FurnitureFind.com Announces Software Agreement with Gemma International

Furniture World Magazine

FurnitureFind.com announced today that it has entered into a software license agreement with Gemma International, Inc. to acquire e-commerce ready business management software for FurnitureFind.com's rapidly growing web-base furniture distribution business. FurnitureFind.com offers the largest collection of name brand home furnishings online with over 100 name brand manufacturers and some 60,000 items. The Company's unique "personal service" approach to e-commerce is demonstrated by its recent upgrade to 24/7 live customer support. Gemma International is an Oak Brook, Illinois headquartered e-commerce business software developer for middle market distributors and manufacturers. Gemma software is 100% developed in the industry leading LANSA 4GL and Web technology. According to Gemma's President, Charles E. Barrett, "FurnitureFind.com is the prototypical, new paradigm, explosively growing e-commerce business. These e-entrepreneurs are using the Web to rewrite the rules of their industry. They do not have the time to patch together multiple products and technologies to meet their e-commerce business management needs. They need a single solution now and this solution has to be able to evolve as quickly as they do." Barrett explains further that "Gemma is the only software provider in the IBM middle market space that has both highly productive, state-of-the-art 4GL technology and a single technology solution across the host computer, PC's and the Web. Gemma's component product design and advanced technology provides FurnitureFind.com an immediately implementable, highly flexible total business solution and long-term low cost of ownership." In addition to licensing Gemma package software, FurnitureFind.com and Gemma have entered into a software development partnership to customize strategic system functionality for FurnitureFind.com. Steve Antisdel, FurnitureFind.com's President, reports, "Top management of both companies is committed to the evolving e-commerce model. We think Gemma technology and management philosophy are a great fit for our needs and business culture, and we expect a long and productive relationship between our companies." About FurnitureFind.com Since 1996, FurnitureFind.com' has pioneered the furniture e-commerce field with innovations and firsts that include proprietary Kid Glove Home Delivery™; Kid Glove Nationwide Service™, and easy to use Furniture Search Engine™ technology. Chosen by furniture industry professionals as the best online source for name brand furniture and home furnishings, FurnitureFind.com is a Looksmart "Best of the Web" site, and member of online consumer organizations Netcheck, Private Eye, Webwatchdog, BBBOnline and VeriSign. FurnitureFind.com is a trademark of HomeOriginals.com Inc., located at http://FurnitureFind.com. For more information contact Steve Antisdel, President, FurnitureFind.com E-mail: Info@FurnitureFind.com