SAN DIEGO- July 15, 2007 – On July 1, NetPlus Alliance approved Trade Service to be a business services supplier to the NetPlus Alliance membership network. 

Trade Service is the leading provider of subscription-based content services to distributors in the Industrial Supplies, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC/R, and Office Supplies markets. These services help distributors more efficiently maintain the pricing and product information in their computer systems, enable more effective merchandising of all the items they have access to sell, and provide images and descriptive content to enrich web storefront initiatives. 

“We are very pleased to join the NetPlus Alliance as a business services provider. The Industrial Supplies market is a major focus for Trade Service and we believe that the members of NetPlus Alliance are ready to embrace the benefits that a value-added price and product information updating service can deliver,” says Robert Stone, Director of Business Development for Trade Service.

“NetPlus Alliance is always looking for programs that can help our member network be more efficient in their operations and more effective in marketing our suppliers’ products. The services offered by Trade Service helps our members achieve both of those goals,” says Karl Puzio, Vice-President of NetPlus Alliance.

About NetPlus Alliance
NetPlus Alliance helps suppliers of industrial and contractor supplies grow their market share among their distributor network across North America, while simultaneously helping distributors grow their net profit margin. Membership is open to all industrial supplies distributors and contractor supplies distributors.

About Trade Service
Trade Service is the leading provider of standardized product and price information to the electrical, plumbing/PVF, HVACR, industrial MRO and office products industries. Since 1931, the company has been the leader in content acquisition, aggregation, management, publishing, and distribution, offering a variety of products, services, and systems to meet the content needs of over 18,000 contractors, distributors, institutions, and government agencies. The range of solutions provided includes printed directories, electronic catalogs, pricing data for business system updating, and robust attributed content to fuel full-functioning Internet storefronts. For more information, visit www.tradeservice.com or call 800-854-1527.