EXHIBIT
99.1
uBid.com
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. Announces Appointment of Kenneth J. Roering to its Board of
Directors
Chicago,
IL, December 4, 2006 -
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: UBHI) whose uBid, Inc. subsidiary is one of the leading
business-to-consumer and business-to-business online marketplaces in the U.S.,
today announced the appointment of Kenneth J. Roering to its Board of
Directors.
Dr.
Roering is currently Professor of Marketing in the Carlson School of Management
of the University of Minnesota and Executive Vice President, Strategic
Management, Marshall BankFirst Corp. He previously served as Chairman of the
Marketing Department at the University of Minnesota for five years, and prior
to
that, occupied the same position at the University of Missouri. In addition,
Dr.
Roering served as a visiting professor or distinguished guest lecturer at a
number of universities, including Northwestern University, Harvard University,
University of Michigan, University of Virginia, University of Illinois,
University Jean Moulin (Lyon, France) and the Warsaw School of Economics
(Poland).
Over
the
past twenty years, Dr. Roering has been a member of the Board of Directors
of
several private and public companies, and has served as an independent
consultant to numerous corporations including American Express, 3M Cargill,
Carlson Companies and Motorola. He currently serves on the Board of Directors
of
Arctic Cat (Lead Director), Innovex Inc., and Rave Sports. Dr Roering obtained
his doctorate from the University of Iowa and has published extensively in
professional journals.
Stuart
R.
Romenesko, Chairman of the Board of uBid.com Holdings, Inc. commented, “Ken is a
highly qualified and talented individual and a welcome addition to our board
of
directors. We look forward to benefiting from his insights and leadership as
we
grow our company.”
About
uBid.com Holdings, Inc.
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) operate a leading on-line
business- to-consumer and business-to-business marketplace that enables itself,
certified merchants, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and small businesses
to offer high quality excess, new, overstock, close-out, refurbished and limited
supply brand name merchandise to consumer and business customers primarily
located in the United States. Through the Company’s website, located at
www.ubid.com, the Company offers merchandise across a wide range of product
categories including but not limited to computer products, consumer electronics,
apparel, housewares, watches, jewelry, travel, sporting goods, home improvement
products and collectibles. The Company’s marketplace employs a combination of
auction style and fixed price formats. uBid.com Holdings, Inc. is publicly
traded on the NASD OTC bulletin board (UBHI).
SEC
Filings and Forward-Looking Statements
Additional
information about uBid.com Holdings, Inc. is available in the company's annual
report on Form 10- K as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Certain statements made in this release are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the then-current
expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about the business
of uBid.com Holdings, Inc. and the industries and markets in which uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. operates. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are
difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ
materially from what is expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements. Factors which may affect the forward looking statement identified
above and uBid.com Holdings, Inc.'s business, financial condition and operating
results generally include the effects of adverse changes in the economy,
reductions in consumer spending, declines in the financial markets and the
industries in which uBid.com Holdings, Inc. and its partners operate, adverse
changes affecting the Internet and e-commerce, the ability of uBid.com Holdings,
Inc. to develop and maintain relationships with strategic partners and suppliers
and the timing of its establishment or extension of its relationships with
strategic partners, the ability of uBid.com Holdings, Inc. to timely and
successfully develop, maintain and protect its technology and product and
service offerings and execute operationally, the ability of uBid.com Holdings,
Inc. to attract and retain qualified personnel, the ability of uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. to successfully integrate its acquisitions of other businesses,
if any, and the performance of acquired businesses. uBid.com Holdings, Inc.
expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking
statements, except as otherwise specifically stated by uBid.com Holdings, Inc.