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SAN DIEGO - May 11, 2004 – Trade Service,
the San Diego-based provider of pricing
update services and catalog marketing
content, announced today that it has
signed a strategic partnership agreement
with Computer Pundits Corporation, a
leading provider of cross-platform content
management and publishing software.
As part of the agreement, Trade Service
has created a special input format for
their catalog marketing content that
seamlessly integrates into the Computer
Pundits Catalog Builder software. The
Catalog Builder program can automatically
import and publish the Trade Service
content without any re-formatting or
special handling. The resulting integration
allows distributors to easily publish
professional looking catalogs, websites,
or promotional materials without having
to invest large amounts of time and
money in the creation of original content
or software.
According to Robert
Stone, Director of Business Development
for Trade Service, “We chose to partner
with Computer Pundits because of the
seamless way that distributors will
be able to publish our catalog marketing
content. Distributors who choose our
content to run in the Catalog Builder
program will be publishing full-line
or specialty catalogs, either in print
or on the web in literally minutes.
Their software is sensibly priced, very
easy to use, and results in documents
of superior quality and appeal.”
“Trade Service content
is 100% catalog ready the day it is
loaded into Catalog Builder. The quality
of the marketing text, graphics, and
technical information is superb,” said
Prashubh Batham, President of Computer
Pundits. “Any distributor that is using
or considering the purchase of our software
should consider obtaining content from
Trade Service if they want the publishing
process to go smoothly and quickly,
and result in a great looking product.”
About Computer Pundits Corporation
Established in 1991, Computer Pundits
Corporation is a privately held company
headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Its innovative digital cataloging software,
Catalog Builder®, is revolutionizing
the business to business cataloging
industry and saving companies thousands
and even hundreds of thousands of dollars
by automating the process of generating
and maintaining print, CD-ROM, PDF,
e-mail, and web-based catalogs. By merging
today's technology with tried-and-true
catalogs, Catalog Builder drives exciting
new business opportunities and streamlines
sales and purchasing activities. For
more information, call 1-888-786-3487
or visit www.computerpundits.com.
About Trade Service
Trade Service Corporation 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 20,000 distributors, contractors,
government agencies and “buy side” Fortune
1000 subscribers. 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.
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