PFSWEB INC - Annual Report: 2009 (Form 10-K)

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 000-28275

PFSWEB, INC.

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		75-2837058 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
500 North Central Expressway, Plano, Texas (Address of principal executive offices)		75074 (Zip code)

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

     Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

     Indicated by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2009 (based on the closing price as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System) was $13,102,106.

     At March 31, 2010, there were 9,954,957 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock issued, $.001 par value.

     The information required by Part III of this Annual Report, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to the annual meeting of shareholders, which definitive proxy statement shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Annual Report relates.

 

 

INDEX

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PART 1
Item 1.		Business			1
Item 1A.		Risk Factors			19
Item 2.		Properties			34
Item 3.		Legal Proceedings			34
Item 4.		Reserved			34
PART II
Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			35
Item 6.		Selected Consolidated Financial Data			35
Item 7.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			35
Item 8.		Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			49
Item 9.		Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			75
Item 9a.		Controls and Procedures			75
Item 9b.		Other Information			76
PART III
Item 10.		Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant			76
Item 11.		Executive Compensation			76
Item 12.		Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters			76
Item 13.		Certain Relationships and Related Transactions			76
Item 14.		Principal Accountant Fees and Services			77
PART IV
Item 15.		Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			77
Signatures					87
EX-21
EX-23.1
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1

     Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “PFSweb,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PFSweb, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries.

PART I

Item 1.		Business

General

     PFSweb is an international business process outsourcing provider of end-to-end eCommerce solutions. PFSweb provides these solutions to major brand name companies seeking to optimize their supply chain and to enhance their traditional and online business channels and initiatives. Through our eCOST.com® business unit, we are also a leading multi-category online discount retailer of new, “close-out” and recertified brand-name merchandise. We derive our revenues from three business segments: 1) eCommerce and business process outsourcing, 2) master distribution and 3) online discount retailing.

     First, in our eCommerce and business process outsourcing business segment operated by our Priority Fulfillment Services subsidiaries (“PFS”), we derive our revenues from a broad range of services as we process individual business transactions on our clients’ behalf. These business transactions may include the answering of a phone call or an e-mail, the design and hosting of a client web-site, supporting an email marketing campaign, the deployment of an eCommerce technology platform, the receipt and storage of a client’s inventory, the kitting and assembly of products to meet a client’s specifications, the shipping of products to our client’s customer base, the management of a complex set of electronic data transactions designed to keep our client’s suppliers and customers accounting records in balance, and/or the processing of a returned package. In the eCommerce and business process outsourcing segment, we do not own the inventory or the resulting accounts receivable, but provide management services for these client-owned assets.

     In our second business segment operated by our Supplies Distributors’ subsidiaries we act as a master distributor of product for InfoPrint Solutions Company (“IPS”), a joint venture company owned by Ricoh and International Business Machines (“IBM”), and certain other clients. In this capacity, we purchase and resell for our own account, IPS and other manufacturers’ inventory. Accordingly, in this business segment, we recognize product revenue and own the accounts receivable and inventory.

     Our third business segment is eCOST.com® (“eCOST”), an online discount retailer of new, “close-out” and recertified brand-name merchandise. This web-commerce product revenue model is focused on the sale of products to a broad range of consumer and business customers. We currently offer approximately 300,000 products in several primary merchandise categories, including computers, networking, electronics and entertainment, TV’s, monitors and projectors, cameras and camcorders, memory and storage, “For the Home” and sports and leisure.

     We are headquartered in Plano, Texas where our executive and administrative offices and our primary technology operations and hosting facilities are located. We have an office in El Segundo, California, which consists of sales, marketing and purchasing operations for our online discount retailer segment. We operate state-of-the-art call centers from our U.S. facilities located in Plano, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, and from our international facilities located in Toronto, Canada, Liege, Belgium and Manila, Philippines. We lease or manage warehouse facilities of approximately 1.8 million square feet, many containing highly automated and state of the art material handling and communications equipment, in Memphis, Tennessee, Southaven, Mississippi, Grapevine, Texas, Toronto, Canada and Liege, Belgium, allowing us to provide global distribution solutions.

ECOMMERCE AND BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING SEGMENT

     PFS is a global provider of end-to-end eCommerce and business process outsourcing solutions. Marketed as PFSweb’s End2End eCommerce® platform, PFS’ services breadth includes offerings such as eCommerce technology and integration services, interactive marketing services, global logistics and order fulfillment, freight and transportation management, real-time order management, kitting and assembly, customer care, facility operations and management, turn-key web-commerce infrastructure, payment processing and financial services. Collectively, we define our offering as End-to-End eCommerce and Business Process Outsourcing because we extend our clients’ infrastructure and technology capabilities, addressing an entire business transaction cycle from demand generation to product delivery. Our solutions support both business-to-business (“B2B”) and business-to-consumer (“B2C”) sales channels.

     PFS serves as the “brand behind the brand” for companies seeking to increase efficiencies, enter new markets or launch optimized sales channels. As an eCommerce and business process outsourcer, we offer scalable and cost-effective solutions for manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and direct marketing organizations across a wide range of industry segments. We provide our clients with seamless and transparent solutions to support their business strategies, allowing them to focus on their core competencies. Leveraging PFS’ technology, expertise and proven methodologies, we enable client organizations to develop and deploy new products and implement new business strategies or address new distribution channels rapidly and efficiently through our optimized solutions. Our clients engage us both as a consulting partner to assist them in the design of a business solution as well as a virtual and physical infrastructure partner providing the mission critical operations required to build and manage their business solution. Together, we not only help our clients define new ways of doing business, but also provide them the technology, physical infrastructure and professional resources necessary to quickly implement this business model. We allow our clients to quickly and dramatically change how they “go-to-market.”

     Each client has a unique business model and unique strategic objectives that often requires highly customized solutions. PFS supports clients in a wide array of industries including fashion apparel and accessories, consumer goods, luxury goods, fragrance and beauty products, technology products, aviation, toys/education, collectibles, food and beverage and home furnishings. These clients turn to PFS for help in addressing a variety of business issues that include eCommerce, customer satisfaction and retention, time-definite logistics, vendor managed inventory and integration, supply chain compression, cost model realignments, transportation management and international expansion, among others. We also act as a constructive agent of change, providing clients the ability to alter their current distribution model, establish direct relationships with end-customers, and reduce the overall time and costs associated with existing distribution channel strategies. Our clients are seeking solutions that will provide them with dynamic supply chain and multi-channel marketing efficiencies, while ultimately delivering a world-class customer service experience.

     Our technology and business infrastructure offering is flexible, reliable and fully scalable. This flexibility allows us to design custom, variable cost solutions to fit the business requirements of our clients’ strategies.

     Our capabilities are expansive. To offer the most necessary and resourceful solutions to our clients, we are continually developing capabilities to meet the pressing business issues in the marketplace. Our business objective is to focus on “Leading the Evolution of Outsourcing^TM.” As our tagline suggests, we will continue to evolve our service offering to meet the needs of the marketplace and the demands of unique client requirements. We are most successful when we provide a new capability to enable a client to pursue a new initiative and we are then able to leverage that revolutionary development across other client or prospect solutions, as it becomes “best practice” in the marketplace. Our team of experts design and build diverse solutions for online retailers, technology and consumer goods manufacturers, aviation brands as well as other major brand name clients around a flexible core of technology and physical infrastructure that includes:

	•		Technology collaboration provided by our suite of technology services that enable buyers and suppliers to fully automate their business transactions within their supply chain. We support industry standard collaboration techniques and protocols including XML real-time application interfaces, secured text file exchanges and traditional electronic data interchange (“EDI”);
	•		eCommerce technology solutions with managed hosting and Internet application development services, including web site design, creation, integration and ongoing maintenance, support and enhancement of web sites;
	•		Interactive Marketing Services with professionals and technologies that can be integrated into a total solution to support user experience design, customer acquisition, analytics, customer retention and revenue generation objectives;
	•		Order management, including order processing from any source of entry, back order processing and future order processing, tracking and tracing, credit management, electronic payment processing, calculation and collection of sales tax and VAT, comprehensive freight calculation and email notification, all with multiple currency and language options;

	•		Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”), including interactive voice response (“IVR”) technology and web-enabled customer contact services through call centers utilizing voice, e-mail, voice over internet protocol (“VOIP”) and internet chat communications that are fully integrated with real-time systems and historical data archives to provide complete customer lifecycle management;
	•		International fulfillment and distribution services, including warehouse management, inventory management, vendor managed inventory, inventory postponement, product warehousing, order picking and packing, freight and transportation management and reverse logistics;
	•		Facility Operations and Management (“FOM”) that includes process reengineering, facility design and engineering and employee administration;
	•		Kitting and assembly services, including light assembly, procurement services, supplier relationship management, specialized kitting, and supplier consigned inventory hub in our distribution facilities or co-located in other facilities;
	•		Product management and inspection services, including management of coupon programs, de-kitting and salvage operations and inspection, testing and repackaging services;
	•		Information management, including real-time data interfaces, data exchange services and data mining;
	•		Financial services, including secure online credit card processing related services, fraud protection, invoicing, credit management and collection, and working capital solutions; and
	•		Professional consulting services, including a consultative team of experts that customize solutions to each client and continuously seek out ways to increase efficiencies and produce benefits for the client.

Industry Overview

     Business activities in the public and private sectors continue to operate in an environment of rapid technological advancement, increasing competition and continuous pressure to improve operating and supply chain efficiency while decreasing costs. We currently see the following trends within the industry:

	•		Manufacturers strive to restructure their supply chains to maximize efficiency and reduce costs in both B2B and B2C markets and to create a variable-cost supply chain able to support the multiple, unique needs of each of their initiatives, including traditional and electronic commerce.
	•		Companies in a variety of industries seek outsourcing as a method to address one or more business functions that are not within their core business competencies, to reduce operating costs or to improve the speed or cost of implementation.

Supply Chain Management Trend

     As companies maintain focus on improving their businesses and balance sheet financial ratios, significant efforts and investments continue to be made identifying ways to maximize supply chain efficiency and extend supply chain processes. Working capital financing, vendor managed inventory, supply chain visibility software solutions, distribution channel skipping, direct to consumer e-commerce sales initiatives, and complex upstream supply chain collaborative technology are products that manufacturers seek to help them achieve greater supply chain efficiency.

     A key business challenge facing many manufacturers and retailers as they evaluate their supply chain efficiency is in determining how the trend toward increased direct-to-customer business activity will impact their traditional B2B and B2C commerce business models. Order management and small package fulfillment and distribution capabilities are becoming increasingly important processes as this trend evolves. We believe manufacturers will look to outsource their non-core competency functions to support this modified business model. We believe that companies will continue to strategically plan for the impact that eCommerce and other new technology advancements will have on their traditional commerce business models and their existing technology and infrastructure capabilities.

