail channel has attracted online competitors to that channel. However, we  have made  an  exception  in this case because we wanted to provide shareholders with quantifiable evidence  of  the  company's  success  in  executing  its business  plan-particularly in light of recent, market-driven, pressures on stock trading levels. Certainly, management believes  that  it  is  only  a question   of  time  before  the  company's  impressive  gains  and  fiscal performance are recognized in share value.
  "The company's aggressive objectives remain  unchanged,  to  establish  Big Picture  as  the de facto leader in the small to midsized e-commerce sector this year, to generate strong top and bottom line performance, to establish a  solid  U.S.  organizational  presence and to win broad-based support and audiences in U.S. capital markets." |