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CORNERSTONE'S B2BGALAXY.COM HIGHLIGHTED IN FORBES.COM'S
"BEST OF THE WEB: B2B" GUIDE TO THE 200 MOST PROMISING WEB
SITES
FOODgalaxy.com Selected as a Leading B2B Procurement Solution
for the Foodservice Industry
New York, NY, July 5 -- Cornerstone Internet Solutions
(Nasdaq: CNRS), a provider of comprehensive Internet-based
business-to-business (B2B) services and solutions, today announced
that its FOODgalaxy.com business unit has been recognized
as one of the top 200 B2B marketplaces in Forbes.com's first
annual ``Best of the Web: B2B'' issue.
In its "Best of the Web: B2B" guide, Forbes reported that
more than 1,000 Web marketplaces have been announced in the
past twelve months. Out of those, Forbes researchers had selected
200 of the most promising B2B sites in each of 25 different
industries. Forbes judged each company on its strategy, execution,
financial staying power, and Web site. The Forbes article
can be found online at http://www.forbesbest.com/.
"The recent recognition of FOODgalaxy by Forbes further
validates our business model, technology and go-to market
strategies. In addition to FOODgalaxy, we continue to offer
the underlying exchange technology as a full-service ASP under
a branded license, as well as B2Bgalaxy-operated marketplaces,
either exclusively or through joint venture ownership," said
David Rowe, CEO of B2Bgalaxy.com. "The flexibility we have
built into our software provides each purchaser with multiple
procurement methods that can be combined to offer a complete
procurement solution."
Through B2Bgalaxy.com's expanding suite of PowerProducts,
including PowerPurchasing and PowerVendor, buyers purchase
commodity and non-commodity supplies online from their existing
or new vendors, through a virtual private exchange. This exchange
enables members to post a customized inventory list online
and suppliers submit their latest product prices or contracted
prices. This flexible procurement solution combines price
comparison, contracted pricing and aggregated purchasing for
multiple locations as determined by the purchaser. The system
produces electronic purchase orders based upon price, quality
and availability from buyer-selected vendors, driving down
the cost of goods to buyers by as much as 20 percent and significantly
reducing the time traditionally devoted to the comparative
price shopping process. In turn, the platform increases the
overall efficiency in the sales and procurement process for
vendors and buyers and reduces the costs of errors & omissions
as well as time and resource.
About Cornerstone Internet Solutions
Cornerstone Internet Solutions operates two subsidiaries,
B2Bgalaxy.com and marchFIRST Cornerstone, which are in separate
Internet businesses.
The B2Bgalaxy.com subsidiary creates industry-specific business-to-business
e-commerce marketplaces that link buyers and sellers through
competitive on-line exchanges and focuses on improving member
profitability through the use of PowerPurchasing, the award-winning
marketplace exchange technology.
FOODgalaxy.com enables restaurants and other food service
establishments to post a customized inventory list online
and requires suppliers to continually submit their latest
product bids. This competitive process drives down the cost
of goods to buyers by as much as 20 percent and significantly
reduces the time traditionally devoted to the comparative
price shopping process. Additional functionality is available
to distributors allowing them to reduce their cost of customer
acquisition, and there cost of conducting business through
the power of the Internet. Cornerstone expects to launch a
series of marketplaces over the next few years through its
B2Bgalaxy.com unit. New marketplaces will be industry-specific,
link buyers directly with suppliers and manufacturers and
utilize B2Bgalaxy.com's PowerProduct suite of e-procurement
application services.
marchFIRST Cornerstone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cornerstone
Internet Solutions Inc, is a full-service Internet consulting
firm that uses a combination of strategic planning, technology
and creative expertise to provide clients with successful
solutions in the B2B, B2C, Knowledge Management and Enterprise
Integration Domains.
marchFIRST and the marchFIRST logo are trademarks of marchFIRST,
Inc.
This news release, particularly
those describing Cornerstone's, FOODgalaxy.com's and B2Bgalaxy.com's
future business prospects, contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. Actual results could differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements as
a result of a number of factors, including difficulties in
implementing desired features, delays in completing the B2Bgalaxy
and various industry specific web sites, including FOODgalaxy.com,
technical challenges, cost overruns, changes in design, competition,
and so on, any of which could have an adverse effect on the
Company and B2Bgalaxy.com and its communities, including FOODgalaxy.com.
Factors such as these could have an adverse effect on the
Company's results of operations. In light of significant uncertainties
inherent in forward-looking statements included herein, the
inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a
representation by the Company or any other person that the
objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. |