     Manufacturers, as buyers of materials, are also imposing new business practices and policies on their supplier partners to shift the normal supply chain costs and risks associated with inventory ownership away from their own balance sheets. Through techniques like Vendor Managed Inventory or Consigned Inventory Programs (“CIP”), manufacturers are asking their suppliers, as a part of the supplier selection process, to provide capabilities where the manufacturer need not own, or even possess, inventory prior to the exact moment that unit of inventory is required as a raw material component or for shipping to a customer. To be successful for all parties, business models such as these often require a sophisticated collection of technological capabilities that allow for complete integration and collaboration of the information technology environments of both the buyer and supplier. For example, for an inventory unit to arrive at the precise required moment in the manufacturing facility, it is necessary for the Manufacturing Resource Planning systems of the manufacturer to integrate with the CRM systems of the supplier. When hundreds of supplier partners are involved, this process can become quite complex and technologically challenging. Buyers and suppliers are seeking solutions that utilize XML based protocols and traditional EDI standards to ensure an open systems platform that promote easier technology integration in these collaborative solutions.

Outsourcing Trend

     In response to growing competitive pressures and technological innovations, we believe many companies, both large and small, are focusing their critical resources on the core competencies of their business and utilizing eCommerce and business process outsourcing to accelerate their business plans in a cost-effective manner and perform non-core business functions. Outsourcing can provide many key benefits, including the ability to:

	•		Enter new business markets or geographic areas rapidly;
	•		Increase flexibility to meet changing business conditions and demand for products and services;
	•		Enhance customer satisfaction and gain competitive advantage;
	•		Reduce capital and personnel investments and convert fixed investments to variable costs;
	•		Improve operating performance and efficiency; and
	•		Capitalize on skills, expertise and technology infrastructure that would otherwise be unavailable or expensive given the scale of the business.

     Typically, many outsourcing service providers are focused on a single function, such as information technology, call center management, credit card processing, warehousing or package delivery. This focus creates several challenges for companies looking to outsource more than one of these functions, including the need to manage multiple outsourcing service providers, to share information with service providers and to integrate that information into their internal systems. Additionally, the delivery of these multiple services must be transparent to the customer and enable the client to maintain brand recognition and customer loyalty. Furthermore, traditional commerce outsourcers are frequently providers of domestic-only services versus international solutions. As a result, companies requiring global solutions must establish additional relationships with other outsourcing parties.

     Another vital point for major brand name companies seeking to outsource is the protection of their brand. When looking for an outsourcing partner to provide infrastructure solutions, brand name companies must find a company that can ensure the same quality performance and superior experience that their customers expect from their brands. Working with an outsourcing partner requires finding a partner that can maintain the consistency of their brand image, which is one of the most valuable intangible assets that recognized brand name companies possess.

The PFS Solution

     PFS serves as the “brand behind the brand” for companies seeking high performance sales channels.

     Our value proposition is to become a seamless, well integrated extension of our clients’ enterprises by delivering superior solutions that drive optimal customer experiences. On behalf of the brands we serve, we wish to increase and enhance sales and market growth, bolster customer satisfaction and customer retention, and drive costs out of the business through operations and technology related efficiencies. We act as both a virtual and a physical infrastructure for our clients’ businesses, embracing their brand values and strategic objectives. By utilizing our services, our clients are able to:

     Quickly Capitalize on Market Opportunities. Our solutions empower clients to rapidly implement their supply chain and eCommerce strategies and to take advantage of opportunities without lengthy integration and implementation efforts. We have readily available advanced technology and physical infrastructure that is flexible in its design, which facilitates quick integration and implementation. The PFS solution is designed to allow our clients to deliver consistent quality service as transaction volumes grow and also to handle daily and seasonal peak periods. Through our international locations, our clients can sell their products throughout the world.

     Improve the Customer Experience. We enable our clients to provide their customers with a high-touch, positive buying experience thereby maintaining and promoting brand loyalty. Through our use of advanced technology, we can respond directly to customer inquiries by e-mail, voice or data communication and assist them with online ordering and product information. We believe we offer our clients a “world-class” level of service, including 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, Web-enabled customer care service centers, detailed CRM reporting and exceptional order accuracy. We have significant experience in the development of eCommerce storefronts that allows us to recommend features and functions that are easily navigated and understood by our client’s customers. Our technology platform is designed to ensure high levels of reliability and fast response times for our clients’ customers. Because of our technology, our clients benefit from being able to offer the latest in customer communication and response conveniences to their customers.

     Minimize Investment and Improve Operating Efficiencies. One of the most significant benefits that outsourcing can provide is the ability to transform fixed costs into variable costs. By eliminating the need to invest in a fixed capital infrastructure, our clients’ costs typically become directly correlated with volume increases or declines. Further, as volume increases drive the demand for greater infrastructure or capacity, we are able to quickly deploy additional resources. We provide services to multiple clients, which enables us to offer our clients economies of scale, and resulting cost efficiency, that they may not have been able to obtain on their own. Additionally, because of the large number of daily transactions we process, we have been able to justify investments in levels of automation, security surveillance, quality control processes and transportation carrier interfaces that are typically outside the scale of investment that our clients might be able to cost justify on their own. These additional capabilities can provide our clients the benefits of enhanced operating performance and efficiency, reduced inventory shrinkage, and expanded customer service options.

     Access a Sophisticated Technology Infrastructure. We provide our clients with ready access to a sophisticated technology infrastructure that is designed to interface seamlessly with their systems. We provide our clients with vital product and customer information that can be immediately available to them on their own systems or through web based graphic user interfaces for use in data mining, analyzing sales and marketing trends, monitoring inventory levels and performing other management functions.

PFS Services

     We offer a comprehensive and integrated set of business infrastructure solutions that are tailored to our clients’ specific needs and enable them to quickly and efficiently implement their supply chain strategies.

     Technology Collaboration. We have created the Entente Suite(SM), which illustrates the level of electronic cooperation that is possible when we construct solutions with our clients using this technology service offering. This set of technology services encompasses a wide range of business functions from order processing and inventory reporting to total e-commerce design and implementation. The Entente Suite(SM) comprises five key services— EntenteWeb®, EntenteDirect®, EntenteMessage®, EntenteReport® and EntentePartnerConnect™.

     End-to-End eCommerce. We have integrated our services for contact center management, warehousing, logistics and fulfillment with Demandware eCommerce, a leading on-demand eCommerce platform, to provide a single, flexible solution spanning the eCommerce storefront, delivery of goods and ongoing customer care. Designed specifically for B2C brands, this offering redefines end-to-end eCommerce by enabling retailers and branded consumer goods manufacturers with the ability to employ a total outsourcing solution customized to their particular eCommerce strategy, without the loss of site or brand control associated with earlier end-to-end outsourcing solutions.

     GlobalMerchant Commerceware® B2B Managed Hosting and Internet Application Development. Our GlobalMerchant Commerceware® service provides a complete e-commerce website solution for our B2B clients. We engage collaboratively with our clients to design, build, host, and manage fully branded, fully customized and fully integrated e-commerce web applications for B2B channels. We offer a broad range of hosting and support plans that can be tailored to fit the needs of each client. Utilizing IBM’s eServer xSeries servers, Microsoft’s.NET Technologies and our proprietary GlobalMerchant Commerceware platform, we maintain a robust hosting environment for our hosted client B2B web sites.

     Order Management. Our order management solutions provide clients with interfaces that allow for real-time information retrieval, including information on inventory, sales orders, shipments, delivery, purchase orders, warehouse receipts, customer history, accounts receivable and credit lines. These solutions are seamlessly integrated with our web-enabled customer contact centers, allowing for the processing of orders through shopping cart, phone, fax, mail, email, web chat, and other order receipt methods. As the information backbone for our total supply chain solution, order management services can be used on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with our other business infrastructure offerings, including customer contact, financial or distribution services. In addition, for the B2B market, our technology platform provides a variety of order receipt methods that facilitate commerce within various stages of the supply chain. Our systems provide the ability for both our clients and their customers to track the status of orders at any time. Our services are transparent to our clients’ customers and are seamlessly integrated with our clients’ internal systems platforms and web sites. By synchronizing these activities, we can capture and provide critical customer information, including:

	•		Statistical measurements critical to creating a quality customer experience, containing real-time order status, order exceptions, back order tracking, allocation of product based on timing of online purchase and business rules, the ratio of customer inquiries to purchases, average order sizes and order response time;
	•		B2B supply chain management information critical to evaluating inventory positioning, for the purpose of reducing inventory turns, and assessing product flow through and end-consumer demand;
	•		Reverse logistics information including customer response and reason for the return or rotation of product and desired customer action;
	•		Detailed marketing information about what was sold and to whom it was sold, by location and preference; and
	•		Web traffic reporting showing the number of visits (“hits”) received, areas visited, and products and information requested.

     Customer Relationship Management. We offer a completely customized CRM solution for clients. Our CRM solution encompasses a full-scale customer contact management service offering, as well as a fully integrated customer analysis program. All customer contacts are captured and customer purchases are documented. Full-scale reporting on all customer transactions is available for evaluation purposes. Through each of our customer touch-points, information can be analyzed and processed for current or future use in business evaluation, product effectiveness and positioning, and supply chain planning.

     An important feature of evolving commerce is the ability for the customer to speak with a live customer service representative. Our experience has been that a majority of consumers tell us they visited the web location for information, but not all of those consumers chose to place their order online. Our customer care services utilize features that integrate voice, e-mail, standard mail, data and Internet chat communications to respond to and handle customer inquiries. Our customer care representatives answer various questions, acting as virtual representatives of our client’s organization, regarding order status, shipping, billing, returns and product information and availability as well as a variety of other questions. For certain clients, we handle Level I and Level II technical support. Level I technical support involves assisting clients’ customers with basic technical issues, i.e. computer application issues. Level II support may involve a more in-depth question and answer session with the customer. Our web-enabled customer care technology identifies each customer contact automatically and routes it to the available customer care representative who is individually trained in the client’s business and products.

     Our web-enabled customer care centers are designed so that our customer care representatives can handle several different clients and products in a shared environment, thereby creating economy of scale benefits for our clients as well as highly customized dedicated support models that provide the ultimate customer experience and brand reinforcement. Our advanced technology also enables our representatives to up-sell, cross-sell and inform customers of other products and sales opportunities. The web-enabled customer care center is fully integrated into the data management and order processing system, allowing full visibility into customer history and customer trends. Through this fully integrated system, we are able to provide a complete CRM solution.

     With the need for efficiency and cost optimization for many of our clients, we have integrated IVR as another option for customer contacts. IVR creates an “electronic workforce” with virtual agents that can assist customers with vital information at any time of the day or night. IVR allows for our clients’ customers to deal interactively with our system to handle basic customer inquiries, such as account balance, order status, shipment status, catalog requests, product and price inquiries, and routine order entry for established customers. The inclusion of IVR in our service offering allows us to offer a cost effective way to handle high volume, low complexity calls.

