VendorNet®, a supply chain collaboration solutions provider, today announced that it has successfully launched Jones Apparel Group as a new user of its e-commerce and in-store collaboration technology, VendorNet StoreNet™ Manager. The application enables the automated fulfillment of e-commerce orders utilizing bricks and mortar store inventory essentially making corporate-wide inventory available for sale on the web.

“The implementation of VendorNet StoreNet Manager is part of Jones Apparel Group’s overall strategy to fulfill sales on our e-commerce platform by optimizing our current inventory to meet online demand and deliver best-in-class customer service,” stated Ron Offir, President of E-commerce for Jones Apparel Group. “We are very excited about our partnership with VendorNet. Its technology is helping us improve service to our customers by showing web shoppers inventory across all channels and capturing demand that may otherwise have been a lost opportunity.”

Corel Corporation, a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, and Wilcom International, a leading developer of embroidery and decorations technology, today introduced the newest products resulting from their partnership: Wilcom EmbroideryStudio (ES) e1.5 and Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5. Both products are based on the award-winning CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite technology and will be introduced during the industry’s first global online launch event, taking place today from 9 a.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET at www.wilcomdiscovery.com.

Pantone, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT) and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced that PANTONE^® ColorMunki™ Create, an intuitive software and hardware solution for creating, managing, searching, verifying and sharing color palettes, is now shipping. An affordable, simple starting point for designers whose primary objective is color palette creation, ColorMunki Create is part of the ColorMunki portfolio.

“With its intuitive software user interface, ColorMunki Create helps designers navigate through the color identification and specification process more efficiently, offering a variety of ways to select colors and create palettes in a safe viewing environment,” said Andy Hatkoff, vice president of advanced color solutions for Pantone. “With the addition of basic monitor calibration capabilities, ColorMunki Create also ensures designers that the colors they are viewing onscreen are accurate.”

Textronics, Inc., a leader in the development of wearable sensors for health and fitness monitoring, is offering a developer’s kit that includes the company’s textile electrodes for use by designers, researchers and product developers interested in creating their own interactive wearable prototypes.

The kit contains stretchy textile electrodes that can be cut and sewn for custom applications. When incorporated into garments or wearable devices, the fabric sensors offer a comfortable way to monitor the wearer’s heart rate. The developer’s kit also contains samples of transmitter modules that are capable of receiving bio-feedback collected by the sensors.

“We have constant interest from researchers, developers and students who are looking for innovative material solutions,” said Textronics CEO Stacey Burr. “We are encouraging the use of our textile electrodes in new concepts by making them available for purchase in a kit that includes materials necessary to make a prototype design. It is our goal to encourage new applications where Textronics can partner in the development and commercialization for the future.”

Textronics’ patented textile sensors are designed to be worn next to the body. They are FDA- approved and capable of capturing ECG-quality heart rate data from the body. The textile solution offers a comfortable alternative to adhesive electrodes and metal wristbands commonly used with ECG instruments. They also are machine washable and reusable.

The Textronics Developer’s Kit is sold online at www.textronicsinc.com for $100.

About Textronics

Textronics, Inc. is a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring. The Company’s patented textile sensor systems are capable of capturing comprehensive physiologic data from the body and are designed to be seamlessly integrated into everyday garments. Wearable monitoring allows a comfortable and user-friendly way to obtain body data measurements to assist consumers in managing their top wellness concerns of weight loss, physical health and energy level. Textronics sells sensor components and markets its own line of clothes for personal monitoring under the brand name NuMetrex. Textronics, Inc. has also received FDA clearance to market its textile electrodes for use in general electrocardiograph monitoring and recording procedures.

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L Capital Partners, L.P. has invested $4 million in the Series A round of financing of Simparel, a N.Y. technology company that has developed a new generation of ERP solutions with numerous advantages over traditional software systems. Simparel offers a unique combination: the simplest, quickest, most flexible and most affordable global supply chain business solution available today. Simparel is also rolling out Software as a Service (SaaS) to selected customers.

RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimization company, announced today that Merchants Terminal, the largest temperature-controlled logistics provider in Maryland, is implementing RedPrairie Warehouse Management to gain RF capabilities, improve productivity and inventory accuracy.

PFSweb, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW), an international business process outsourcing provider of end-to-end web commerce solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of the Ashley Stewart brand website, www.ashleystewart.com.

As previously announced, PFSweb created a high-touch customized fashion and apparel customer care and order fulfillment solution for www.ashleystewart.com. With the implementation completed, Ashley Stewart customers now have the ability to shop online for their favorite fashion forward and affordable apparel for plus-size woman.

Textronics, Inc. CEO Stacey Burr will share the story of her start-up company’s commercialization of electronic-textiles at the fourth annual Smart Fabrics conference, May 5-7, in Charleston, S.C.

Textronics, Inc., is a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring. The company sells its patented sensors and markets its own line of clothes that monitor heart rate under the brand name NuMetrex.

Burr’s presentation, “Insights into Health Sensor Clothing Commercialization,” will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 5. The Smart Fabrics 2008 conference is being held at the DoubleTree Guest Suites in Charleston’s historic district.

