H.B. Fuller Deploys Intershop Solutions to Sell Direct, Sell Indirect, and to Sell to Electronic Marketplaces.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO & ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2000

Intershop Communications, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of electronic commerce applications and software solutions, today announced that H.B. Fuller Company, a worldwide manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, coatings, paints and specialty chemicals will use Intershop enfinity and Intershop ePages to support it's e-commerce solutions.

Intershop enfinity, the first complete XML and Java -based, sell-side e-business application, offers H.B. Fuller Company advanced Sell Anywhere capabilities, complete integration with existing business systems and the flexibility to grow with rapidly changing e-commerce business models.

With Intershop ePages, the highly scalable and rapidly deployable e-commerce hosting solution, H.B. Fuller provides the procurement and sales channel with cost-efficient applications, which are integral to the Company's e-commerce strategy.

"Intershop offers the best solution to address all of H.B. Fuller Company's e-commerce needs, thus increasing the efficiency and reducing the time and cost of business transactions across the board," said Paul Satre, manager, eBusiness unit for H.B. Fuller Company. "As our customers increase online purchases, Intershop's Sell Anywhere support enables us to reach them anywhere, whether direct, indirect or via emerging online marketplaces.

"We are extremely excited about the opportunity to work with a global enterprise such as H.B. Fuller Company," said Keith Costello, president, Intershop. "With Intershop's products and services, H.B. Fuller is able to deploy electronic commerce solutions across the value chain, reduce the time and cost of transactions as well as tap the power of the Internet in order to sell products anywhere at any time."

About H.B. Fuller Company

H.B. Fuller Company is a 113-year-old worldwide manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, coatings, paints and specialty chemicals with headquarters in St. Paul, Minn. Fiscal 1999 sales totaled $1.364 billion. The company employs approximately 5,400 people worldwide, and has manufacturing and sales offices in 37 countries and customers in more than 100. For more information about the company, visit the web side at http://www.hbfuller.com.

About Intershop Communications, Inc.

Intershop is the world's fastest growing provider of e-commerce applications and software solutions for the enterprise. Intershop's software offers the quickest time-to-market today with the greatest flexibility for tomorrow. In addition, Intershop e-commerce solutions enable customers to "Sell Anywhere" by supporting the widest range of current and rapidly emerging e-commerce business models.

With more than 300,000 licenses sold worldwide, Intershop customers include some of the world's largest commerce service providers and enterprises such as AltaVista, Concentric, Deutsche Telekom, Go2Net, Mindspring, Nortel, PSINet, U S West Dex, Bosch, Canon USA, Columbia-Tri Star, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Hewlett-Packard Company, Kraft, Lufthansa, Mercedes Benz U.S. International, Motorola, Sony and Waterstone's. Founded in 1992, Intershop is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in the U.S., Germany, France, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, Finland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom and can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.intershop.com.

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