Garden Ridge Selects Stone Bond's Enterprise Enabler for Back Office Integration

Business Wire, May 14, 2003

Business Editors

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003

Stone Bond Technologies, L.P. today announced the signing of a contract with Garden Ridge to provide software and services in support of a retail data and business logic integration system, through the use of Enterprise Enabler(TM). The deployed system will integrate existing back office systems at Garden Ridge's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas, with the dynamic scalability to integrate all retail applications deployed to Garden Ridge stores throughout the United States.

"I'm anticipating my team to be able to respond quicker to user-requested changes after implementing Enterprise Enabler", said Grant Anderson, Garden Ridge IT director.

"If any company is looking for an affordable yet powerful integration solution that allows them to address the changing retail systems infrastructure, Stone Bond's Enterprise Enabler(TM) possesses the optimum solution for them," said John Nixon, Vice-President Client Solutions for Stone Bond. "An essential feature of Enterprise Enabler is its ability to proactively address emergent information standards for both data and equipment," he added.

"With Stone Bond's Enterprise Enabler providing the system's framework, a user has a flexible data and business logic integration system that will adapt quickly to changing business needs," said Pamela Szabo, CIO of Stone Bond. "Additionally, Enterprise Enabler's universal integration of all data types over any transport protocol ensures that clients have a platform that will mature with the organization and not become shelf-ware."

About Stone Bond Technologies, LP

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Stone Bond Technologies LP provides software that synchronizes business strategy and process through information access. Stone Bond's Enterprise Enabler removes all technical barriers between business units so that any data in any format can be viewed, shared and handled. For more information on Stone Bond visit our Web site at www.stonebond.com or call us at 713/622-8798.

About Garden Ridge Back Office Retail Systems

Garden Ridge is a Home Decor and Craft Marketplace who has the largest selection of home decor under one roof. Founded in 1979, Garden Ridge began in San Antonio, Texas, and has flourished into 43 stores in 13 states and is still growing! Their megastores contain 10 main departments, including:

Pottery             Pictures and Frames
Housewares          Baskets
Floral              Crafts
Home Decor          Party
Candles             Seasonal