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Editorials
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C-ME.com
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The Wholesale Auction Center (planned launch: spring 2000) will
provide a marketplace for vendors to liquidate
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unsold products. C-ME.com is currently pursuing patent protection
for this technology.
The Factory Outlet Mall (planned launch: spring 2000) is a forum
for vendors to sell products directly to consumers. This complete
e-commerce package will include secure credit card transactions,
shopping cart functions, & automatic calculation of sales tax &
freight charges. This is C-ME.com's only business-to-consumer segment.
Market
According to figures released by business 2.0 magazine 9/99, the
overall market for wholesale/retail business-to-business e-commerce
transactions is expected to grow to $65.6 billion by the year 2002.
CMEE's services appeal to hundreds of thousands of wholesale manufacturers
& retailers in the U.S. alone.
Currently, retail buyers spend 60 to 80 percent of their time
sourcing (searching for & locating) merchandise. Vendors welcome
the ability to easily display & update their products & pricing,
& interacting easily with all retail buyers. Retailers appreciate
fast, user-friendly services that positively impact gross margin
at no cost to them.
In line with the retailer-centric approach, the company is targeting
all types of retailers, from conventional department stores to national
chains to mass merchandis-ing stores to off-price stores, as its
potential retail partners. These retailers use C-ME.com at no cost
in exchange for co-marketing the company's services to their vendors.
Vendors pay for the C-ME.com system because retail buyers use it.
Management believes retail business-to-business e-commerce is an
untapped market with enormous potential.
Management
Frank S. Yuan founded the company in 1996 & is CEO & chairman.
He has 20 years experience in the apparel & computer wholesale industries.
In 1986 he founded U.N. Imports, Inc., a men's apparel import/wholesale
company. He also founded two community commercial banks & two title
insurance companies in the Los Angeles area.
John F. Busey is president. He has 20 years of experience in strategic,
operational, & financial planning & management with Carter Hawley
Hale Stores, the former multi-billion dollar department & specialty
holding company which operated under the names: The Broadway, Neiman
Marcus, Contempo Casuals,
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