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Tuesday June 8, 9:33 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Curtis International Ltd. Signs Deal With Bid.Com TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999--CURTIS (NASDAQ: CURT - news) announced today that they have entered in an agreement with Bid.Com International Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDS - news), one of North America's leading on-line auction sales organizations, for Curtis International to be Bid.Com's primary supplier of consumer electronics. Bid.Com has established itself has one of the Internet's most popular auction destinations and will offer Curtis exposure to its qualified and experienced on-line shopper base. Additionally, Bid.Com will feature Curtis' product on its FRONT PAGE feature section. Curtis' CEO Aaron Herzog commented, ''This is an important step towards Curtis' goal of becoming a leading on-line supplier of consumer electronic products.'' Curtis designs, develops, merchandises and distributes a broad range of consumer audio and telecommunication products. Curtis' recent entry into the U.S. market has been highly successful. The Company's customers include mass merchandisers such as Ames, Bradlees, Dollar General and Bi-Way Stores; drug store chains such as Rite-Aid, London Drugs, Thrifty Payless, Jean Coutu and Kerr Drugs; specialty marketers such as QVC, The Home Shopping Network and Amway; consumer electronic retailers such Future Shop, Fry's and ABC Warehouse; and appliance and department stores such as Boscov and Fedco. Bid.Com, founded in 1995, is one of the Internet's leading on-line auction sales organizations, with offices in Toronto and Tampa, Florida. The company offers a compelling, entertaining and cost effective method of selling a wide array of goods and services over electronic distribution channels. The company's shares have traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange since February 1998 and were recently listed on the Nasdaq National Market. biz.yahoo.com W