Abercrombie & Fitch Selects Celarix to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency

Web-Based Technology to Connect Leading Apparel Retailer With Trading Partners and Track Product Shipments

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000-- Celarix, Inc. (www.celarix.com), dedicated to bringing real customers Web-centric collaborative technology to improve the global supply chain, today announced retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (A & F) will implement Celarix' Web-based Shipper Solution to connect with more than 45 trading partners and effectively manage product shipments coming from over 40 different countries.

``Customers with complex distribution needs, like A & F, validate the pressing need to move logistics and transportation services online,'' said Evan Schumacher, CEO of Celarix. ``By connecting A & F with all its trading partners via a Web-based solution, the company will be able to communicate much more efficiently with all vendors, and improve its internal inventory and product distribution functions with a process that is smoother, faster and more reliable - good for both our clients and, in the end, the companies they work with on a regular basis.''

Abercrombie & Fitch sells upscale, casual apparel for men, women and children through a subscription catalog, the Abercrombie & Fitch Web-site and more than 300 retail outlets nationwide, including Abercrombie & Fitch (adults), abercrombie (children) and Hollister Co. Celarix' Shipper Solution will be used by Abercrombie & Fitch to improve its retail planning, inventory and distribution needs through automatically tracking product movements for all of the company's orders, down to the SKU level, from the time the shipments leave the factory until their arrival at the distribution center. Real-time updates and rules-based reports will alert shippers and managers to potential problems before they arise.

About Abercrombie & Fitch

A lifestyle brand, Abercrombie & Fitch operated a total of 325 stores at the end of October, including 71 abercrombie stores and four Hollister Co. stores. The Company also operates a kids' e-commerce website at www.abercrombiekids.com, an adult e-commerce website at www.abercrombie.com and publishes the A&F Quarterly.

About Celarix, Inc.

Based in Cambridge, Mass., Celarix, Inc.was founded in August 1998 by experts from the supply chain, logistics, technology and transportation industries. By leveraging decades of logistics experience, Celarix brings real customers Web-centric collaborative technology to improve the global supply chain, whether they're moving products across the street or around the globe. Celarix provides a single, centralized logistics solution, delivered over the Web. The company offers applications that enable customers to connect with their supply chain partners, manage their logistics activities, analyze their logistics network performance, and procure and sell transportation through the latest messaging technologies - ultimately providing retailers, manufacturers, distributors, carriers, freight forwarders and other trading partners with the information they need to improve customer service and profitability.