C1RCA Skateboarding Lifestyle Brand to Implement Yunique PLM Single Source of Product Data Promises to Save Time across Entire Value Chain

NEW YORK, NY -- April 1, 2008 -- Yunique Solutions Inc., developer of the fashion industry's top-ranked product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, announces that Four Star Distribution, headquartered in San Clemente, California (USA), will implement its integrated plmOn and srmOn software solution. Founded in 1999, Four Star Distribution specializes in the design, marketing and sales of C1RCA brand (www.c1rca.com) skateboarding footwear, apparel and accessories.

"Yunique PLM will enable us to get everyone in the value chain working from one single source of data," stated Ms. Arely Benavides, Four Star's Sr. Vice President of Operations. "This will help us to eliminate double entry of data and reduce errors throughout our business. Our production teams, for example, will have direct access to all of the costing information that has been created in earlier development phases. By streamlining this and many other processes, we will be able to reduce our overall product lifecycle time." 

The company plans to go-live with the new system in August across its design, merchandising, product management, product development, and global supplier base.

About Yunique Solutions
Yunique Solutions Inc. is a New York-based developer of 100% browser-based product lifecycle management and supplier relationship management solutions that enable today's fast-paced apparel, home textiles, and accessories retailers and manufacturers speed more trend-setting merchandise to market by improving collaboration across their extended supply chains.

Yunique's flagship plmOn and srmOn products comprise a comprehensive suite of industry-specific technologies and services including digital asset (image) management, tech pack management, quotation and bid management, sample and production planning and tracking, pre-concept line management, and materials management. Based on the latest Microsoft .NET platform, Yunique's software solutions leverage the internet to provide organizations with the ease of use and global connectivity needed to execute, analyze, and optimize their businesses.

Yunique Solutions has been ranked by its customers as the top tier-one PLM solution provider to the fashion industry for the past two years in an independent survey conducted by Apparel magazine. For more information on Yunique Solutions and its products, phone (212) 672-0098 (New York), e-mail [email protected], or visit the website at www.yunique.com.