BulkMarkets.com Launches Its First B2B Online Exchange Company's WorldWineTrade.com Debuts to Rave Reviews From Industry.Business/Technology Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2000 BulkMarkets.com (www.BulkMarkets.com), an online global market maker for agricultural commodities sold in bulk, launched its first B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business online exchange in London last week. WorldWineTrade.com is the premiere online sales and procurement system directly connecting bulk wine producers and packagers around the world. The only real-time Internet solution focused exclusively on the bulk wine trade debuted to accolades from the industry at the London International Wine Trade Fair. WorldWineTrade.com (www.WorldWineTrade.com) is driven by patent-pending technology that was named outstanding e-business-to-business application at COMDEX/Spring 2000. "WorldWineTrade.com brings to life the technology we developed to bring efficiencies to highly fragmented global markets for specialty commodities," said Mike MacDougal Robert Meiklejohn MacDougal (born March 5, 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago White Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BulkMarkets.com. "The hundreds of visitors to our show booth were truly excited by the opportunity to leverage the Internet to centralize and improve communication. The pent-up demand for an e-commerce solution was even greater than we anticipated." BulkMarkets.com is providing industry-specific channels where producers and packagers can negotiate sales online and reduce the amount of time and money spent on traditional middlemen. The vertical hubs also add value by providing a central source of market information on pricing, volume, product movement and availability, as well as post-transaction services such as shipping. To best serve the global market, the company has local representatives in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. The B2B Web strategy behind WorldWineTrade.com will soon be implemented in other targeted bulk commodity markets including juice concentrates, nuts, dried fruits and spices/herbs. "BulkMarkets.com is focused on bringing this segment of the supply chain into the 21st century," said Jeff Walker Jeff Walker might be:
BulkMarkets.com has the professional experience and international representation necessary to serve the bulk specialty agricultural commodity market, which totals $160 billion in annual revenues at the producer level. Founders MacDougal and Walker have almost two decades of combined industry experience in the international production and trade of bulk wine. Chief Technology Officer Gary MacDougal has 11 years of experience in the management of technology companies. BulkMarkets.com completed its first round of institutional funding in mid-March led by Bay City Capital's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Nutrition and Agribusiness Fund with other investors including William Blair
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