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EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. Expands Management Team
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1999--EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB:EBIZ - news), a rapidly growing e-commerce company, today announced that it has appointed Lawrence J. Phillips as Vice President of Sales.
''Larry brings years of experience and talent to our organization'', stated EBIZ CEO, Jeffrey Rassas. ''We are committed to continuing the development of our team and have assembled the best group of individuals who are focused on success, without-fail''.
''I am very excited about Larry joining our team, especially having worked with him prior at Globelle'', said EBIZ President Stephen Herman. He will be a great addition to our management team''.
Before joining EBIZ, Larry held senior management positions at PC Wholesale, a computer hardware and software distributor, where he was responsible for a sales budget of $60 million, recruited, hired and trained staff, and administered for the day-to-day operations of the Minneapolis office. He also served in a senior management position for Globelle, one of the largest technology distributors in the country, where he was responsible for a sales budget in excess of $168 million with similar responsibilities.
About EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (Publicly traded as ''EBIZ'')
EBIZ operates the leading business-to-business e-commerce Portal site, www.ebizmart.com. This site is dedicated and focused on facilitating all products and service needs for the business customer. These services will include e-commerce web design, web hosting, auction development and management, travel services, weather information, stock quotes, news feeds, phone directory, mapping, calendar services, and e-commerce search engine. The products listed on www.ebizmart.com range from computer hardware and software to office supplies all at wholesale pricing direct-to-the business buyer.
The company uses management and staff's merchant competency to source computer hardware and software and travel related products at below market prices. EBIZ provides distribution, customer support, technical support, and order fulfillment for these products and services.
The company has developed and operates www.cpumicromart.com, and www.thelinuxstore.com, which are part of the e-commerce business-to-business Portal site www.ebizmart.com.
EBIZ designs, manufactures and distributes the nationally recognized M2 Systems Line, (Windows based Internet-Ready Multimedia PC's) and Element-L System Line (Linux based Internet-Ready Multimedia PC's). These two System lines continue to redefine and lead the low cost pricing landscape. M2 Systems PC brand has been recognized by Microsoft as one of North America's top 100 System Builders out of 90,000. EBIZ distributes the M2 Systems and Element-L PC line and its other products through its own e-commerce sites as well as other strategic e-commerce partners and third party Internet sites including egghead.com, dealdeal.com, sandbox.net, Yahoo.com and others.
Certain matters discussed within this press release may be forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are inherently uncertain, and actual results and activities may differ materially from those estimated or projected.
Although the company believes the expectations reflected in any forward looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurances that its expectations will be attained. The company has no obligation to update the statements contained in this report or to take action that is described herein or otherwise presently planned.
CPU MicroMart's office, factory and warehouse is located at 15685 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, 602/850-4100. Public & Investor Relations fax: 602/850-4111. Sales & general fax: 602/850-4111. Investor relations information available at www.ebizmart.com, or e-mail to ir@cpumicromart.com.
Contact:
Capital Markets Consulting Group Charles Aker, 602/990-0116 csa@doitnow.com
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