Retailers Rank 7thOnline as Top Software Provider in Apparel Magazine Survey

7thOnline ranks in industry short lists for Customer Satisfaction, Overall Performance, Apparel Knowledge, Quality of Support, User Friendliness, Long-Term Vision, and Ease of Upgrading, Installation, Integration, and Administration.

New York, NY, May 18, 2006 - 7thOnline, the premier provider of merchandise and assortment planning solutions to the apparel, footwear, and accessories community, announced today that the company has been named as one of the market's top software firms in Apparel Magazine's Software Scorecard.  This survey, published in May 2006, is the first software ranking providing a head-to-head comparison of the top software vendors specific to the apparel/retail industry.  Based on votes from executives responsible for IT decisions, the Scorecard ranks vendors on a combination of customer satisfaction and breadth and scope of apparel solutions and business.

7thOnline ranked in the top ten of industry software providers for the following categories:

• Customer satisfaction
• Understanding of apparel-specific business issues
• Quality of support
• Quality of service
• User friendliness
• Ease of upgrading
• Ease of installation
• Ease of integration
• Ease of administration/maintenance
• Long-term vision

"This recognition is a further testament to the tremendous successes we have enjoyed with our customers as well as our commitment to the fashion industry," stated Max Ma, Chief Executive Officer. "We partner with our clients to deliver value driving assortment planning solutions that are specific to this industry's business requirements. Our approach has enabled our clients to experience rapid return on investment."

About 7thOnline -- 7thOnline provides comprehensive merchandise and assortment planning solutions targeted to the global apparel, footwear, and accessories community.  7thOnline's on-demand solution suite encompasses visual and quantitative top-down and bottom-up assortment planning tools, powerful analytical and optimization engines, and automatic order transmission capabilities in multiple formats.  Customer results include higher sell-thru and lower markdowns through better assortments at the door level, better inventory matching due to earlier supply/demand visibility, shorter cycle times due to the streamlined process, and reduced operational costs resulting from significantly reduced administrative tasks and error rates.