IMS Barter Members Generate Record
Numbers At Holiday Expos
In direct contrast to the cash economy, International Monetary
Systems (OTCBB: INLM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business
barter services, reported record attendance and sales volume at last
week�s holiday barter expos held in Milwaukee (WI), Columbus (OH),
and Rochester (NY). The expos are the first in a series of fourteen
events held in IMS Barter marketplaces across the United States in
November and December.
�We fully expected an increase in member attendance and trading, but
even our own estimates were low. In the Milwaukee office alone, we
reached $905,000 of sales in five hours of trading, and shoppers and
vendors filled nearly 25,000 square feet of the Milwaukee Sports
Complex,� declared John Strabley, executive vice president of IMS.
�Using traditional barter-industry accounting, the combined total of
sales and purchases was $1.8 million.�
Dale Mardak, IMS� senior vice president, added, �We believe this is
a direct result of the growth of the IMS Barter membership and the
shrinking of the U.S. economy. We are proud to provide a way for so
many people to still enjoy buying and selling in an otherwise gloomy
economic environment. More and more businesses are realizing that
when cash is tight, there is another currency they can use - the
currency created when they barter their goods and services through
IMS Barter.�
The company projects that the remaining expo events will yield
similar results.
For more information on IMS go to
www.imsbarter.com.