numarket

Posted April 2004

NuMarkets, the pioneer of eBay consignment selling and shipping centers for the public, has opened the first of three eBay selling and shipping centers in the Chattanooga marketplace. The first store is located at 5959 Shallowford Road. NuMarkets will be announcing further expansion into,Nashville, Cleveland, TN and Raleigh, NC later this month.

"We are very excited to be expanding into Chattanooga, a city rich in history that has a strong business sector and quality of life which are components of success for the expanding NuMarkets" said Russ Grove President & CEO of NuMarkets. "Our customers are telling us every day how valuable a service we are providing as they turn household clutter into cash. It's truly money they didn’t know they had."

"We see the Chattanooga marketplace as fertile with opportunity in launching our NuMarkets selling and shipping centers helping the public and business sell goods on eBay" said Adrienne Powell President of NuMarkets- Chattanooga.

"The success of NuMarkets underscores the importance of ensuring that venture capital is available in our community." said Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker. "I congratulate NuMarkets on their expansion and am very excited about the positive impact they will have on our community."

NuMarkets services help the public and business with a new way of selling items. Just bring in your items and NuMarkets does everything to quickly represent your item to the world market via the eBay venue. NuMarkets will collect payments from the buyer and ship the item all over the world. NuMarkets has spent the past 20 months developing software and support services to build the NuMarkets franchise systems. NuMarkets locations will be sold via a franchise UFOC system. For more information visit www.numarkets.com or call 423-263-5411 or email franchise@numarkets.com.

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