     International Fulfillment and Distribution Services. An integral part of our solution is the warehousing and distribution of inventory either owned by our clients or owned by us. We currently have approximately 1.8 million square feet of leased or managed warehouse space domestically and internationally to store and process our and our clients’ inventory. We receive client inventory in our distribution centers, verify shipment accuracy, unpack and audit packages (a process that includes spot-checking a small percentage of the client’s inventory to validate piece counts and check for damages that may have occurred during shipping, loading and unloading). Upon request, we inspect for other damages or defects, which may include checking fabric, stitching and zippers for soft goods, or ‘testing’ power-up capabilities for electronic items as well as product specifications. We generally stock for sale within one business day of unloading. On behalf of our clients, we pick, pack and ship their customer orders and can provide customized packaging, capabilities of high volume shrink packaging, inserts and promotional literature for distribution with customer orders. For many clients, we provide gift-wrapping services including customized gift-wrapping paper, ribbon, gift-box and gift-messaging.

     Our distribution facilities contain computerized sortation equipment, highly mobile pick-to-light carts, powered material handling equipment, scanning and bar-coding systems and automated conveyors and in-line scales. Our distribution complexes include several advanced technology enhancements, such as radio frequency technology in product receiving processing to ensure accuracy, as well as an automated package routing and a pick-to-light paperless order fulfillment system. Our advanced distribution systems provide us with the capability to warehouse an extensive number of stock keeping units (SKUs) for our clients, ranging from large high-end laser printers to small cosmetic compacts. Our facilities are flexibly configured to process B2B and single pick B2C orders from the same central location.

     In addition to our advanced distribution systems, our pick-to-light carts, stationary pick-to-light areas and conveyor system controls provide real time productivity reporting, thereby providing our management team with the tools to implement productivity standards. This combination of computer-controlled equipment provides the seamless integration of our pick-to-light systems and mass sortation capabilities. This unique combination of technologies ensures high order accuracy for each and every customer order.

     Our primary B2B facility is in Southaven, Mississippi, containing almost 400,000 square feet of space. The Southaven facility has clear height added cubic space utilization, state-of-the-art lighting that increases the quality and volume of light while reducing energy costs, and certain long-term tax incentives offered by the State of Mississippi. Southaven maintains the same proximity to all modes of transportation compared with our Memphis facilities.

     During 2009, we warehoused, managed and fulfilled more than $2.0 billion in merchandise and transactions. Much of this does not represent our revenue, but rather the revenue of our clients’ for whom we provided eCommerce and business process outsourcing solutions. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

     Based upon our clients’ needs, we are able to take advantage of a variety of shipping and delivery options, which range from next day service to zone skipping to optimize transportation costs. Our facilities and systems are

equipped with multi-carrier functionality, allowing us to integrate with all leading package carriers and provide a comprehensive freight and transportation management offering. In addition, an increasingly important function that we provide for our clients is reverse logistics management. We offer a wide array of product return services, including issuing return authorizations, receipt of product, crediting customer accounts, and disposition of returned product.

     Our domestic clients enjoy the benefits of having their inventory assets secured by trained law enforcement professionals from our security headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee and Southaven, Mississippi. Continual validation ensures that we employ the latest in security processes and procedures to further enhance our surveillance and detection capabilities. Our security program continues to gain trust and confidence from our clients as we protect their products and assets.

     Facility Operations and Management. Our FOM service offering includes distribution facility design and optimization, business process reengineering and ongoing staffing and management. Along with our operations in Mississippi and Tennessee, we also manage an aircraft parts distribution center in Grapevine, TX on behalf of one of our clients. Our expertise in supply chain management, logistics and customer-centric fulfillment operations extends through our management of client-owned facilities, resulting in cost reductions, process improvements and technology-driven efficiencies.

     Kitting and Assembly Services. Our expanded kitting and assembly services enable our clients to reduce the time and costs associated with managing multiple suppliers, warehousing hubs, and light manufacturing partners. As a single source provider, we provide clients with the advantage of convenience, accountability and speed. Our comprehensive kitting and assembly services provide a quality one-stop resource for any international channel. Our kitting and assembly services include light assembly, specialized kitting and supplier-consigned inventory hub either in our distribution facilities or co-located elsewhere. We also offer customized light manufacturing and Supplier Relationship Management.

     We will work with clients to re-sequence certain supply chain activities to aid in an inventory postponement strategy. We can provide kitting and assembly services and build-to-stock thousands of units daily to stock in a Just-in-Time (“JIT”) environment. This service, for example, can entail the procurement of packaging materials including retail boxes, foam inserts and anti-static bags. These raw material components would be shipped to us from domestic or overseas manufacturers, and we will build the finished SKUs to stock for the client. Also included is the custom configuration of high-end printers and servers. This strategy allows manufacturers to make a smaller investment in base unit inventory while meeting changing customer demand for highly customizable product.

     Combining our assembly services with our supplier-owned inventory hub services allows our clients to reduce cycle times, to compress their supply chains and to consolidate their operations and supplier management functions. We have supplier inventory management, assembly and fulfillment services all in one place, providing greater flexibility in product line utilization, as well as rapid response to change orders or packaging development. Our standard capabilities include: build-to-order, build-to-stock, expedited orders, passive and active electrostatic discharge (“ESD”) controls, product labeling, serial number generation, marking and/or capture, lot number generation, asset tagging, bill of materials (“BOM”) or computer automated design (“CAD”) engineering change processing, SKU-level pricing and billing, manufacturing and metrics reporting, first article approval processes, and comprehensive quality controls.

     Our kitting and assembly services also include procurement. We work directly with client suppliers to make JIT inventory orders for each component in client packages, thereby ensuring we receive the appropriate inventory quantities at just the right time and we then turn them around JIT to customers.

     Kitting and inventory hub services enable clients to collapse supply chains into the minimal steps necessary to prepare product for distribution to any channel, including wholesale, mass merchant retail, or direct to consumer. Clients no longer have to employ multiple providers or require suppliers to consign multiple inventory caches for each channel. We offer our clients the opportunity to consolidate operations from a channel standpoint, as well as from a geographic perspective. Our integrated, global information systems and international locations support client business needs worldwide.

     Product Management and Inspection Services. We also operate a coupon management system and product management program. Coupons are managed and activated by a unique serial number thus significantly reducing fraudulent activity. Our capabilities also extend into salvage operations, allowing our clients to reclaim valuable raw materials and components from discontinued or obsolete inventory.

     We operate a test and repair center where we visually inspect items for cosmetic defects. These items are put through rigorous testing that includes: functionality, durability, accessory inspection and packaging. Items that pass the testing are repackaged and resold with a noted exception of “open-box” merchandise. Items that fail the inspection are disassembled and working spare parts are saved for future use in repairs.

     Information Management. We have the ability to communicate with and transfer information to and from our clients through a wide variety of technology services, including real-time web service enabled data interfaces, file transfer methods and electronic data interchange. Our systems are designed to capture, store and electronically forward to our clients critical information regarding customer inquiries and orders, product shipments, inventory status (for example, levels of inventory on hand, on backorder, on purchase order and inventory due dates to our warehouse), product returns and other information. Our systems are capable of providing our clients with customer inventory and order information for use in analyzing sales and marketing trends and introducing new products. We also offer customized reports and data analyses based upon specific client needs to assist them in their budgeting and business decision process.

     Financial Services. Our financial services are divided into two major areas: 1) billing, credit, collection and cash application services for B2B clients and 2) fraud review, chargeback management and processing and settlement credit card services for B2C clients.

     We offer secure credit and collections services for both B2B and B2C businesses. Specifically, for B2C clients, we offer secure credit card processing related services for orders made via a client web site or through our customer contact center. We offer manual credit card order review as an additional level of fraud protection. We also calculate sales taxes, goods and services taxes or value added taxes, if applicable, for numerous taxing authorities and on a variety of products. Using third-party leading-edge fraud protection services and risk management systems, we can offer high levels of security and reduce the level of risk for client transactions.

     For B2B clients, we offer full-service accounts receivable management and collection capabilities, including the ability to generate customized computer-generated invoices in our clients’ names. We assist clients in reducing accounts receivable and days sales outstanding, while minimizing costs associated with maintaining an in-house collections staff. We offer electronic credit services in the format of EDI and XML communications direct from our clients to their vendors, suppliers and retailers.

     Professional Consulting Services. As part of the tailored solution for our clients, we offer a full team of experts specifically designated to focus on our clients’ businesses. Team members play a consultative role, providing constructive evaluation, analysis and recommendations for the client’s business. This team creates customized solutions and devises plans that will increase efficiencies and produce benefits for the client when implemented.

     Comprised of industry experts from top-tier consulting firms and industry market leaders, our team of professional consultants provides client service focus and eCommerce, customer care, logistics and distribution expertise. They have built solutions for Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 market leaders in a wide range of industries, including multi-channel retailers, apparel, technology, telecommunications, cosmetics, aviation, housewares, high-value collectibles, sporting goods, pharmaceuticals and several more. Focusing on the evolving infrastructure needs of major corporations and their business initiatives, our team has a solid track record providing consulting services in the areas of interactive marketing eCommerce, supply chain management, distribution and fulfillment, technology interfacing, logistics and customer support.

     Technology Collaboration. Our suite of technology services designed to integrate our technology platform with our clients and their business partners encompasses a wide range of business functions from order processing and inventory reporting to rich content management

     EntentePartnerConnect™ is a data repository and retrieval service for providing our clients with access to comprehensive product and service information across a wide variety of product and service categories. This information is aggregated from multiple sources including PFS business partners such as Etilize that specialize in creating product content in certain categories. We also rely on other relationships and public-domain information sources to supply raw data for this service. Access to this information is provided through technology interfaces and web sites created using PFSweb’s End2End eCommerce® platform. We also provide the EntentePartnerConnect™ service to our wholly-owned subsidiary eCOST via the eCOST.com® web site enabling the effective merchandising of the wide-range of products offered on eCOST.com®. The information available from EntentePartnerConnect™ for additional product categories offers eCOST the opportunity to increase revenues through an expanded product offering and potential future product category expansion.

     Our collaboration technologies operate in an open systems environment and feature the use of industry-standard XML and SOA web services, enabling customized e-commerce solutions with minimal changes to a client’s systems or our Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) systems. The result is a faster implementation process. We also support information exchange methods such as FTP, EDI, MQ Series, ALE, HTTP, and HTTPS.

Clients and Marketing

     Our target clients include online retailers as well as leading technology and consumer goods brands looking to quickly and efficiently implement or enhance business initiatives, adapt their go-to-market strategies, or introduce new products or programs, without the burden of modifying or expanding their technology, customer care, supply chain and logistics infrastructure. Our solutions are applicable to a multitude of industries and company types and we have provided solutions for such companies as:

     IBM (printer supplies in several geographic areas), Xerox (printers and printer supplies), Roots Canada LTD. (apparel), Hewlett-Packard (printers and computer networking equipment), Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (FOM and time-definite logistics supporting parts distribution), Riverbed Technologies (technology products) and LEGO Brand Retail (toys) amongst many others.

