VANCOUVER, Oct. 14, 2004 – Lower U.S. prices on quality bamboo flooring will result from BuildDirect’s new wholesale channel for bamboo floor coverings. The new bamboo flooring distribution channel, powered by BuildDirect’s proprietary logistics and pricing technology, delivers containers as well as smaller pallet quantities of bamboo flooring products at the lowest possible prices, BuildDirect announced today.

“Bamboo flooring products distributed through BuildDirect’s new wholesale channel will reach U.S. buyers at substantially lower prices,” said Jeff Booth, CEO of BuildDirect. “Bamboo flooring is quickly becoming an upscale yet economical alternative to hardwood flooring. With lower wholesale prices through BuildDirect’s new channel, higher quality bamboo floors will be a attractive choice even for someone in the hardwood flooring market,” said Booth.

BuildDirect’s bamboo flooring channel is a special implementation of BuildDirect’s building materials Internet technology for volume buyers. BuildDirect’s proprietary technology is uniquely designed to provide delivered costs on volume configurations of building materials. By applying BuildDirect’s newest proprietary algorithms to bamboo flooring products, BuildDirect is able to extend its wholesale prices to pallet orders of bamboo flooring, thereby passing on wholesale prices on quality bamboo products to home renovators, contractors and retail outlets.

About BuildDirect

Founded in 1999, BuildDirect has quickly become the world’s leading Online wholesaler of building materials. Utilizing proprietary Internet technology for volume global shipments, BuildDirect is a completely new sales channel. The company maintains its corporate headquarters, technology center, and customer support services in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. BuildDirect is a private company.

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