Arctic Cat Expands Relationship with ARI; New Agreement Provides Co-op Dollars for Dealer Websites.MILWAUKEE -- ARI ARI Acute respiratory infection, see there (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ARIS ARIS American Religious Identification Survey ARIS Architecture of Integrated Information Systems ARIS Active Rack Isolation System ARIS Aggregate Route-based IP Switching ARIS Agentia Romana pentru Investitii Straine ), a leading provider of technology-enabled business solutions that help equipment dealers build sales and profits, today announced the expansion of their relationship with Arctic Cat Arctic Cat is a producer of all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles in the United States. Located in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, they are a top competitor with other snowmobile companies such as Polaris, Ski-Doo by Bombardier, and Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.. , Inc. of Thief River The Thief River is a tributary of the Red Lake River in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. Falls, MN. Under the new agreement, Arctic Cat dealers will be able to use their co-op dollars to help fund the annual subscription and hosting fees for WebsiteSmart(TM), ARI's template-based website creation software. In addition, dealers subscribing to WebsiteSmart and ARI's PartSmart(R) electronic parts catalog Noun 1. parts catalog - a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices parts catalogue catalogue, catalog - a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements" will be able to display the Arctic Cat parts catalog on their own dealer site to allow their customers to look up and order parts and accessories 24x7. "Our goal has always been to make working with Arctic Cat as simple as possible for our dealers and our customers using Arctic Cat products by providing them with access to the tools that they need," said John Tranby, marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales manager for Arctic Cat. "To that end, we have partnered with ARI over the last 10 years to provide them with access to up-to-date parts and pricing information through ARI's PartSmart and EMPARTweb(TM) electronic parts catalogs. We recognize that in order for our dealers to become more successful, they must have a presence on the web," added Tranby. "To help our dealers better serve their customers, reach new customers and harness the power of the Internet, we made the decision to expand our partnership with ARI to include WebsiteSmart as part of our co-op program. Our dealers will now be able to use their co-op advertising dollars toward their ARI WebsiteSmart subscription as well as make our parts catalogs available to their customers. We're confident that this will help our dealers market and promote their business, increase customer loyalty as well as facilitate additional Arctic Cat product sales," concluded Tranby. "Arctic Cat's decision to expand their partnership with us is a testament to the value that ARI's products and services provide both manufacturers and dealers," said Brian E. Dearing, chairman and chief executive officer of ARI. "Over the years, we've worked with Arctic Cat to streamline their technical publishing process with our EMPARTweb and EMPARTpublisher(TM) offerings and deployed PartSmart to over 1,600 Arctic Cat dealers. Now, under our new agreement, we have the opportunity to help Arctic Cat dealers increase their visibility and sales through the use of WebsiteSmart," added Dearing. Dearing indicated that WebsiteSmart is part of ARI's Dealer Marketing Services product suite that helps manufactured equipment dealers to market their business. In addition to WebsiteSmart, ARI's Dealer Marketing Services suite includes eMailSmart(TM), ARI MailSmart(TM), WeatherSmart(TM), SeasonSmart(TM) and Content Management Services. About Arctic Cat Inc. Arctic Cat Inc., based in Thief River Falls, Minnesota Thief River Falls, also called Thief River or TRF, is a city in Pennington County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 8,410 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pennington County6. U.S. , designs, engineers, manufactures and markets snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) under the Arctic Cat brand name, as well as related parts, garments and accessories. The Company markets its products through a network of independent dealers located throughout the contiguous United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, and through distributors representing dealers in Alaska, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and other international markets. The Arctic Cat brand name has existed for more than 30 years and is among the most widely recognized and respected names in the snowmobile snowmobile, vehicle designed to travel over snow, ice, and similar surfaces that offer limited traction and weight-supporting capability. As the performance of the vehicle depends to a large extent on keeping its weight as low as possible, there is no enclosure for industry. The Company trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol ACAT ACAT See: Automated Customer Account Transfer . For more information on Arctic Cat, visit their website www.arcticcat.com. About ARI ARI is a leading provider of electronic parts catalogs and related technology and services to increase sales and profits for dealers in the manufactured equipment markets. ARI currently provides approximately 91 parts catalogs (many of which contain multiple lines of equipment) for approximately 72 equipment manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe. Approximately 81,000 catalog subscriptions are provided through ARI to approximately 29,000 dealers and distributors in approximately 89 countries in a dozen segments of the worldwide equipment market including outdoor power, power sports, ag equipment, recreation vehicle, floor maintenance, auto and truck parts aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. , marine and construction. The Company builds and supports a full suite of multi-media electronic catalog publishing and viewing software for the Web or CD and provides expert catalog publishing and consulting services. ARI also provides dealer marketing services, including technology-enabled direct mail, email and an award-winning dealer website service that makes it quick and easy for an equipment dealer to have a professional and attractive website. In addition, ARI e-Catalog systems support a variety of electronic pathways for parts orders, warranty claims and other transactions between manufacturers and their networks of sales and service points. ARI currently operates three offices in the United States and one in Europe and has sales and service agents in England and France providing marketing and support of its products and services. |
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