Exhibit
99.1
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. Renames Holdings
Company
“Enable
Holdings, Inc.”
Asset
Recovery Leader Completes Restructuring, Changes Name
Chicago,
August 8, 2008
- uBid.com
Holdings Inc. (UBHI.OB), the leading asset recovery solutions company for the
world’s most trusted brands, today officially changed the name of uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. (the Company) to Enable Holdings, Inc. The Company’s name change
coincides with the restructuring project as part of its new business model
of a
comprehensive excess inventory solutions provider, consisting of multiple asset
recovery channels. Major components of the Company’s restructuring project are
complete, with additional initiatives continuing through the balance of 2008
as
the Company continues to execute implementation of its new strategy as Enable
Holdings, Inc.
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. is currently traded on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board (UBHI.OB),
but the Company has applied for a new ticker symbol with NASDAQ as Enable
Holdings, Inc.
For
more
information please visit www.ubid.com.
About
uBid.com Holdings, Inc.
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. is the world's leading excess inventory solutions company that
links brand name sellers with customers around the globe. uBid.com Holdings,
Inc. does this through its multi-channel asset-recovery solution that includes
an online auction platform located at www.ubid.com, physical facilities
liquidation and a business-to-business selling platform. Brand name sellers
are
able to reduce excess inventory more efficiently and profitably than ever
before. And however they choose to buy, shoppers now have an inside connection
to the world's most trusted brands at prices far below retail. With more than
10
years experience in online commerce, uBid Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in
Chicago, IL.
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc. is publicly-traded on the NASD OTC bulletin board
(UBHI.OB).
SEC
Filings and Forward-Looking Statements
Additional
information about uBid.com is in the company’s annual report on Form 10-K, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Certain
statements made in this release are “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements
using terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“intend,” “may,” “could,” “possible,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “will,”
“forecast,” and similar words or expressions. uBid.com Holdings, Inc. intends
that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbor provisions
of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. 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.
MEDIA
CONTACTS:
Ryan
Calverley
Press
Officer
uBid.com
Holdings, Inc
(773)
272-4414
ryanc@ubid.com