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ARI's WebsiteSmart Version 1.7 Successfully Deployed

Complete e-Commerce Parts and Sales Solution Benefits Dealers and Their Customers

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004--ARI (OTCBB:ARIS), a leading provider of e-Catalog business solutions that connect manufacturers with their service and distribution networks, announced today the successful deployment of WebsiteSmart(TM) Version 1.7. WebsiteSmart, ARI's template-based website creation software, now includes Shopping Cart and Parts Catalog modules that enable dealers and their customers to view and purchase parts over the Internet.
The Shopping Cart functionality turns a dealership into an online parts and sales center. The module allows dealers to set pricing and accept orders 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Using an administration tool, dealers can configure credit card transactions, applicable sales tax and shipping options as well as track orders online.

The Parts Catalog Module enables dealers who subscribe to ARI's PartSmart(TM) product to display parts and service catalogs for any or all of the manufacturer catalogs to which they subscribe.

"Our WebsiteSmart software has already proven to be an effective way for dealers to increase exposure and traffic for their dealerships. Now, with these enhanced features, WebsiteSmart is a complete package that enables dealers to generate sales through the use of the Internet," said Brian E. Dearing, chairman and chief executive officer of ARI.

"With more and more customers researching information and purchasing products over the Internet, our enhanced WebsiteSmart software adds real value to the dealer's business. It meets the needs of customers who prefer the ease and convenience of being able to go online to find the specific part they need and immediately order it from the dealership's virtual sales desk and parts counter," added Dearing.

"We've been using ARI's WebsiteSmart for over a year and it's helped build sales at our dealership," said Melissa Nehls of Walt Schmid Repair & Sales Inc., Cahokia, IL. "The addition of WebsiteSmart's Shopping Cart and Parts Catalog has allowed us to increase sales of equipment and parts to customers from as far away as Alabama," added Nehls. "WebsiteSmart will help us sell the products we carry before the customer even walks in the door," concluded Nehls.

ARI's WebsiteSmart was designed exclusively for dealers to provide them with an easy to use, low-cost tool to create a professional and attractive website for their dealership. With the addition of the Shopping Cart and Parts Catalog modules, WebsiteSmart offers dealers a complete package that includes Internet hosting services, e-mail, professional design templates, promotional capabilities, whole goods listing, links to OEM Web catalogs, installation and support, and 24x7 online ordering. The package also includes support for news events, sales and specials, photo galleries and an exclusive contact tracking manager.

"Our PartSmart electronic parts catalog is used by over 23,000 dealers worldwide and has been recognized as the de facto standard of excellence in the Outdoor Power Industry for over a decade. Together, WebsiteSmart and PartSmart are a powerful combination that helps dealers grow their business and better serve their customers," concluded Dearing.

About ARI

ARI is a leading provider of electronic catalog-enabled business solutions for sales, service and life-cycle product support in the manufactured equipment market. ARI currently provides approximately 75 parts catalogs (many of which contain multiple lines of equipment) for approximately 56 equipment manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe. More than 84,000 catalog subscriptions are provided through ARI to approximately 23,000 dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries in a dozen segments of the worldwide manufactured equipment market including outdoor power, recreation vehicle, floor maintenance, auto and truck parts aftermarket, power sports, marine and construction. The Company builds and supports a full suite of multi-media electronic catalog publishing and viewing software for the Web or CD and provides expert catalog publishing and consulting services. ARI also provides a template-based dealer website service that makes it quick and easy for an equipment dealer to have a professional and attractive website. In addition, ARI e-Catalog systems support a variety of electronic pathways for parts orders, warranty claims and other transactions between manufacturers and their networks of sales and service points. ARI currently operates three offices in the United States and one in Europe and has sales and service agents in Australia, England and France providing marketing and support of its products and services.

Contacts


ARI
Nancy Krajcir-Bennett, 414-973-4380
Fax: 414-973-4357
krajcir@arinet.com

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