     We target potential clients through an extensive integrated marketing program that is comprised of a variety of direct marketing techniques, email marketing initiatives, trade event participation, search engine marketing, public relations and a sophisticated outbound tele-sales lead generation model. We have also developed an intricate messaging matrix that defines our various eCommerce and business process outsourcing solutions and products, the vehicles we utilize to deliver marketing communication on these solutions/products and the target audience segments that display a demand for these solutions/products. This messaging matrix allows us to deploy highly targeted solution messages to selected key vertical industry segments where we feel that we are able to provide significant service differentiation and value. We also pursue strategic marketing alliances with consulting firms, software manufacturers and other logistics providers to increase market awareness and generate referrals and customer leads.

     Because of the highly complex nature of the solutions we provide, our clients demand significant competence and experience from a variety of different business disciplines during the sales cycle. As such, we utilize a selected member of our senior executive team to lead the design and proposal development of each potential new client we choose to pursue. The senior executive is supported by a select group of highly experienced individuals from our professional services group with specific industry knowledge or experience to the solutions development process. We employ a team of highly trained implementation managers whose responsibilities include the oversight and supervision of client projects and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction during the transition process between the various stages of the sales cycle and steady state operations.

Competition

     We face competition from many different sources depending upon the type and range of services requested by a potential client. Many other companies offer one or more of the same services we provide on an individual basis. Our competitors include vertical outsourcers, which are companies that offer a single function solution, such as call centers, public warehouses or credit card processors. We occasionally compete with transportation logistics providers, known in the industry as 3PL’s and 4PL’s (third or fourth party logistics providers), who offer product

management functions as an ancillary service to their primary transportation services. We also compete against other eCommerce and business process outsourcing providers, who perform various services similar to our solution offerings.

     In many instances, we compete with the in-house operations of our potential clients themselves. Occasionally, the operations departments of potential clients believe they can perform the same services we do, at similar quality levels and costs, while others are reluctant to outsource business functions that involve direct customer contact. We cannot be certain we will be able to compete successfully against these or other competitors in the future.

     Although many of our competitors offer one or more of our services, we believe our primary competitive advantage is our ability to offer a wide array of customized services that cover a broad spectrum of eCommerce and business processes, including web-site design and hosting, kitting and assembly, order processing and shipment, credit card payment processing and customer service, thereby eliminating any need for our clients to coordinate these services from many different providers. We believe we can differentiate ourselves by offering our clients a very broad range of eCommerce and business process services that address, in many cases, the entire value chain, from demand to delivery.

     We also compete on the basis of many other important additional factors, including:

	•		operating performance and reliability;
	•		ease of implementation and integration;
	•		experience of the people required to successfully and efficiently design and implement solutions;
	•		experience operating similar solutions dynamically;
	•		leading edge technology capabilities;
	•		global reach; and
	•		price.

     We believe we can compete favorably with respect to many of these factors. However, the market for our services is competitive and continually evolving, and we may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors.

MASTER DISTRIBUTOR SEGMENT

     Our Supplies Distributors subsidiaries act as a master distributor of product for IPS and certain other clients. In this capacity, we purchase from IPS or other manufacturers and resell to their channel partners and end users.

     Through Supplies Distributors, we can create and implement client inventory solutions, which may enable manufacturers to remove inventory and receivables from their balance sheets through the use of third party financing. We have years of experience in dealing with the issues related to inventory ownership, secure inventory management, replenishment and product distribution. We can offer prospective clients a management solution for the entire customer relationship, including ownership of inventory and receivables. Through CIP, we utilize technology resources to time the replenishment purchase of inventory with the simultaneous sale of product to the end user. All interfaces are done electronically and almost all processes regarding the financial transactions are automated, creating significant supply chain advantages.

     We are experienced in the complex legal, accounting and governmental control issues that can be hurdles in the successful implementation of working capital financing programs. Our knowledge and experience help clients achieve supply chain benefits while reducing inventory-carrying costs. Substantial benefits and improvement to a company’s balance sheet can be achieved through these working capital solutions.

     While we generally recognize product revenue as a result of our inventory ownership through these relationships, operationally this segment is virtually the same as our eCommerce and Business Process Outsourcing Segment. See the preceding discussion for an overview of that segment.

ONLINE DISCOUNT RETAILER SEGMENT

     Through eCOST.com®, we operate a leading multi-category online discount retailer of high quality new, close-out and recertified brand-name merchandise. We currently offer approximately 300,000 products in several primary merchandise categories, including computers, networking, electronics and entertainment, TV’s, monitors and projectors, cameras and camcorders, memory and storage, “For the Home” and sports and leisure. Additionally, we offer several other categories of products and services to consumer and small business customers through what we believe is a unique and convenient buying experience, offering multiple shopping formats: every day low price and our proprietary Bargain Countdown®, Outrageous Offer, Secret Sale and Make an Offer. This combination of shopping formats helps attract value-conscious customers to our eCOST.com website who are looking for high quality products at low prices. Additionally, we offer a fee-based membership program to develop customer loyalty by providing subscribers exclusive access to preferential offers and free freight offers. We also provide rapid response customer service utilizing a strategically located distribution center and third-party fulfillment providers, as well as customer support from online and on-call sales representatives. We offer suppliers an efficient sales channel for merchandise in all stages of the product life cycle. We carry products from leading manufacturers such as Sony, JVC, Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Denon, Cuisinart, Sennheiser, Garmin, Panasonic, Toshiba and Microsoft and have access to a broad and deep selection of merchandise, including new and deeply discounted close-out and recertified brand-name merchandise.

Our Strengths

     We have developed a differentiated business model, which provides our customers and vendors with numerous benefits. We provide consumers and businesses with quick and convenient access to high quality, new, close-out and recertified brand-name merchandise at discount prices similar to a traditional discount retailer without the stocking limitations and store location constraints. We believe we are unlike many online retailers because we market multiple merchandise categories and product types, serve both small businesses and consumers and offer multiple ways to purchase products: every day low price and our proprietary Bargain Countdown®, Outrageous Offer, Secret Sale and Make an Offer.

     We offer the following key benefits to customers shopping on our website:

	•		Broad and deep product selection. We sell high quality products across a broad selection of merchandise categories. Most of the products offered on our website are from well-known, brand-name manufacturers. We currently offer approximately 300,000 different products in several categories. Our product offerings are updated continually to reflect new product trends, keeping our merchandise selection relevant for our customers so they continue to visit our website.
	•		Compelling price-to-value proposition. As part of our strategy to appeal to the high frequency value-oriented shopper, we offer low prices on new products and deeper discounts on our assortment of close-out and recertified merchandise. We employ aggressive promotional strategies to provide incentives for our customers to purchase merchandise on our website and build customer loyalty. We also offer a fee-based membership program to reward customer loyalty by providing exclusive access to preferential offers and free freight to members.         .
	•		Multiple shopping formats on our website. We appeal to a broad customer base by offering multiple shopping formats designed to attract frequent visits to our website: every day low price and our proprietary Bargain Countdown®, Outrageous Offer, Secret Sale and Make an Offer. For the shopper who wants new and recently released products from leading manufacturers, we offer discounted merchandise in an everyday low price format. For the bargain shopper interested in close-out and recertified merchandise, we market products using our Bargain Countdown® format, which features time- and quantity-limited offers of selected merchandise that are more deeply discounted. Multiple times weekly we create a frenzied shopping environment by offering very limited quantity offers at significantly discounted prices through our Outrageous Offer and Secret Sale shopping formats. These formats are primarily targeted to attract new customers to eCOST.com. For final unit sales of an item we also offer a Make an Offer shopping format where consumers can offer a price of their choosing and we subsequently decide to accept or decline the offer.

	•		Rapid response order fulfillment. We ship a majority of customer orders from inventory at our distribution facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. We also utilize virtual warehouse technology to access merchandise that is not in stock at our distribution facility.
	•		Responsive customer service and positive shopping experience. We believe our customer service differentiates the buying experience for our customers. Our experienced team of inbound sales representatives and customer service representatives assist our consumer customers by telephone and e-mail. We also have relationship managers who are assigned to many of our small business customers to service their needs and increase future sales opportunities. Our website contains helpful features such as in-depth product information, inventory levels and order status. In addition, we continually monitor website traffic and order activity and periodically update our website to enhance the shopping experience for our customers.
	•		Appealing features for small business customers. We offer our small business customers dedicated relationship managers to provide personalized service to their unique business needs.

     We provide manufacturers and other vendors with a convenient channel to sell both large and small quantities of new, close-out and recertified inventory. We offer manufacturers and vendors the following key benefits:

	•		Single point of distribution. Manufacturers and other vendors often use separate channels to sell new, recertified and close-out products because most retailers offer products in only one stage of the product life cycle. Through our multiple shopping formats, we offer manufacturers and other vendors the flexibility to use eCOST.com to sell products in a brand sensitive manner in any stage of the product life cycle.
	•		Efficient distribution and sales channel. Our centralized distribution capability reduces vendor costs in shipping product to us. Our ability to rapidly sell inventory is a benefit to those vendors that offer us protection against price erosion. Our centralized product management and feedback to vendors on product sell-through and inventory position allow vendors to efficiently monitor product movement and placement, eliminating the need for frequent visits by vendor representatives to physical retail locations.
	•		Customized manufacturer stores. With our in-house design and merchandising team, we provide manufacturers the opportunity to showcase their full assortment of products and accessories by establishing virtual stores on our website that are specific to individual manufacturers. We believe this allows manufacturers to maximize sales and branding of their products. We promote these manufacturer stores to our customer base through our integrated marketing strategy, including targeted e-mails highlighting a specific manufacturer and its products and directing customers to that manufacturer store on our website.
	•		Speed to market for newly released products. We respond rapidly to new product releases from manufacturers through our ability to quickly post and market new products on our website and satisfy immediate customer demand through our rapid response order fulfillment capabilities.

Our Customers

     We focus on consumers and business customers who often display similar consumer buying characteristics. We believe our consumer customers are savvy, online shoppers, who are brand and price conscious, and interested in new technology. Our business customers include small and medium sized businesses that we believe are currently underserved by other multi-category online retailers. While our business customer relationship managers focus on sales to small and medium sized businesses who are seeking to purchase products for use in their business, they also service certain resellers of technology products. We offer these small and medium sized business customers superior and personalized customer service and new and current, close-out and recertified merchandise at competitive prices.

Our Website

     Our website is comprehensive, easy to use and provides an exciting shopping experience that encourages customer loyalty and repeat visits. We strive to add hundreds of new products to our online product mix weekly. Our website features high-quality product images, detailed product information and manufacturer specifications, as well as highlights of best-selling products and suggested accessories. We continually incorporate new technologies to improve the ease of use of our website.

