decorize.com: The world's decor, right to your store

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Decorize (Amex: DCZ - News), an emerging growth provider of direct sourcing solutions for the global home decor market, announced today that it had appointed Dr. John E. Bagalay, Jr. to its Board of Directors. The appointment expands the company's Board to seven members. Dr. Bagalay has held several senior positions and board seats in other publicly traded companies.

"We are delighted to have attracted such an experienced individual as Dr. Bagalay to our company," said Jon Baker, Decorize's Chief Executive Officer. "Dr. Bagalay is a man of integrity and he has extensive experience as a lawyer, CFO, CEO & President, venture capitalist and financier. He is ideally suited to be the "financial expert" board member required by recent legislation. We look forward to him helping us achieve our ambitious growth objectives."

Dr. Bagalay is currently the Senior Advisor to the Chancellor of Boston University. He was formerly president and Chief Executive Officer and is currently a Director of Cytogen Corporation. He is also currently a Director of Wave Systems Corp.

The company also announced that it has appointed Steve Nurnberg as its General Operations Manager. Mr. Nurnberg was formerly the Executive Vice President-Operations with P&L responsibility at Americom Inc. (acquired by Solectron). Mr. Nurnberg has held other senior management positions as President and COO in public and private companies such as Hudson Valley DataNet, Bell Atlantic Mobile, and Superconducting Core Technologies, Inc. "Steve's operations and general management experience will help us to operate more efficiently and more smoothly," added Mr. Baker on announcing the appointment.

Decorize, Inc. is the proprietor of a breakthrough sourcing, logistics and technology model that reduces the non-value added costs that have traditionally been channeled into the home furnishings category. The company strips away layers of handling and storage steps to deliver products directly from the Far East to the doors of retailers, at unprecedented cost savings. Decorize has served more than 2,000 small and large retail accounts, including national brand names such as Dillard's, Rooms To Go and Sears -- The Great Indoors.

The company's business model affords aggressive savings for large retailers and also for small retailers. Decorize deploys a "one-price" approach at Decorize.com. For the first time in the industry, small retailers can ship directly from the Far East with a minimum order of $1,000 while enjoying cost savings of up to 30% over wholesale prices. Decorize offers over 10,000 SKUs through its brands: Faith Walk, GuildMaster and decorize.com. Additional information on the company and its products can be found at http://www.decorize.com.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition for the company, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.