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ATG and Ozburn-Hessey Logistics Join Forces to Provide Integrated e-Commerce and Fulfillment Solutions

Business Wire, June 3, 2008

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG) and Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OH Logistics) have partnered to offer online merchants a seamless shopping experience for their customers.

The partnership will give merchants a more integrated e-commerce and fulfillment solution by leveraging the two companies' respective strengths. ATG's leading e-commerce software platform and OH Logistics' supply chain management and fulfillment experience form a powerful combination that will allow merchants to increase conversion rates, earn customer loyalty, and reduce product returns.

"Our goal is to provide a compelling and complete online shopping experience across any customer interaction channel" said Drew Reynolds, senior vice president of corporate development at ATG. "We believe OH Logistics is the fulfillment partner we need to ensure that the consumer receives the correct product in a timely way. OH Logistics' reputation with our shared customers and their contract logistics capabilities helped us identify them as a fulfillment leader."

The addition of OH Logistics' fulfillment services builds upon ATG's advanced e-commerce capabilities including personalization, dynamic merchandising, and e-commerce optimization services such as automated recommendations and click to call. Together, ATG and OH Logistics provide a more complete solution for processing online customer orders. After the customer order is placed online, OH Logistics' inventory management and fulfillment capabilities ensure the end user gets the products desired as quickly as possible. OH Logistics provides flexibility, scalability, and visibility throughout the supply chain which allows its e-commerce clients to place products close to consumers and to have complete access to all order information. The company also provides return and refurbish solutions.

"The partnership introduces a new front-end offering to our services," stated OH Logistics' President of Contract Logistics, Bob Spieth. "Our experience in e-commerce and direct-to-consumer fulfillment positioned us well to join ATG and offer customers an even more integrated solution."

About ATG

ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG) provides the e-commerce platform and e-commerce optimization services that the world's most customer-conscious companies use to power their e-commerce Web sites, attract prospects, convert them to buyers and ensure their satisfaction so they become loyal, repeat, profitable customers. Our e-commerce suite is ranked the #1 current offering and #1 in strategy by the industry's most influential analyst firms, and powers more of the top 300 internet retailers than any other vendor. Our e-commerce optimization services - including automated recommendations and the world's most widely used click to call offering - dramatically increase conversions and order size and enhance customer support. ATG's solutions are used by over 900 major brands, including AT&T, Best Buy, Bulgari, Coca Cola, Continental Airlines, CVS, Dell, Diane von Furstenberg, DirecTV, eLuxury, El Corte Ingles, Expedia, France Telecom, Harvard Business School Publishing, Hewlett-Packard, Hilton, HSBC, Intuit, Jenny Craig, Louis Vuitton, Macy's, Mercedes Benz, Meredith, Microsoft, Neiman Marcus, New York & Company, NutriSystem, OfficeMax, PayPal, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Sears, Sony, Symantec, Target, T-Mobile, Tommy Hilfiger, Urban Outfitters, Verizon, Viacom, Vodafone and Walgreens. For more information, please visit http://www.atg.com.

About OH Logistics

Based in Tennessee, Ozburn-Hessey Logistics is one of the largest 3PLs in the world, providing supply chain management solutions including international and domestic transportation, warehousing, customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and import and export consulting services. The company offers fulfillment, e-commerce fulfillment, service parts management, network optimization, cross docking, and pool distribution. OH Logistics consists of three divisions--International Services, Contract Logistics and Transportation Services. The company operates over 120 value-added distribution centers and offers complete transportation management services domestically and internationally. OH Logistics serves the electronic and high-tech; apparel; consumer products; food and beverage; specialty retail; industrial; and many other industries and employs over 5,700.

OH Logistics can be reached at (877) 401-6400 or on the Web at www.ohlogistics.com.

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