     Currently, the products available on the everyday low price portion of our website are organized into several primary product categories: computers, networking, electronics and entertainment, TV’s, monitors and projectors, cameras and camcorders, memory and storage, “For the Home” and sports and leisure. We also offer the same products, if they meet certain criteria, on the proprietary Bargain Countdown® section of our website where we feature more than 100 limited time and limited quantity product “deals” across our broad merchandise categories. In addition to being able to use keyword searches to locate specific products on our website, customers can browse or search the products available on the everyday low price portion of our website by navigating the subcategories contained in our primary product categories and our featured manufacturer product showcases. Products that fall within more than one subcategory on our website are often posted on more than one web page, which we believe increases the visibility of the products and assists the customer in finding desired merchandise.

     Everyday low price. Our multi-category merchandise assortment is available in an everyday low price retail format. Products are organized by subcategory under each major category tab. Each major category includes informative and shopper-friendly “showcases” organized by manufacturer, new technology, best sellers, seasonal gift guides, and new products. This shopping format features discounted new products and recently released products from leading manufacturers.

     Bargain Countdown®. Our proprietary Bargain Countdown® shopping format offers more than 100 close-out, recertified and highly allocated “deal” products in limited quantities for a limited time. The Bargain Countdown® feature is designed as a purchasing marketplace for consumers that creates purchase urgency by uniquely indicating the quantity of items remaining for a current offer and the time remaining to purchase the product. Based on the popularity of an offer, an animated graphic icon will appear to alert the customer of the item’s current sales velocity. After the offer has expired, the product is removed from Bargain Countdown® and may no longer be available at the previously deeply discounted price. Our Bargain Countdown® shopping format encourages repeat visits to our website due to the rapidly changing mix of merchandise deals, the animated graphics, the unique collection of close-out deals and the search for bargains. We also have theme-based Bargain Countdown® tabs throughout the year, including Holiday Countdown, Watches and Jewelry Countdown, and Game of the Year Countdown. Our Clearance Countdown tab is primarily used to liquidate overstocked and excess inventory across all product categories. Our Bargain Countdown Platinum Club® format is a version of Bargain Countdown® and offers exclusive pricing on select merchandise to our fee-based members.

     Other key features of our website include: advanced search, online order status retrieval, online payment, shipping alternatives, online registration for promotions and catalogs and online extended service agreement recommendations.

     As a commitment to our small and medium sized business customers, we offer them access to our business customer relationship management team, credit terms of up to net 30-days for qualified customers, software licensing, computer system configurations and extended payment term alternatives.

Our Merchandise

     We strive to offer our customers an expansive selection of varied types of merchandise and currently offer approximately 300,000 products in several primary merchandise categories. While our product offerings change on a regular basis due to product availability and customer demand, we continually offer a wide variety of merchandise.

     Computers and Networking. Our computers and networking product categories contains several subcategories including systems, software and networking equipment. In these subcategories customers can find products such as desktop, notebook and handheld computers; servers; personal digital assistants; various hardware, including CD and

DVD drives and burners, flat screen monitors, color laser printers, scanners; and business, education and entertainment software.

     Electronics and Entertainment. Our electronics and entertainment product category contains subcategories for DVD movies and gaming, audio systems, video systems and accessories. Within these subcategories, customers can find products such as DVD players; DVD movies and gaming; personal audio systems; speakers; digital video recorders that pause, rewind and replay live television; digital music players and a variety of accessories such as cables, remote controls and headphones.

     TV’s, Monitors and Projectors. Our TV’s, monitors and projectors product category contains subcategories for monitors, projectors and accessories.

     Cameras and Camcorders. Our cameras and camcorders product category contains products including digital still cameras; video cameras and camcorders in MiniDV format; drawing tablets for digital photo editing; digital photo and image editing software and photo printers.

     Memory and Storage. Our memory and storage product category contains products including media formats such as Blu Ray, CD and DVD R/W as well as flash and system memory.

     For the Home. Our “For the Home” product category offers customers the ability to shop in subcategories dedicated to home and housewares, personal care, home improvement, outdoor, automotive and apparel including watches and sunglasses. Within this portion of our website consumers can find products such as traditional household appliances including blenders, toasters and vacuum cleaners, professional quality cookware and gourmet kitchen appliances such as coffee grinders.

     Sports and Leisure. Our sports and leisure product category offers products that range from various sports accessories for baseball, football and numerous other activities to toys, musical instruments and wedding accessories.

     We continually evaluate expanding into additional categories to attract new customers and offer a broader variety of merchandise to our existing customers. We also plan to increase our depth in our current categories by adding new subcategories, brands and products and continuing to develop and increase the number of affiliate categories.

Sales and Marketing

     We currently focus our advertising efforts on efficient and effective marketing campaigns aimed at acquiring new customers, encouraging repeat purchases and establishing the eCOST.com brand. Our online prospecting activities may include cost-per-click arrangements that include displaying our products within various price comparison sites and search engines such as Shopzilla, Microsoft Live Search Cashback and Google, strategic online banner advertising, affinity e-mail programs and participation in various online affiliate marketing programs. From time to time we test other prospecting vehicles including radio and magazine advertising. We send our current customers targeted e-mails focused on new product and category launches, special promotions, and product-related add-on and accessory offers, as well as cooperative manufacturer branding campaigns.

Vendors

     We purchase products for resale both directly from manufacturers and indirectly through distributors and other sources, all of whom we consider our vendors. We provide vendors with a convenient channel to sell both large and small quantities of new, closeout and recertified inventory. We offer significant advantages for vendors, including a single point of distribution, efficient channel relationships, customized manufacturer stores and speedy release of their newest merchandise. Our vendors provide us with brand name new and current products, close-out models and manufacturer recertified products. We also have arrangements with third-party providers through which we receive commissions for products in certain categories, such as cellular phones and service, as well as other marketing and promotional services generated through our eCOST.com website.

     We offer products on our website from numerous third-party vendors. In general, we agree to offer products on our website and the manufacturers agree to provide us with information about their products and honor our customer service policies. We have established direct vendor relationships with many key suppliers and intend to continue to seek direct relationships with vendors and suppliers.

Competition

     The market for our products is intensely competitive, rapidly evolving and has relatively low barriers to entry. New competitors can launch new websites at relatively low cost. We believe that competition in our market is based predominantly on:

	•		price;
	•		product selection, quality and availability;
	•		shopping convenience;
	•		customer service; and
	•		brand recognition.

     We currently or potentially compete with a variety of companies that can be divided into several broad categories:

	•		other multi-category online retailers and liquidation e-tailers;
	•		online discount retailers of computer and consumer electronics merchandise such as Buy.com, NewEgg and TigerDirect;
	•		consumer electronics and office supply superstores such as Best Buy, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples; and
	•		manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, who sell directly to customers.

     Our largest manufacturers have sold, and continue to intensify their efforts to sell, their products directly to consumers. To the extent additional manufacturers adopt this selling format or this trend becomes more prevalent, it could adversely affect our sales growth and profitability.

Intellectual Property

     We have five trademarks and/or service marks that we consider to be material to the successful operation of our business: eCOST®, eCOST.com®, eCOST.com Your Online Discount Superstore!®, Bargain Countdown® and Bargain Countdown Platinum Club®. We currently use these marks in connection with telephone, mail order, catalog, and online retail services, as well as with various business services. We have registrations in the United States for eCOST® and eCOST.com® for telephone, mail order, catalog, and online retail order services, and a registration for Bargain Countdown® for online retail order services. We also have a registration in the United States for Bargain Countdown Platinum Club® for business services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by means of a customer loyalty program featuring information, incentives, discounts and rewards. We have registrations in Canada and in the United Kingdom for eCOST®, eCOST.com® , Bargain Countdown® and eCOST.com Your Online Discount Superstore!® . We own an additional registration in Canada for Bargain Countdown Platinum Club® .

     We have received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for our proprietary Bargain Countdown® technology, although we cannot provide any assurance that effective patent and trademark protection will be available in all instances, including in other countries in which our products and services may be available.

ALL BUSINESS SEGMENTS

Technology

     We maintain advanced management information systems and have automated key business functions using online, real-time or batch systems. These systems enable us to provide information concerning sales, inventory status, customer payments and other operations that are essential for us and our clients to efficiently manage

electronic commerce and supply chain business programs. Our systems are designed to scale rapidly to handle the transaction processing demands of our clients and our growth.

     We employ technology from a select group of vendors. For example, we deploy IBM e-servers and network printers in appropriate models to run web site functions as well as order management and distribution functions. We utilize Avaya Communication for telephone switch and call center management functions and to interact with customers via voice, e-mail or chat. Avaya Communication technology also allows us to share web pages between customers and our service representatives. We have the ability to transmit and receive voice, data and video simultaneously on a single network connection to a customer to more effectively serve that customer for our client. Clients’ interest in using this technology stems from its ability to allow shoppers to consult with known experts in a way that the customer chooses prior to purchasing. Our sophisticated computer-telephony integration has been accomplished by combining systems software from IBM and Avaya Communication together with our own application development. We use AT&T for our private enterprise network and long distance carrier. We use Oracle’s J.D. Edwards as the software provider for the primary ERP applications that we use in our operational areas and financial areas. We use Dematic/Rapistan Materials Handling Automation for our automated order selection, automated conveyor and “pick-to-light” (inventory retrieval) systems, and Symbol Technologies/Telxon for our warehouse radio frequency applications. Our Warehouse Management System (“WMS”) and Distribution Requirements Planning (“DRP”) system have been developed in-house to meet the varied unique requirements of our vertical markets. Both the WMS and DRP are tightly integrated to both the North American and European deployments of our J.D. Edwards’ system.

     Many internal infrastructures are not sufficient to support the explosive growth in e-business, e-marketplaces, supply chain compression, distribution channel realignment and the corresponding demand for real-time information necessary for strategic decision-making and product fulfillment. To address this need, we have created PFSweb’s End2End eCommerce^® platform to enable companies with little or no e-commerce infrastructure to speed their time to market and minimize resource investment and risk, and allows all companies involved to improve the efficiency of their supply chain.

     Using the various components of our collaboration technology suite, we can assist our clients in easily integrating their web sites or ERP systems to our systems for real-time web service enabled transaction processing without regard for their hardware platform or operating system. This high-level of systems integration allows our clients to automatically process orders, customer data and other e-commerce information. We also can track information sent to us by the client as it moves through our systems in the same manner a carrier would track a package throughout the delivery process. Our systems enable us to track, at a detailed level, information received, transmission timing, any errors or special processing required and information sent back to the client.

