Uniforms for America Selected as Approved Vendor for Walt Disney World.MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1998--Uniforms for America (OTC/BB:UNIF UNIF Uniform UNIF Unified UNIF Universal NES Interchange Format ), the nation's only franchise retail uniform company, has been selected as an approved vendor for the Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World theme park and resort, which employs more than 50,000 workers in Orlando, Fla. UNIF's new corporate sales force will focus on acquiring large national accounts like Disney with its career wear line, in order to increase revenue for the company. New manufacturing capabilities, including broad-based broad-based Of or relating to an index or average that provides a good representation of the overall market. The S&P 500 and NYSE Composite are generally regarded as broad-based stock indexes, while the popular Dow Jones Industrial Average is biased holiday and theme-wear, earned Uniforms for America the position of Walt Disney's approved uniform vendor. "We are very pleased to be selected as an approved vendor for Walt Disney World, and through our National Accounts Program will continue to aggressively pursue other avenues in order to expand our customer base," said Roger Flynn, vice president of Marketing and Sales. "For example, we have also expanded our product lines to include restaurant apparel, and will be supplying the chefware for the nationally syndicated Kroger Cooking Show." In order to increase the company's retail and marketing image, Uniforms for America hired Freebairn & Co., a full-service advertising, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , and marketing firm in Atlanta, to create new marketing initiatives. Based in Marietta, Ga., Uniforms for America is the only franchise retail uniform operation 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. and currently has more than 50 stores. Under the direction of the company's president, James Brockman James Brockman (December 8 1886 - May 22 1967) was an American songwriter. Born in Russia, he immigrated to New York by himself at the age of 9 or 10. His given name was Jacob Brachman but he changed the spelling of the last name because it was mis-pronounced and the rest of the , Uniforms for America plans to aggressively expand its business to service the 27 million U.S. workers who wear uniforms each day. Uniforms for America is a franchiser of retail medical and career apparel stores that are upscale in image and equipped with state-of-the-art operations. UNIF offers superior franchise support and a comprehensive training school at its corporate headquarters in Marietta, Ga, with a curriculum designed to teach all the necessary information to operate a successful store, including merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. techniques and advertising programs to enhance its market presence. The franchises and the company stores are strategically located near hospitals, medical, dental and other health service providers. Each store is approximately 1,500 square feet with capability to generate sales from $250,000 to $500,000 annually. Certain statements in this news release may constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements to differ. CONTACT: James Brockman, 770/590-0199 www.ufainc.com |
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