FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - September 12, 2002

Avery Dennison™ InfoChain Express^®™, an industry leader in automating merchandise purchase orders for the retail supply chain via the Internet, and TradeCard Inc., the online financial supply chain services provider, today announced a collaboration agreement that will combine the online financial settlement and transactions expertise of TradeCard with InfoChain Express^®' supply chain order management applications.

"The integration of InfoChain Express^® with a robust, online, financial supply chain solution provided by TradeCard is clearly a valuable new offering to our customers," says Ali Clemens, vice president and general manager, Avery Dennison InfoChain Express^®. "Our combined capabilities will enable retailers, brand owners and suppliers to better control order fulfillment and financial transactions, eliminate paperwork, improve the speed and accuracy of transaction processing, and significantly reduce financial settlement costs."

TradeCard, Inc.’s Kurt Cavano, CEO of TradeCard, Inc. adds, "Avery Dennison InfoChain Express^® provides its customers with top-notch global supply chain solutions. Now, our two solutions will finally enable the customer to complete the entire order-to-payment cycle online and across trading partners. This move brings the largely overlooked financial supply chain closer in line with the physical supply chain."

About TradeCard

TradeCard is a financial supply chain service provider. TradeCard's secure transaction infrastructure greatly reduces the inefficiencies and uncertainties found in traditional domestic and cross-border trade transaction processes. By streamlining and enhancing the steps necessary for purchase order approvals, payment decisions and settlement, TradeCard provides a cost-effective, practical and patented service for financial supply chain management.

TradeCard, Inc. is headquartered in New York City with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo and London. TradeCard is a registered trademark in the United States and elsewhere throughout the world. TradeCard can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tradecard.com.

About Avery Dennison InfoChain Express^®

Avery Dennison InfoChain Express^® offers unmatched capability in global supply chain management and rapid rollout to worldwide factories. InfoChain Express^® customers include leading retailers, brand owners and their suppliers worldwide. The organization has offices in 39 countries, and is a business unit of Avery Dennison Retail Information Services. Visit: www.infochain.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison Retail Information Services offers worldwide solutions to industry for product identification. Products and services include Web-based supply chain management solutions, service bureaus, in-house imprinting systems and software, fully and partially preprinted tags, labels and label forms, sequential bar code tags and labels, electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags and labels, fastener products and consulting services. Major markets include retail, apparel, softlines and hardgoods.

Avery Dennison InfoChain Express^®™ and TradeCard, Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Alliance

1. What is the alliance between Avery Dennison InfoChain Express^® and TradeCard?

The alliance streamlines the entire trade transaction process by aligning the physical supply chain with the financial supply chain, executing the entire transaction online from purchase order to payment, without the use of paper. InfoChain Express^® facilitates the seller in meeting requirements for shipment with freight forwarders and consolidators. Then TradeCard compares the data across the documents and completes the transaction by handling the financial settlement. Furthermore, the integration of the companies’ platforms minimizes data entry required by a buyer or seller by transferring data between systems.

2. How do InfoChain Express^® and TradeCard’s services work together to deliver an integrated solution for customers?

After a customer’s supplier has fulfilled a purchase order and packing list through InfoChain Express^® and the goods are ready to ship by the consolidator, the information is transmitted to TradeCard’s system. TradeCard’s patented technology checks for discrepancies between the order and shipping documents. If all document information is compliant, then payment is triggered by the TradeCard system and the funds are transferred.

3. What benefit does the alliance between InfoChain Express^® and TradeCard provide buyers and sellers of goods?

Through the alliance, customers no longer require separate systems for ordering goods and tracking status, and they do not have to drop offline for payment. InfoChain Express^®’s tool moves the manufacturer’s data to consolidators as well as to TradeCard which then triggers payment. The entire transaction takes place through a single entry point of data.

4. How does the removal of paper translate into value for customers?

Customers save time and money by streamlining the entire process of a trade transaction. Furthermore, the automated process provides visibility into the transaction for the various parties involved, allowing them to better manage the transaction and their finances.