     We provide technology interfaces to our back-office applications including our customized J.D. Edwards order management and fulfillment application. We utilize Gentran Integration Suite™ (“GIS”) as our technology platform for Enterprise Application Integration with our clients and client’s trading partners. With GIS, we have greatly increased our ability to quickly design and deploy customized B2B and B2C e-commerce solutions for our clients by utilizing a robust business process modeling tool and a highly scalable operating infrastructure. This platform facilitates the efficient and secure exchange of electronic business transactions/documents in a wide variety of formats (i.e. XML, X.12 EDI, delimited text, IDOCS) and communication protocols (i.e. FTP/SFTP, AS2/HTTP/HTTPS, AS1 SMTP, MQ Series and SOA Web Services).

     We have invested in advanced telecommunications, computer telephony, electronic mail and messaging, automated fax technology, IVR technology, barcode scanning, wireless technology, fiber optic network communications and automated inventory management systems. We have also developed and utilize telecommunications technology that provides for automatic customer call recognition and customer profile recall for inbound customer service representatives.

     The primary responsibility of our systems development team of IT professionals is directed at implementing custom solutions for new clients and maintaining existing client relationships. Our development team can also produce proprietary systems infrastructure to expand our capabilities in circumstances where we cannot purchase standard solutions from commercial providers. We also utilize temporary and/or contract resources when needed for additional capacity.

     Our information technology operations and infrastructure are built on the premise of reliability and scalability. We maintain diesel generators and un-interruptible power supply equipment to provide constant availability to computer rooms, call centers and warehouses. Multiple Internet service providers and redundant web servers provide for a high degree of availability to web sites that interface with our systems. Capacity planning and upgrading is performed regularly to allow for quick implementation of new clients and avoid time-consuming infrastructure upgrades that could slow growth rates. In the event of a disastrous situation, we also have a Disaster Recovery Plan that provides geographically separated and comparably equipped data centers that are able to recover stored data in a reasonable and effective manner.

Strategy

     We continue to maintain our simple but effective strategy statement to drive our actions, QGP. This acronym stands for Quality, Growth and Profit. We believe that if we can achieve outstanding performance on these three basic elements, they will provide for a stable foundation for our future. As the evolution of our business model continues, we will remain focused on these three fundamentals:

     Quality: To exceed our client’s service level requirements and enhance the value of their “brand” while providing their customers a positive, memorable and efficient experience.

     Growth: To increase our revenue and gross profit from its current levels. To aggressively market simplified product messages to drive new clients and revenue and profit growth. To become a larger company and create career and additional employment opportunities. Embrace strategic partnering to accentuate strengths and minimize weaknesses.

     Profit: To generate positive cash flow and continue to strive for consistent profitable results. To increase the value of our company for all of its stakeholders while rewarding our team members with challenging, fun and memorable life experiences.

     The successful balance of the execution of these fundamental strategies is targeted to result in the formation of a solid strategic and financial foundation and provide us a sustainable and profitable business model for the future.

     See “Risk Factors” for a complete discussion of risk factors related to our ability to achieve our objectives and fulfill our business strategies.

Employees

     As of December 31, 2009, we had approximately 1,000 employees, of which approximately 800 were located in the United States. We have never suffered an interruption of business as a result of a labor dispute. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good. In the U.S., Canada and Philippines, we are not a party to any collective bargaining agreements and while our European subsidiaries are not a party to a collective-bargaining agreement, they are required to comply with certain rules mentioned in collective bargaining agreements agreed upon by representatives of their industry (logistics) and unions.

     Our success in recruiting, hiring and training large numbers of skilled employees and obtaining large numbers of hourly employees during peak periods for distribution and call center operations is critical to our ability to provide high quality distribution and support services. Call center representatives and distribution personnel receive feedback on their performance on a regular basis and, as appropriate, are recognized for superior performance or given additional training. Generally, our clients provide specific product training for our customer service representatives and, in certain instances, on-site client personnel to provide specific technical support. To maintain good employee relations and to minimize employee turnover, we strive to offer competitive pay, hire primarily full-time employees who are eligible to receive a full range of employee benefits, and provide employees with clear, visible career paths.

Internet Access to Reports

     We maintain an Internet website, www.pfsweb.com. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K (and amendments, if any, to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are made available, free of charge, through the investor relations section of this website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material, or furnish it to the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also maintain an Internet website for our online discount retailer, www.ecost.com. The information on these websites is not incorporated in this report.

Government Regulation

     We are subject to federal, state, local and foreign consumer protection laws, including laws protecting the privacy of our customers’ personally identifiable information and other non-public information and regulations prohibiting unfair and deceptive trade practices. Furthermore, the growth and demand for online commerce has and may continue to result in more stringent consumer protection laws that impose additional compliance burdens and greater penalties on online companies. Moreover, there is a trend toward regulations requiring companies to provide consumers with greater information regarding, and greater control over, how their personal data is used, and requiring notification where unauthorized access to such data occurs. For example, many states currently require us to notify each of our customers who are affected by any data security breach in which an unauthorized person, such as a computer hacker, obtains such customer’s name and one or more of the customer’s social security number, driver’s license number, credit or debit card number or other similar personal information. In addition, several jurisdictions, including foreign countries, have adopted privacy-related laws that restrict or prohibit unsolicited email promotions, commonly known as “spam,” and that impose significant monetary and other penalties for violations. One such law, the “CAN-SPAM” Act of 2003, became effective in the United States on January 1, 2004 and imposes complex, burdensome and often ambiguous requirements in connection with our sending commercial email to our customers and potential customers. Moreover, in an effort to comply with these laws, Internet service providers may increasingly block legitimate marketing emails. These consumer protection laws may become more stringent in the future and could result in substantial compliance costs and could interfere with the conduct of our business.

     We collect sales or other similar taxes for shipments of goods in certain states. One or more local, state or foreign jurisdictions may seek to impose sales tax collection obligations on us and other out-of-state companies that engage in online commerce. If sales tax obligations are successfully imposed upon us by a state or other jurisdiction, we could be exposed to substantial tax liabilities for past sales and fines and penalties for failure to collect sales taxes and we could suffer decreased sales in that state or jurisdiction as the effective cost of purchasing goods from us increases for those residing in that state or jurisdiction. In addition, new legislation or regulation, the application of laws and regulations from jurisdictions whose laws do not currently apply to our business or the application of existing laws and regulations to the Internet and commercial online services could result in significant additional taxes or regulatory restrictions on our business. These taxes could have an adverse effect on our cash flows and results of operations. Furthermore, there is a possibility that we may be subject to significant fines or other payments for any past failures to comply with these requirements.

Item 1A.		RISK FACTORS

     Our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected by any or all of the following factors, in which event the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.

Risks Related to All Our Business Segments

Our business and future growth depend on our continued access to bank and commercial financing. An uncertain or recessed economy may negatively impact our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

     During the past two years, the credit markets and the financial services industry have been experiencing a period of unprecedented turmoil and upheaval characterized by the bankruptcy, failure, collapse or sale of various financial

institutions and an unprecedented level of intervention from the United States and foreign governments. An uncertain or recessed economy could also adversely impact our customers’ operations or ability to maintain liquidity, which may negatively impact our business and results of operations.

     Our business and future growth currently depend on our ability to access bank and commercial lines of credit. We currently depend on an aggregate of approximately $111 million in line of credit facilities provided by various banks and commercial lenders. These lines of credit currently mature in at various dates through May 2011 and are secured by substantially all our assets. Our ability to renew our line of credit facilities depends upon various factors, including the availability of bank loans and commercial credit in general, as well as our financial condition and prospects. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that these credit facilities will continue to be available beyond their current maturities on reasonable terms or at all. Our inability to renew or replace our credit facilities or find alternative financing would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flow.

Our clients and customers may be unable to pay us for our products and services

     Our clients and customers include some companies that may from time to time encounter financial difficulties, especially in light of the current economic environment and the turmoil in the credit markets. If a client’s or customer’s financial difficulties become severe, they may be unwilling or unable to pay our invoices in the ordinary course of business, which could adversely affect collections of both our accounts receivable and unbilled services. The bankruptcy of a client or customer with a substantial account receivable could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if a client or customer declares bankruptcy after paying us certain invoices, a court may determine that we are not properly entitled to that payment and may require repayment of some or all of the amount we received, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We anticipate incurring significant expenses in the foreseeable future, which may reduce our ability to achieve or maintain profitability.

     To reach our business growth objectives, we may increase our operating and marketing expenses, as well as capital expenditures. To offset these expenses, we will need to generate additional profitable business. If our revenue grows slower than either we anticipate or our clients’ projections indicate, or if our operating and marketing expenses exceed our expectations, we may not generate sufficient revenue to be profitable or be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or an annual basis in the future. Additionally, if our revenue grows slower than either we anticipate or our clients’ projections indicate, we may incur unnecessary or redundant costs and our operating results could be adversely affected.

Changes to financial accounting standards may affect our reported results of operations.

     We prepare our financial statements to conform to United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. GAAP is subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting policies. A change in those policies can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions that were completed before a change is announced. Accounting rules affecting many aspects of our business, including rules relating to accounting for revenue recognition, arrangements involving multiple deliverables, and operating leases, have recently been revised or are currently under review. Changes to those rules or current interpretation of those rules may have a material adverse effect on our reported financial results or on the way we conduct our business.

We operate with significant levels of indebtedness and are required to comply with certain financial and non-financial covenants; we are required to maintain a minimum level of subordinated loans to our subsidiary Supplies Distributors; and we have guaranteed certain indebtedness and obligations of our subsidiaries Supplies Distributors and eCOST.

     As of December 31, 2009, our total credit facilities outstanding, including debt, capital lease obligations and our vendor accounts payable related to financing of IPS product inventory, was approximately $54.2 million. Certain of the credit facilities have maturity dates in calendar year 2011, but are classified as current liabilities in our

consolidated financial statements. We cannot provide assurance that our credit facilities will be renewed by the lending parties. Additionally, these credit facilities include both financial and non-financial covenants, many of which also include cross default provisions applicable to other agreements. These covenants also restrict our ability to transfer funds among our various subsidiaries, which may adversely affect the ability of our subsidiaries to operate their businesses or comply with their respective loan covenants. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to maintain compliance with these covenants. Any non-renewal or any default under any of our credit facilities would have a material adverse impact upon our business and financial condition. In addition we have provided $5.0 million of subordinated indebtedness to Supplies Distributors as of December 31, 2009. The maximum level of this subordinated indebtedness to Supplies Distributors that may be provided without approval from our lenders is $5.5 million. The restrictions on increasing this amount without lender approval may limit our ability to comply with certain loan covenants or further grow and develop Supplies Distributors’ business. We have guaranteed most of the indebtedness of Supplies Distributors. Furthermore, we are obligated to repay any over-advance made to Supplies Distributors by its lenders to the extent Supplies Distributors is unable to do so. We have also guaranteed eCOST’s $7.5 million credit line, as well as certain of its vendor trade payables. We currently expect that it may be necessary to provide additional guarantees of certain eCOST vendor trade payables in the future.

