CrossCommerce Adds Over 3 Million Additional Stock-Keeping Units—SKUs—to Virtual Product Warehouse

Business Wire, June 28, 2000

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2000

New Product Supplier Agreements Signed with Baker & Taylor, Inc.,

Ingram Entertainment Inc., Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE:IM), Muze, Inc.,

and TechData Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD)

CrossCommerce, the industry's first E-Merchandising Service Provider, announced today that it has signed new product supplier agreements to expand the number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) and product categories contained in the CrossCommerce Virtual Product Warehouse(TM). The Virtual Product Warehouse, a key component of the CrossCommerce E-Merchandising Platform(TM), provides subscribing customers with access to millions of intelligently categorized SKUs across a broad range of product categories.

The new product supplier agreements with Baker & Taylor, Ingram Entertainment Inc., Ingram Micro, Inc., Muze, Inc. and TechData Corporation further expand what is the largest online inventory of merchandise offered by any vendor in the industry. CrossCommerce has added over 3 million new SKUs that span a wide range of product categories including books, videos, DVDs, video games, CDs, computer hardware and software and office supplies. The company's Virtual Product Warehouse now features 26 product categories.

The establishment of these new product supplier agreements closely follows the recently announced CrossCommerce relationship with QRS Corporation (NASDAQ:QRSI), a leading provider of e-commerce solutions to the retail industry. Through its partnership with QRS Corporation, CrossCommerce subscribers will have access to more than 73 million Universal Product Codes from over 8 thousand manufacturers.

"We offer our customers a comprehensive outsourced e-commerce solution by handling everything from product sourcing and intelligent merchandising, to transaction processing and order fulfillment," says Karl Augat, Director of Business Development with CrossCommerce. "Our E-Merchandising Service Provider model is specifically designed to shield customers from the complexity and high-cost of becoming an online commerce provider. The Virtual Product Warehouse plays a key role by eliminating their exposure to maintaining physical inventory. We'll continue to add product suppliers to ensure we offer the greatest breadth of leading products for our rapidly growing subscriber base."

About the Product Suppliers

Baker & Taylor, Inc. is a global information and entertainment services company that offers books, videos, music and services to traditional and Internet retailers, libraries and educational institutions.

Ingram Entertainment Inc. had net sales in excess of $1.1 billion in 1999. It is the leading national distributor of home entertainment products including prerecorded videocassettes, electronics, video game hardware and software, DVD hardware and software, audio books, accessories, and used prerecorded videocassettes. Ingram Entertainment Inc. services over 10,000 video specialty, mass merchant, drug and supermarket accounts. The company also provides support services, including direct to consumer fulfillment, for Internet retailers. Ingram Entertainment is headquartered in La Vergne, Tennessee and operates out of 17 U.S. locations. Ingram Entertainment Inc. is also the parent company of music publisher, Ingram/LeBrun Music Inc. and Nashville Computer Liquidators (microcomputer and electronics wholesaler) and holds a controlling interest in Frank, Best and Ingram (advertising agency).

Operating in 34 countries, Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE:IM) is the world's largest wholesale provider of technology products and services, with sales exceeding $29 billion for the past four reported quarters. Ingram Micro's key business units deliver fulfillment and distribution, product acquisition and selection, supply-chain automation and programs, as well as e-procurement to more than 175,000 technology solution providers, manufacturers and businesses located in more than 100 countries. Ingram Micro is driving the evolution of wholesale distribution for the information technology industry and is the operation's engine behind leading global e-businesses today.

Since 1991, Muze has been setting the standard for interactive entertainment content and commerce. Headquartered in New York City, Muze's in-store and online information systems for music, books and video and its advanced digital audio listening technology can be found in over 13,000 brick and mortar locations and on over 270 web sites. Muze's comprehensive database is updated regularly by a staff of expert entertainment writers and editors. For such clients as Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN), Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS), Tower Records, Virgin Mega Stores, and Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO). Muze's information solutions bring entertainment retailers added revenue, improved customer service and increased customer loyalty. With new standards on the horizon, Muze is positioned to redirect communication in the entertainment industry supply chain. To experience Muze's database of popular music please visit its Web site at http://www.muze.com.