Concepts Direct, Inc. Announces Launch of ColorfulImages.com.Business Editors LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000 Concepts Direct, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDIR CDIR Cumulative Damage Index Right Engine CDIR Chemical Demilitarization and Installation Restoration CDIR Channel Distribution Information at the Receiver ) announced today that its new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. shopping site, www.ColorfulImages.com, is now available to consumers. The site offers the world's largest selection of personalized paper products along with a wide variety of t-shirts and other great gift merchandise. J. Michael Wolfe Michael Wolfe (Born 3 April, 1945, United States) is a poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation. He is also a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, SUNY , President and Chief Executive Officer of Concepts Direct, said: "Colorful Images is our flagship catalog, and we are pleased to extend the brand's reach through a first-class Internet site that is available for our customers in time for the fall shopping season. With ColorfulImages.com, our customers can enter their own personalization information and then see how it will appear on the products they have chosen. This capability appears to be a big hit with our target market." Wolfe added: "We are pleased by the very favorable response from both customers and prospects since we first made the site available to them on October 23rd. In the first 16 days of operation, the site has generated over $50,000 in revenue with virtually no advertising. As we unfold a full marketing program to support this site, we are quite optimistic about its potential." With the recent launch of ColorfulImages.com and SnoopyStore.com, Concepts Direct has completed a suite of Internet retailing sites that extend the reach of all five of its catalog brands. It has also launched NewBargains.com, an inventory liquidation outlet. Having created a technology infrastructure that is fully integrated with its inventory and fulfillment operations, the company builds and hosts its own websites. About Concepts Direct, Inc. Concepts Direct is a direct marketing company focused on building and managing customer relationships through its catalogs and Internet retailing initiatives. The Company sells primarily personalized paper products and a diverse line of merchandise, including gift items, home decorative items, collectibles and apparel. Concepts Direct sells its merchandise primarily via the Colorful Images, Linda Anderson, Snoopy Snoopy world’s most famous beagle. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 542] See : Dogs Snoopy imaginative dog. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 542–543] See : Illusion (TM) etc., Linda Anderson's Collectibles and the Music Stand catalogs. In addition, the Company owns and operates numerous web sites, including www.ColorfulImages.com, www.LindaAnderson.com, www.SnoopyStore.com, www.theMusicStand.com and www.NewBargains.com. To build its e-commerce infrastructure, Concepts Direct established partnerships with several other leading companies, including Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ) for database management software, Vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. (Nasdaq:VIGN VIGN Vignette Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) for content management software and Sun (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) for hardware. Concepts Direct designs and manufactures many of its own products and also purchases a variety of merchandise from outside vendors and suppliers. The Company operates on a policy of guaranteed customer satisfaction and is committed to providing excellent customer service. Headquartered in Longmont, Colo., the Company houses all of its direct marketing operations in Longmont, and sells its products primarily in the 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. . Cautionary Statement This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Company statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives, are forward-looking statements and involve various risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with starting new businesses. Additional discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives is contained in the Company's SEC filings. |
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