To: Matt Davis who wrote (50 ) 5/20/1999 3:26:00 AM From: Cola Can Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 66
I got this in e-mail: 5/19/99 Dear Shareholder; We are taking this opportunity to update you on recent developments here at FineLine Properties.com, Inc. and also have attached a recent Press Release. Over the past few weeks, the Company has - 1). Introduced its e-commerce Store on the Internet, 2). Completed a $230,000 guaranteed Licensing Agreement with Boein Co. Ltd of Korea, 3). Recorded over 3,500 hits on its e-commerce Store Web Site, and 4). Introduced its newest character groups, The InternautsĀ and eKidsĀ. 5). placed an advertising campaign with The Licensing Magazine which reaches over 15,000 licensing and merchandising professionals attending this years Licensing Show In New York City - the world's largest licensing event. All of the preceding developments can be read via Yahoo Finance under our trading symbol FNLND. We trust the attached will update you on current developments with our company. Sincerely; R. Petry President FineLine Properties.com, Inc. Company Press Release FineLine Properties.com Announces 35 Apparel Additions To The Company's E-Commerce Internet Signature Store FAIRLAWN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999--FineLine Properties.com Inc. (OTC BB:FNLND) Monday announced that it has added a line of 35 T-shirts to its FineLine Signature E-Commerce Store.. "We have expanded our apparel line to include a line of T-shirts to add items which have been highly requested by customers visiting our Store Site", indicated Company President Robert Petry, "fully one fourth of all visitors to our Signature Store have indicated they would like a line of T-shirts, so, we have added 35, with more introductions on the way. These new additions, when added to our designer shirts and causal wear, provides us with over 85 apparel items". The line of FineLine branded T-shirts utilizes the cartoons of The Kooties. Majors, Icers and Hoopsters character lines and has been priced to be extremely affordable. The company is working on designs to add its newest creations The Internauts, cyber heroes and villains and eKids, aimed at children 3 through 8, which it introduced last week. The FineLine Signature Store, as well as its entire cartoon family can be seen by going to the company's web site at www.finelineproperties.com, where one can follow the links to the e-commerce Store as well as new characters. FineLine is focused on merchandising its apparel via e-Commerce and third party licensing arrangements. The company is modeling the branding strategies of successful on-line retailers Disney (NYSE:DIS- news), Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news), Dell (Nasdaq:DELL - news), and Ebay (Nasdaq:EBAY -news) by being the innovator and originator in its industry. FineLine is one of the first companies ever to introduce cartoon characters to the world using its Internet Web site as a platform. Some of FineLine's cartoon characters have already been on the international stage with licenses in more than 20 countries and on over 450 licensed products.. The cartoon licensing and merchandising industry is a $150 billion market with major industry names such as Disney, Warner Bros., The Rug Rats, Marvel Comics (NYSE:MRV - news) and others. FineLine plans to be a major player in e-Commerce sales. With more than 180 million Internet surfers on a global basis and more than 80 million in the United States, cyberspace reaches almost every corner of the globe. Last year (1998), e-Commerce moved $23 billion worth of consumer merchandise, with projections for 1999 indicating that this figure should exceed $75 billion. Statements in this release are made pursuant to the ''Safe Harbor'' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's services, increased levels of competition for the company, and dependence on the performance of the management of the company. Contact: ibchannel.com Online Investor Package Visitibchannel.com FineLine Web Site Visitfinelineproperties.com Investor Relations Tom Madden 800/941-1558 Contact: FineLine Properties.com Inc., Fairlawn Tom Madden, 800/941-1558 www.finelineproperties.com