RS COMPONENTS: Happy first birthday for rswww.com as site nets Revolution award.

M2 PRESSWIRE-2 March 1999-RS COMPONENTS: Happy first birthday for rswww.com as site nets Revolution award (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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* RS Components' Internet Trading Channel awarded Best Use of New Media for Business to Business Marketing in Revolution Awards

RS Components' Internet Trading Channel http://rswww.com is delighted to announce it has bagged another award, this time from new media marketing title Revolution at its prestigious annual awards ceremony on 23rd February.

Other companies to pick up one of the 12 awards included Dell, Legal & General and Dixons Freeserve.

This award follows on from the December announcement that RS had won 2 'Outstanding Web Site Awards' in the 1998 US Web Marketing Awards. RS won the award for its entry in the 'Best Catalogue Web Site' and 'Technical Products Catalogue' categories. In November the same year, RS picked up a 'Highly Commended' in the FT Business Web Site awards.

Bernard Hewitt, Head of Internet Trading at RS Components: 'It was our first birthday this week, so the award was a tremendous present for the team. We were particularly pleased for the recognition of our contribution to business-to-business e-commerce, a market with its own criteria for success - in particular integration into our customers' purchasing systems. Although awards are fantastic, ultimately it's our customers who decide how successful we are by voting with their mouse pads.'

* NEW PRODUCTS LAUNCHED March 1st sees over 3,000 new and innovative products added to the rswww.com catalogue.

* MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR CUSTOMERS As well as products, there are also 1,500 new data sheets in the technical library. This free on-line information resource now contains over 15,000 technical documents, data sheets, instruction details, and Health & Safety sheets.

CONTACT: Narda Shirley or Elsa Weill, Gnash Communications Tel: +44 (0)181 563 9446 Fax: +44 (0)181 563 9448 e-mail: info@gnash.co.uk

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