We are dependent on our key personnel, and we need to hire and retain skilled personnel to sustain our business.

     Our performance is highly dependent on the continued services of our executive officers and other key personnel, the loss of any of whom could materially adversely affect our business. In addition, we need to attract and retain other highly-skilled, technical and managerial personnel for whom there is intense competition. We cannot assure you we will be able to attract and retain the personnel necessary for the continuing growth of our business. Our inability to attract and retain qualified technical and managerial personnel could materially adversely affect our ability to maintain and grow our business significantly.

We are subject to risks associated with our international operations.

     We currently operate a distribution center in Liege, Belgium with approximately 150,000 square feet and a distribution center in Toronto, Canada with approximately 23,000 square feet, both of which currently have excess capacity. We also operate a facility in the Philippines with approximately 7,000 square feet to provide call center and customer service functions, technical support, product management and sales activities. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in expanding in these or any additional international markets. In addition to the uncertainty regarding our ability to generate revenue from foreign operations and expand our international presence, there are risks inherent in doing business internationally, including:

	•		changing regulatory requirements;
	•		legal uncertainty regarding foreign laws, tariffs and other trade barriers;
	•		political instability;
	•		potentially adverse tax consequences;
	•		foreign currency fluctuations; and
	•		cultural differences.

     Any one or more of these factors could materially adversely affect our business in a number of ways, such as increased costs, operational difficulties and reductions in revenue.

We are uncertain about our need for and the availability of additional funds.

     Our future capital needs are difficult to predict. We may require additional capital to take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, including strategic alliances and acquisitions and to fund capital expenditures, or to respond to changing business conditions and unanticipated competitive pressures. We may also require additional funds to finance operating losses. Should these circumstances arise, our existing cash balance and credit facilities may be insufficient and we may need to raise additional funds either by borrowing money or issuing additional equity. We cannot assure you that such resources will be adequate or available for all of our future financing needs. Our inability to finance our growth, either internally or externally, may limit our growth potential and our ability to execute our business strategy. If we are successful in completing an additional equity financing, this could result in further dilution to our shareholders or reduce the market value of our common stock.

We may engage in future strategic alliances or acquisitions that could dilute our existing shareholders, cause us to incur significant expenses or harm our business.

     We may review strategic alliance or acquisition opportunities that would complement our current business or enhance our technological capabilities. Integrating any newly acquired businesses, technologies or services may be expensive and time-consuming. To finance any acquisitions, it may be necessary for us to raise additional funds through borrowing money or completing public or private financings. Additional funds may not be available on terms that are favorable to us and, in the case of equity financings, may result in dilution to our shareholders. We may not be able to operate any acquired businesses profitably or otherwise implement our growth strategy successfully. If we are unable to integrate any newly acquired entities or technologies effectively, our operating results could suffer. Future acquisitions could also result in incremental expenses and the incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities, any of which could harm our operating results.

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business, and the trading price of our common stock.

     As of December 31, 2009 and based on the current requirements, and our public float, we were not required to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to obtain a report by our independent auditors opining on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. We will be subject to this independent auditor requirement for the year ending December 31, 2010. If we fail to correct any issues in the design or operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting or fail to prevent fraud, current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business and the trading price of our common stock.

Delivery of our and our clients’ products could be delayed or disrupted by factors beyond our control, and we could lose customers and clients as a result.

     We rely upon third party carriers for timely delivery of our and our clients’ product shipments. As a result, we are subject to carrier disruptions and increased costs due to factors that are beyond our control, including employee strikes, inclement weather and increased fuel costs. Any failure to deliver products to our and our clients’ customers in a timely and accurate manner may damage our reputation and brand and could cause us to lose customers and clients. We cannot be sure that our relationships with third party carriers will continue on terms favorable to us, if at all. If our relationship with any of these third party carriers is terminated or impaired or if any of these third parties is unable to deliver products, we would be required to use alternative carriers for the shipment of our and our clients’ products to customers. We may be unable to engage alternative carriers on a timely basis or on favorable terms, if at all. Potential adverse consequences include:

	•		reduced visibility of order status and package tracking;
	•		delays in order processing and product delivery;
	•		increased cost of delivery, resulting in reduced margins; and
	•		reduced shipment quality, which may result in damaged products and customer dissatisfaction.

Our profitability could be adversely affected if the operation of our distribution or call center facilities were interrupted or shut down as the result of a natural disaster.

     We operate a majority of our distribution facilities in or around the Memphis, Tennessee area and our call center operations are centered in Plano, Texas. Any natural disaster or other serious disruption to these facilities due to fire, tornado, flood or any other cause would substantially disrupt our operations and would impair our ability to adequately service our customers. In addition, we could incur significantly higher costs during the time it takes for us to reopen or replace any one or more of these facilities, which may or may not be reimbursed by insurance. As a result, disruption at one or more of these facilities could adversely affect our profitability.

We may be a party to litigation involving our e-commerce intellectual property rights. If third parties claim we are infringing their intellectual property rights, we could incur significant litigation costs, be required to pay damages, or change our business or incur licensing expenses.

     In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patent and other intellectual property rights. We may be a party to intellectual property litigation in the future to protect our trade secrets or know-how. United States patent applications are confidential until a patent is issued and most technologies are developed in secret. Accordingly, we are not, and cannot be, aware of all patents or other intellectual property rights of which our services may pose a risk of infringement. Others asserting rights against us could force us to defend ourselves or our customers against alleged infringement of intellectual property rights. We could incur substantial costs to prosecute or defend any such litigation.

     Third parties have asserted, and may in the future assert, that our business or the technologies we use infringe on their intellectual property rights. As a result, we may be subject to intellectual property legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We cannot predict whether third parties will assert claims of infringement in the future or whether any future claims will prevent us from offering popular products or services. If we are found to infringe, we may be required to pay monetary damages, which could include treble damages and attorneys’ fees for any infringement that is found to be willful, and either be enjoined or required to pay ongoing royalties with respect to any technologies found to infringe. Further, as a result of infringement claims either against us or against those who license technology to us, we may be required, or deem it advisable, to develop non-infringing technology, which could be costly and time consuming, or enter into costly royalty or licensing agreements. Such royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may be unavailable on terms that are acceptable, or at all. If a third party successfully asserts an infringement claim against us and we are enjoined or required to pay monetary damages or royalties or we are unable to develop suitable non-infringing alternatives or license the infringed or similar technology on reasonable terms on a timely basis, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially harmed.

A breach of our e-commerce security measures could reduce demand for its services. Credit card fraud and other fraud could adversely affect our business.

     A requirement of the continued growth of e-commerce is the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks. A party who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or interrupt our operations. Any compromise or elimination of our security could reduce demand for our services.

     We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against security breaches or to address any problem they may cause. Because our activities involve the storage and transmission of proprietary information, such as credit card numbers, security breaches could damage our reputation, cause us to lose clients, impact our ability to attract new clients and we could be exposed to litigation and possible liability. Our security measures may not prevent security breaches, and failure to prevent security breaches may disrupt our operations. In certain circumstances, we do not carry insurance against the risk of credit card fraud and other fraud, so the failure to adequately control fraudulent transactions on either our behalf or our client’s behalf could increase our expenses.

We may be liable for misappropriation of our customers’ and our clients’ customers’ personal information.

     Data security laws are becoming more stringent in the United States and abroad. Third parties are engaging in increased cyber attacks against companies doing business on the Internet and individuals are increasingly subjected to identity and credit card theft on the Internet. If third parties or unauthorized employees are able to penetrate our network security or otherwise misappropriate our or our clients’ customers’ personal information or credit card information, or if we give third parties or our employees improper access to customers’ personal information or credit card information, we could be subject to liability. This liability could include claims for unauthorized purchases with credit card information, impersonation or other similar fraud claims. This liability could also include claims for other misuses of personal information, including unauthorized marketing purposes. Liability for misappropriation of this information could decrease our profitability. In such circumstances, we also could be liable for failing to provide timely notice of a data security breach affecting certain types of personal information. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission and state agencies have brought numerous enforcement actions against

Internet companies for alleged deficiencies in those companies’ privacy and data security practices, and they may continue to bring such actions. We could incur additional expenses if new regulations regarding the collection, use or storage of personal information are introduced or if government agencies investigate our privacy or security practices.

     We rely on encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties to provide the security and authentication necessary to effect secure transmission of sensitive customer information such as customer credit card numbers. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other events or developments may result in a compromise or breach of the algorithms that we use to protect customer transaction data. If any such compromise of security were to occur, it could subject us to liability, damage our reputation and diminish the value of our brand-name. A party who is able to circumvent the security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in operations. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against such security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches. Our security measures are designed to prevent security breaches, but our failure to prevent such security breaches could subject us to liability, damage our reputation and diminish the value of our brand-name.

     We also may provide non-secured channels for customers to communicate. Despite the increased security risks, customers may use such channels to send personal information and other sensitive data. In addition, “phishing” incidents are on the rise. Phishing involves an online company’s customers being tricked into providing their credit card numbers or account information to someone pretending to be the online company’s representative. Such incidents have recently given rise to litigation against online companies for failing to take sufficient steps to police against such activities by third parties, and may discourage customers from using online services.

We are subject to a dispute with a municipal authority, which, if not resolved in our favor, may materially adversely affect our results of operations.

     We receive municipal tax abatements in certain locations. During 2004 we received notice from a municipal authority that we did not satisfy certain criteria necessary to maintain the abatements. In December 2006 we received notice that the municipal authority planned to make an adjustment to our tax abatement. We have disputed the adjustment, but if the dispute is not resolved favorably, additional taxes of approximately $1.7 million could be assessed against us.

Risks Related to Our PFS and Supplies Distributors Operating Segments

Our service fee revenue and gross margin is dependent upon our clients’ business and transaction volumes and our costs; many of our client service agreements are terminable by the client at will; we may incur financial penalties if we fail to meet contractual service levels under certain client service agreements.

     Our service fee revenue is primarily transaction based and fluctuates with the volume of transactions or level of sales of the products by our clients for whom we provide transaction management services. If we are unable to retain existing clients or attract new clients or if we dedicate significant resources to clients whose business does not generate sufficient revenue or whose products do not generate substantial customer sales, our business may be materially adversely affected. Moreover, our ability to estimate service fee revenue for future periods is substantially dependent upon our clients’ and our own projections, the accuracy of which has been, and will continue to be, unpredictable. Therefore, our planning for client activity and targeted goals for service fee revenue and gross margin may be materially adversely affected by incomplete, delayed or inaccurate projections. In addition, many of our service agreements with our clients are terminable by the client at will. Therefore, we cannot assure you that any of our clients will continue to use our services for any period of time. The loss of a significant amount of service fee revenue due to client terminations could have a material adverse effect on our ability to cover our costs and thus on our profitability. Certain of our client service agreements contain minimum service level requirements and impose financial penalties if we fail to meet such requirements. The imposition of a substantial amount of such penalties could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

Our business is subject to the risk of customer and supplier concentration.

