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New Web Site by ViewSource Part of Champion Window’s Expansion Plans for 2000

(Cincinnati, OH -- Jan. 27, 2000) -- Cincinnati-based Champion Window, a home-improvement product manufacturer, launched its new Web site today at www.championwindow.com. The company previously had a Web site but late last year saw a need to expand its online capabilities to coincide with construction of a new Cincinnati plant six times larger than the current location.

“We’re growing significantly, and we needed our Web site to offer a more extensive and informative picture of our products,” said Carolyn M. Knapp, marketing manager at Champion. “ViewSource came highly recommended. Its people had an impressive understanding of online communications and demonstrated an ability to understand our niche of the home improvement business. Plus, they did a great job of showcasing our products. Our business is, after all, about making your home more comfortable—to live in and to look at.”

Champion Window’s goal is to ultimately drive site visitors to local showrooms, of which this year there will be 15 percent more than in 1999. The previous site gave addresses, but the new one also offers business hours, a map and in many cases a list of home improvement shows where Champion products will be featured.

About Champion Window

Champion Window was established in Cincinnati in 1953. It maintains a headquarters and factory in Cincinnati; another factory in Denver; and, as of Jan. 2000, showrooms at 47 locations in 23 states. The company employs 150 locally and 1,000 nationally. Company sales have increased from $2 million in 1988 to $115 million in 1999.

Champion manufactures and distributes four lines of products: windows; patio rooms and enclosures; vinyl siding; and entry doors. Its windows and patio rooms are custom manufactured and installed to ensure proper fit in existing structures.

ViewSource Media is an integrated marketing communications firm known for blending creative solutions with the latest technology. The company provides Internet, integrated marketing communications and eCommerce solutions, including Web design and programming, for consumer and business-to-business clients including WGUC Cincinnati's Classical Public Radio, The Contemporary Arts Center, Champion Window, Mercy Health Partners, Graeter's Ice Cream, Oxydol, Shure-Glue Systems, Inc., and Magnode . ViewSource Media is based in Cincinnati and serves clients throughout the United States.