Glmmarketplace.Com Posts Virtual Rep

Furniture World Magazine

GLMmarketplace.com has introduced a new "Rep Find" feature, which offers manufacturers and manufacturer's representatives an exclusive opportunity to connect on-line. Accessed electronically through www.glmmarketplace.com, the feature serves as a "virtual lines wanted/reps wanted board" for consumer products. The new feature allows manufacturers visiting the GLMmarketplace site to post and respond to requests for product representation. Through the same site, manufacturer's reps can post and respond to requests for new lines. In future, "Rep Find" will be further enhanced to allow manufacturers and representatives to automatically receive posted requests according to their registered profiles. "In an effort to serve all aspects of the industry, we've expanded GLMmarketplace beyond buyer and supplier to service manufacturers and sales representatives. We feel that the inclusion of 'Rep Find' is a step towards meeting the needs of the manufacturer and the sales rep online and giving them a cutting edge forum to conduct business," said Phil Burke, vice president, George Little Management, Inc. (GLM). Introduced jointly by GLM and eMarketplaces, Inc., the cutting-edge GLMmarketplace.com system is an extension of GLM's trade show activities, connecting retailers and suppliers electronically at all levels, delivering sales leads and product information to participants by Internet, e-mail or fax. Since its launch in January 1999, more than 15,000 buyers have become registered members of GLMmarketplace, which features 5,000 products. George Little Management, Inc. is a privately-held exposition management company. Based in White Plains, NY, the third generation, family-owned business employs more than 125 people and produces more than 20 tradeshows each year in major cities across the United States for industries as diverse as lodging and foodservice, meeting planning, giftware, stationery, textiles, tabletop and gourmet products. eMarketplaces, Inc. is a privately held e-commerce solutions company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Commerce Exchange Systems Incorporated. eMarketplaces uses the unique technology of the ICES System to create, develop and launch business-to-business electronic marketplaces for they buying and selling of goods. For supplier and retailer membership information call 1-877-99MARKET. Information may also be obtained by visiting www.GLMmarketplace.com.