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ODP, definite 50% gainer potential...low PE(16), actually making money, well off 52 week high of $26, now trading around 10 1/2 and check out this: ECOMPANYSTORE.COM NAMED TO INFORMATION WEEK E-BIZ 100 LIST; ATLANTA E-BUSINESS FIRM RANKS NO. 22 ON LIST PR NEWSWIRE - December 14, 1999 11:22 ATLANTA, Dec 14, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Information Week magazine has named eCompanyStore.com(SM), Inc. (ECS), to its inaugural list of top 100 electronic business innovators. eCompanyStore.com is the business-to-business Internet market maker for logo merchandise in the promotional product and uniform industries. eCompanyStore.com ranked No. 22 on the list. Included in the Top 25 were Office Depot (No. 1), Cisco (No. 3), Lucent (No. 13) and Home Depot (No. 25). Other companies in the survey included Charles Schwab (No. 31), MCI WorldCom (No. 45) and Procter & Gamble (No. 84). "This is without a doubt an important milestone for our company," stated Walt Geer, president, chief executive officer and co-founder of eCompanyStore.com. "It shows that in a year's time we have made remarkable progress and are now considered one of the top e-business companies in the United States. The list is full of great companies, and it's an honor to be named with the very best in this rapidly evolving space." Information Week Research conducted a Web survey in August and September to identify the nation's most innovative practitioners of electronic business applications and solutions. The survey was designed by Information Week editors in consultation with the Hurwitz Group, a consulting and research firm. More than 400 nominations were then assessed and evaluated by analysts from the Hurwitz Group, along with Information Week editors and researchers. "All companies making the E-Business 100 exemplify three overarching characteristics essential to e-business success -- strong leadership, business vision and the capability to execute on strategy," said Judith Hurwitz, president and chief executive officer of Hurwitz Group. eCompanyStore.com recently formed an alliance with ImageX.com and signed agreements with eight other companies including The Southern Company. Four of these companies rank in the Fortune 1000. Based in Atlanta, eCompanyStore.com provides Internet-based, business-to-business, e-commerce solutions that allow organizations to efficiently purchase Logo Merchandise including promotional products and uniforms. eCompanyStore.com's Internet-based solutions are designed to increase the effectiveness and lower the costs of programs by reducing the inefficiencies associated with traditional methods of acquiring promotional products. The company customizes and maintains, at no charge to clients, individual eCompanyStores that allow each client to offer its corporate logo merchandise to authorized individuals via the Internet. eCompanyStore.com's solution re-invents the way companies manage their programs and merchandise purchases by providing broad product choices, reduced inventory, increased convenience, easy access and cost control and savings. The company's streamlined business model allows more efficient operations with fewer employees than traditional Logo Merchandise providers. For more information, please visit the company's web site at ecompanystore.com . SOURCE eCompanyStore.com (C) 1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Thomas Smith of Cohn & Wolfe, 404-880-5269, or Thomas_Smith@cohnwolfe.com , for eCompanyStore.com WEB PAGE: ecompanystore.com