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Microcap & Penny Stocks : ROLL - RollerBall Inline Skates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: T A P who wrote (11)	7/13/1999 10:52:00 AM
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ROLLERBALL NEWS DISTRIBUTION WITH FINGERHUT!! RollerBall International Featured in Fingerhut's Catalogs and Web Sites; Company Aligns Itself With One of Nation's Largest Direct Marketing Retailers LOS ANGELES, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- RollerBall International Inc. (Nasdaq: ROLL - news) manufacturers of the patented RollerBall® inline skate, has reached an agreement with Fingerhut Companies, Inc., one of the nation's largest direct marketing and online retailers, to appear in three of Fingerhut's catalogs which are among the top distributed catalogs in the country. This agreement also features RollerBall's inclusion on www.fingerhut.com, and thehut.com, Fingerhut's proprietary web sites. One million copies of the thehut.com catalog, aimed at Fingerhut's customers in the 18-23 age range, will drop on July 12, 1999. Five million copies of the Big Book catalog will be distributed in October and two million of the Outdoor Fall catalog of 99 will be distributed later this year. RollerBall's Internet debut on www.fingerhut.com and thehut.com is still being determined. Fingerhut's catalogs and Web sites will feature skates from RollerBall's 3-ball youth line and from its high-end 4-ball line. ''Internet and catalog purchasing is steadily increasing. It is imperative that RollerBall be part of the growth,'' said Jack Forcelledo, RollerBall Founder and CEO. ''Aligning ourselves with Fingerhut, a powerful direct marketing company committed to growth and to expanding its already burgeoning customer data base, is a monumental step in reaching our goal of making the mass market aware of the RollerBall name and product.'' RollerBall inline skates feature the one-of-a-kind patented RollerBall spherical wheel system that allows experienced skates more angle during lean maneuvers, absorbs the shock of rough surfaces and provides a ready pivot for quick turning and spins. The spherical wheel also allows the beginning skater to begin inline skating almost immediately. These characteristics have made RollerBall an appealing alternative to the traditional ''blade'' skates. The skates chosen for Fingerhut's catalog and Internet site feature 60mm urethane spherical wheels (slightly smaller than a tennis ball). RollerBall skates are also sold at Champs, Sport Chalet as well as through Home shopping Network and FIT-TV and are available from the Internet outlets FIT-TV.com, Shopping.com and RollerBall Sports Online, a new feature of the Company's Web site www.rollerballskates.com. This document contains forward looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, including risks associated with the Company's accumulated deficit, limited operating history, reliance on a limited number of major customers, intense competition in the markets in which the Company competes and other risks outlined in the Company recent prospectus and the Company's subsequent SEC filings. SOURCE: RollerBall International Inc. T A P has entered a 6 month contract with RollerBall International Inc. and is being compensated $30,000 for promotional services for the first 3 months to increase consumer and investor awareness. The remaining $30,000 fee is on a contingency performance basis within 6 month contract period. For complete write-up on ROLL and othe T A P companies go to T A P profile for url