“As the first company to commercialize electronic textiles in a consumer garment, Textronics has played an important role in defining this emerging field and identifying market opportunities,” said Burr. Her talk will address topics including how investors can help you grow, the importance of building the right team, finding partners and big customers, and identifying the right suppliers.

For more information about Textronics, Inc. and its NuMetrex line of heart sensing fitness apparel, visit www.numetrex.com.

About Textronics

Textronics, Inc. is a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring. The Company’s patented textile sensor systems are capable of capturing comprehensive physiologic data from the body and are designed to be seamlessly integrated into everyday garments. Wearable monitoring allows a comfortable and user-friendly way to obtain body data measurements to assist consumers in managing their top wellness concerns of weight loss, physical health and energy level. Textronics sells sensor components and markets its own line of clothes for personal monitoring under the brand name NuMetrex. Textronics, Inc. has also received FDA clearance to market its textile electrodes for use in general electrocardiograph monitoring and recording procedures. The company’s heart-sensing fabric offers a comfortable alternative to adhesive electrodes and metal wristbands that are commonly used with most ECG instruments on the market.

Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced it has selected TDX Solutions an official Lawson Business Partner in Chile as an extension of the company’s growing global channel strategy. TDX Solutions will provide sales and support services for the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System for companies in manufacturing, distribution and equipment service management.

The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. recently announced that American Apparel, Inc., a company known for its vertically integrated business model and "Made in Downtown LA" clothing, is furthering its cutting-edge brand reputation by becoming one of the first retailers to roll out radio frequency identification (RFID) at the item-level. American Apparel plans to implement its RFID inventory system across each of its 17 stores in the New York metropolitan area over the next three months, with plans to eventually deploy the solution to an additional 120 North American locations.

DigiFab Systems, a manufacturer of pre- and post-press digital-printing equipment, CAD - RIP software, and pre-treated textiles, today announced the new DigiFab Evolution Graphics RIP. The new graphics raster image processor (RIP) from DigiFab Systems boasts smoother continuous tones, support for 12-color printers, and 16-bit processing capabilities.

A RIP allows users to get the maximum output from their medium and wide-format printer, and with the Evolution Graphics RIP, users can better preserve the original depth of color. For graphics and professional-photography applications outputting images from 16-bit RGB, DigiFab Systems has now added 16-bit processing — from source to output — to its Evolution Graphics RIP software. The RIP also improves the neutrality of gray-scale printing by eliminating typical color shifts. Superior black-and-white printing is ensured through the software’s Gray-Scale option, which improves and enhances black-and-white images via image-patch profiling to adjust color.

RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, announced today that Buksesnedkeren has selected RedPrairie's Warehouse Management System and Workforce Management solutions to achieve best-in-class levels of productivity at their Danish distribution centre.

Buksesnedkeren designs and markets sports- and leisurewear and is the company behind famous brands like Signal and H2o. Buksesnedkeren has an annual turnover of EUR 60 million and is represented in more than 15 European countries where the company is well known for its quality products and design. From its distribution centre north of Copenhagen the company supports multiple sales channels including its own stores, Internet shop, and major retailers and distributors on all continents.

NuMetrex, a Textronics, Inc. brand, and lululemon athletica have teamed up to create a technically advanced running tank top that monitors heart rate.

Made of quick drying nylon/Lycra fabric, the Heartbeat Tank contains patented fabric sensors in the inner shelf bra giving the wearer direct feedback that includes the time spent exercising, calories burned, and heart rate performance. A small pocket for a compatible snap-in transmitter is also in the shelf bra relaying the information to a compatible watch or cardio machine.

Computer Generated Solutions(R), Inc. (CGS), a leading provider of software, systems integration, learning, training, customer care and outsourcing solutions to organizations worldwide, today announced that Gemini Fashions of Canada Ltd. a leading manufacturer of outdoor clothing has selected BlueCherry Enterprise Suite
by CGS, a comprehensive, fully integrated end-to-end enterprise application designed for the apparel industry.

Several leading sock companies will launch a bevy of innovative technologies, featuring COOLMAX(R) fabric for spring/summer '08 at The Running Event, an industry expo and conference for specialty retailers in Austin, Texas. Additional new technologies will also combat blisters and odors and boost comfort from heel to toe, for everyone from weekend warriors to marathon runners.

Browzwear International, the pioneer of 3D fashion design and communication software, today presents the world's first Fabric Testing Kit (FTK) for 3D apparel visualization. The Fabric Testing Kit enables fashion designers and pattern-makers to easily and accurately measure all fabric properties required for true-to-life garment simulation using Browzwear's V-Stitcher software.

To make the most of Browzwear's software and its unique fabric simulation/draping capabilities, the new, suitcase shaped Fabric Testing Kit measures the fabric's stretch, bend, and shear properties and tests the results for verification. The Fabric Testing Kit is specially designed for simplicity and user-friendliness. Alongside the V-Stitcher design and communication solution, the FTK will serve to shorten the production process and reduce costs while enhancing the accuracy and realism of fabric simulation.