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99 Cents Only Stores® Selects HighJump Software® to Manage Explosive Growth With Unmatched Supply Chain Execution SolutionsHigh-Volume Distribution Environment Requires HighJump’s Combination of Robust Functionality and Unique Adaptability EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (May 13, 2003)—HighJump Software, the premier provider of the industry’s most adaptable, extended supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, today announced that 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE:NDN) has selected its Supply Chain Advantage® solution set to effectively manage operations as the company continues its successful growth and expansion. 99 Cents Only Stores is a unique deep-discount retailer of primarily name-brand consumable general merchandise at an affordable, single-price point. HighJump’s solutions will facilitate the effective warehousing, fulfillment and distribution in 99 Cents Only Stores’ complex, high-volume environment. Since its founding in 1982, 99 Cents Only Stores has expanded to more than 150 locations in California, Nevada and Arizona, and is currently entering Texas. HighJump’s solutions will be implemented at 99 Cents Only Stores’ newly acquired, nearly three-quarter-million-square-foot Texas facility, which will distribute food, beverages, health/beauty aids and household supplies to its Texas retail stores. “We are projecting substantial growth as we move into the Texas market, and Supply Chain Advantage was the best solution we evaluated that contained the functionality we wanted to adapt easily to our increasing volumes and other changing requirements,” said Chet Harkonen, vice president of distribution of 99 Cents Only Stores. “With HighJump, we will primarily use in-house resources to adapt the system as needed. It is even easier and more cost-effective for us than we expected.” “We are extremely pleased that 99 Cents Only Stores has selected our solutions to empower long-term supply chain efficiency and cost-reduction as they move into new geographic markets,” said Chris Heim, president and CEO of HighJump Software. “This is yet another example of HighJump’s strong momentum and unmatched value proposition within the supply chain execution space.” About 99 Cents Only Stores® 99 Cents Only Stores is the nation's oldest existing one-price retailer.
99 Cents Only Stores emphasizes name-brand consumables at an excellent
value in its 154 clean, attractively merchandised stores located in California,
Nevada and Arizona. The company's New York Stock Exchange symbol is "NDN." About HighJump Software® Founded in 1983, HighJump Software is the premier provider of the industry's most adaptable, extended supply chain execution (SCE) solutions that deliver competitive advantage to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and third-party logistics companies. HighJump Software offers SCE solutions that can be easily and precisely tuned to fit the operational needs of a wide range of organizations from midsize to large companies and divisions of the Fortune 1000. HighJump's SCE systems are in use at more than 700 companies today. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn., HighJump Software can be reached by e-mail at HJinfo@mmm.com; by phone at 877.445.4403; or by visiting the Web site at http://www.highjump.com .
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