Press Release

Dillard's and Kellwood to Discuss Assortment Planning Best Practices at NRF 2006

New York, NY - October 25, 2005 - Dillard's Inc., one of the nation's largest fashion apparel and home furnishings retailers, and Kellwood Company, a leading marketer of apparel and consumer soft goods, will host a session to discuss assortment planning best practices at the upcoming NRF 95th Annual Convention & Exposition, January 15 - 18, in New York City.

Session information is as follows:

Date & Time:	Tuesday, January 17, 11:45am-12:15pm
Location:	Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY Room 3D08, on the EXPO Floor
Speakers:	Kent Wiley, VP of Training and Support, Dillard's Inc. Michael Saunders, CIO of Kellwood Company
Session Topic:	Dillard's, Inc. and Kellwood Company will discuss industry best practices for merchandising and assortment planning. The session will offer both retailer and vendor perspectives on how to leverage optimal business processes and technology to drive better assortments at the door level, resulting in better inventory management and ultimately higher profitability.

This event will be sponsored by 7thOnline Inc., the leading provider of merchandise and assortment planning solutions to the apparel, footwear, and accessories industry. Additionally, 7thOnline will be located in booth #1666 in the exhibition hall.
Please contact 7thOnline for additional information at sales@7thonline.com.

About 7thOnline -- 7thOnline provides comprehensive inventory and assortment planning solutions specifically targeted to the unique planning, buying and ordering processes of the global apparel, footwear, and accessories community. 7thOnline's web-centric solution suite encompasses visual and quantitative merchandising and assortment planning tools, powerful analytical and optimization engines, and automatic order transmission capabilities in multiple formats. 7thOnline's collaborative capabilities enable real-time sharing of key business information, both internally between colleagues and externally with trading partners, resulting in better-matched supply and demand. 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.