Prep Sportswear's New Customized Postage Powered by Pitney Bowes Enables Customers to Feature their Favorite K-12 School and Spo
August 07 2008 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), the world�s leading mailstream
technology company, and Prep Sportswear, an on-demand retail
platform offering personalized products and the Web�s largest
school and team sports marketplace, announced today a collaboration
to provide customers with the ability to personalize postage with
their favorite K-12 school or sports teams. The agreement expands
Prep Sportswear�s line of products offered through its network of
more than 800,000 online stores and Pitney Bowes� customized
postage initiatives in the e-retail space. �Pitney Bowes is excited
to be working with Prep Sportswear to introduce this unique,
customized postage value proposition to customers,� said John
Schloff, Vice President, Global Strategy and Business Development,
Mailing Solutions Management, Pitney Bowes. �Our collaboration will
combine Prep Sportswear�s strengths as a leading online retailer of
customized apparel and accessory products and Pitney Bowes�
experience in customized postage.� �Prep Sportswear is excited to
work with an industry leader to expand our growing list of
customized products,� said Chad Hartvigson, Chief Executive Officer
of Prep Sportswear. To personalize postage, customers can visit
www.prepsportswear.com to access Prep Sportswear�s network of
online customized stores for K-12 private and public schools,
sports teams, booster clubs and other organizations. After
selecting an online customized store and the postage product
category, customers can purchase postage through three simple
steps. First, customers select a postage value and quantity. Next,
they can choose from four different postage layout designs.
Finally, customers select a shipping method and submit their order.
Prep Sportswear�s technology solutions also allow customers to add,
edit and publish their own school or team store and create, design
and buy personalized products, including postage. Prep Sportswear�s
customized postage offerings are made possible as a result of the
expanded Customized Postage Program from the United States Postal
Service�. The postage is produced in collaboration with Pitney
Bowes, an authorized Customized Postage Provider. Postage is
available in sheets of 20. About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a
mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage the
flow of information, mail, documents and packages. Our 36,000
employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than
two million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920
and annual revenues now total $6.3 billion. More information is
available at www.pb.com. About Prep Sportswear: Prep Sportswear is
a leading on demand retail platform, empowering individual
consumers with similar interests to create, design and buy
personalized products. Initially focused on serving schools and
teams, Prep Sportswear is rapidly growing into the booster club,
collegiate, corporate and recreational sports markets. Our
vertically integrated technology platform, on-demand dynamic
imaging, automated manufacturing and fulfillment process, and
partner integration solutions result in a highly scalable platform.
The company�s solutions help schools, teams, booster clubs and
community service organizations improve fundraising capabilities,
increase revenues, and reduce the cost and complexity of managing
and marketing apparel and uniform purchasing. Prep Sportswear is a
growing network of over 800,000 online stores, covering 4.3 million
teams worldwide and offering over 100 billion unique product
combinations with the ability to personalize each item. Prep
Sportswear is privately funded and located in Seattle, WA. For more
information, please visit www.prepsportswear.com. United States
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Postal Service.
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