     For the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, a U.S. government agency, a technology company, and a consumer products company represented approximately 7%, 15% and 10%, respectively, and approximately 37%, 10% and 6%, respectively, of our total service fee revenue, excluding pass-through revenue. Our activity under our contract with the U.S. government agency concluded in the second quarter of 2009. PFS currently operates three distinct geographical contract arrangements with the technology company, which are aggregated in the service fee revenue percentages above. During 2010, the technology company notified PFS that it is not renewing two of its three contracts with PFS expiring during 2010. The non-renewal of these contracts has had, and may continue to have, a material adverse effect upon our business.

     A substantial portion of our Supplies Distributors product revenue is generated by sales of product purchased under master distributor agreements with InfoPrint Solutions Company (“IPS”). These agreements are terminable at will and no assurance can be given that IPS will continue the master distributor agreements with Supplies Distributors. Supplies Distributors does not have its own sales force and relies upon IPS’s sales force and product demand generation activities for its sale of IPS product. Discontinuance of such activities would have a material adverse effect on Supplies Distributors’ business and our overall financial condition.

     Sales by Supplies Distributors to two customers accounted for approximately 30% of Supplies Distributors’ total product revenue for each of the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (16% and 15% of our consolidated net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively). The loss of any one or more of such customers, or non-payment of any material amount by these or any other customer, would have a material adverse effect upon Supplies Distributors’ business.

Our operating results are materially impacted by our client mix and the seasonality of their business.

     Our business is materially impacted by our client mix and the seasonality of their business. Based upon our current client mix and their current projected business volumes, we anticipate our service fee revenue business activity will be at its lowest in the first quarter of our fiscal year and that our master distributor product revenue business activity will be at its highest in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year. We are unable to predict how the seasonality of future clients’ business may affect our quarterly revenue and whether the seasonality may change due to modifications to a client’s business. As such, we believe that results of operations for a quarterly period may not be indicative of the results for any other quarter or for the full year.

Our systems may not accommodate significant growth in our number of clients.

     Our success depends on our ability to handle a large number of transactions for many different clients in various product categories. We expect that the volume of transactions will increase significantly as we expand our operations. If this occurs, additional stress will be placed upon the network hardware and software that manages our operations. We cannot assure you of our ability to efficiently manage a large number of transactions. If we are not able to maintain an appropriate level of operating performance, we may develop a negative reputation, and impair existing and prospective client relationships and our business would be materially adversely affected.

We may not be able to recover all or a portion of our start-up costs associated with one or more of our clients.

     We generally incur start-up costs in connection with the planning and implementation of business process solutions for our clients. Although we generally attempt to recover these costs from the client in the early stages of the client relationship, or upon contract termination if the client terminates without cause prior to full amortization of these costs, there is a risk that the client contract may not fully cover the start-up costs. To the extent start-up costs exceed the start-up fees received, certain excess costs will be expensed as incurred. Additionally, in connection with new client contracts we generally incur capital expenditures associated with assets whose primary use is related to the client solution. There is a risk that the contract may end before expected and we may not recover the full amount of our capital costs.

Our revenue and margins may be materially impacted by client transaction volumes that differ from client projections and business assumptions.

     Our pricing for client transaction services, such as call center and fulfillment, is often based upon volume projections and business assumptions provided by the client and our anticipated costs to perform such work. In the event the actual level of activity or cost is substantially different from the projections or assumptions, we may have insufficient or excess staffing, incremental costs or other assets dedicated for such client that may negatively impact our margins and business relationship with such client. In the event we are unable to meet the service levels expected by the client, our relationship with the client will suffer and may result in financial penalties and/or the termination of the client contract.

We face competition from many sources that could adversely affect our business.

     Many companies offer, on an individual basis, one or more of the same services we do, and we face competition from many different sources depending upon the type and range of services requested by a potential client. Our competitors include vertical outsourcers, which are companies that offer a single function, such as call centers, public warehouses or credit card processors. We compete against transportation logistics providers who offer product management functions as an ancillary service to their primary transportation services. We also compete against other business process outsourcing providers, who perform many similar services as us. Many of these companies have greater capabilities than we do for the single or multiple functions they provide. In many instances, our competition is the in-house operations of its potential clients themselves. The in-house operations of potential clients often believe that they can perform the same services we do, while others are reluctant to outsource business functions that involve direct customer contact. We cannot be certain that we will be able to compete successfully against these or other competitors in the future.

Our sales and implementation cycles are highly variable and our ability to finalize pending contracts may cause our operating results to vary widely.

     The sales cycle for our services is variable, typically ranging between several months to up to a year or longer from initial contact with the potential client to the signing of a contract. Occasionally the sales cycle requires substantially more time. Delays in signing and executing client contracts may affect our revenue and cause our operating results to vary widely. A potential client’s decision to purchase our services is discretionary, involves a significant commitment of the client’s resources and is influenced by intense internal and external pricing and operating comparisons. To successfully sell our services, we generally must educate our potential clients regarding the use and benefit of our services, which can require significant time and resources. Consequently, the period between initial contact and the purchase of our services is often long and subject to delays associated with the lengthy approval and competitive evaluation processes that typically accompany significant operational decisions. Additionally, the time required to finalize pending contracts and to implement our systems and integrate a new client can range from several weeks to many months. Delays in signing and integrating new clients may affect our revenue and cause our operating results to vary widely.

Our business could be adversely affected by a systems or equipment failure, whether that of us or our clients.

     Our operations are dependent upon our ability to protect our distribution facilities, customer service centers, computer and telecommunications equipment and software systems against damage and failures. Damage or failures could result from fire, power loss, equipment malfunctions, system failures, natural disasters and other causes. If our business is interrupted either from accidents or the intentional acts of others, our business could be materially adversely affected. In addition, in the event of widespread damage or failures at our facilities, our short-term disaster recovery and contingency plans and insurance coverage may not be sufficient.

     Our clients’ businesses may also be harmed from any system or equipment failures we experience. In that event, our relationship with these clients may be adversely affected, we may lose these clients, our ability to attract new clients may be adversely affected and we could be exposed to liability.

     Interruptions could also result from the intentional acts of others, like “hackers.” If our systems are penetrated by computer hackers, or if computer viruses infect our systems, our computers could fail or proprietary information could be misappropriated.

     If our clients suffer similar interruptions in their operations, for any of the reasons discussed above or for others, our business could also be adversely affected. Many of our clients’ computer systems interface with our systems. If our clients suffer interruptions in their systems, the link to our systems could be severed and sales of the client’s products could be slowed or stopped.

Risks Related to the Business Process Outsourcing Industry

If the trend toward outsourcing does not continue, our business could be adversely affected.

     Our business could be materially adversely affected if the trend toward outsourcing declines or reverses, or if corporations bring previously outsourced functions back in-house. Particularly during general economic downturns, businesses may bring in-house previously outsourced functions to avoid or delay layoffs.

Our market is subject to rapid technological change and to compete we must continually enhance our systems to comply with evolving standards.

     To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the responsiveness, functionality and features of our services and the underlying network infrastructure. If we are unable to adapt to changing market conditions, client requirements or emerging industry standards, our business could be adversely affected. The internet and e-commerce environments are characterized by rapid technological change, changes in user requirements and preferences, frequent new product and service introductions embodying new technologies and the emergence of new industry standards and practices that could render our technology and systems obsolete. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to both internally develop and license leading technologies to enhance our existing services and develop new services. We must continue to address the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of our clients and respond to technological advances and emerging industry standards and practices on a cost-effective and timely basis. The development of proprietary technology involves significant technical and business risks. We may fail to develop new technologies effectively or to adapt our proprietary technology and systems to client requirements or emerging industry standards.

Risks Related to eCOST, our Online Discount Retailer Segment

We may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability.

     We have incurred continuing operating losses and may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our ability to achieve or maintain profitability depends on a number of factors, including our ability to:

	•		increase sales;
	•		maintain and expand vendor relationships;
	•		obtain additional and increase existing trade credit with key suppliers;
	•		generate sufficient gross profit; and
	•		control costs and generate the expected synergies applicable to the merger.

We may need additional financing and may not be able to obtain additional financing on favorable terms or at all, which could increase our costs and limit our ability to grow.

     We may need to obtain additional financing and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Our failure to obtain additional financing or our inability to obtain financing on acceptable terms will materially adversely affect our ability to achieve profitability and grow our business.

Our operating results are difficult to predict.

     Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to vary significantly in the future based upon a number of factors, many of which we cannot control. We operate in a highly dynamic industry and future results

could be subject to significant fluctuations. Revenue and expenses in future periods may be greater or less than revenue and expenses in the immediately preceding period or in the comparable period of the prior year. Therefore, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily a good indication of our future performance. Some of the factors that could cause our operating results to fluctuate include:

	•		price competition that results in lower sales volumes, lower profit margins, or net losses;
	•		our ability to prevent credit card fraud and reduce chargeback activity;
	•		the amount, timing and impact of advertising and marketing costs;
	•		our ability to successfully implement new technologies or software systems;
	•		our ability to obtain sufficient financing;
	•		changes in the number of visitors to our website or our inability to convert those visitors into customers;
	•		technical difficulties, including system or Internet failures;
	•		fluctuations in the demand for our products or overstocking or under-stocking of products;
	•		fluctuations in revenues and shipping costs, particularly during the holiday season;
	•		economic conditions generally or economic conditions specific to the Internet, online commerce, the retail industry or the mail order industry;
	•		changes in the mix of products that we sell; and
	•		fluctuations in levels of inventory theft, damage or obsolescence.

The failure to improve our financial and operating performance may result in a failure to comply with our financial covenants.

     In the event we are unable to increase our revenue and/or gross profit from our present levels and do not achieve a sufficient level of operating efficiencies, we may fail to comply with one or more of the financial covenants required under our working capital line of credit. In such event, absent a waiver, the working capital lender would be entitled to accelerate all amounts outstanding thereunder and exercise all other rights and remedies, including sale of collateral and payment under the parent guaranty.

If we fail to accurately predict our inventory risk, our margins may decline as a result of write-downs of our inventory due to lower prices obtained for older or obsolete products.

     Some of the products we sell on our website are characterized by rapid technological change, obsolescence and price erosion (for example, computer hardware, software and consumer electronics), and because we may sometimes stock large quantities of particular types of inventory, inventory reserves may be required or may subsequently prove insufficient, and additional inventory write-downs may be required.

Increased product returns or a failure to accurately predict product returns could decrease our revenues and impact profitability.

     We make allowances for product returns based on historical return rates. We are responsible for returns of certain products ordered through our website from our distribution center as well as products that are shipped to our customers directly from our vendors. If our actual product returns significantly exceed our allowances for returns, especially as we expand into new product categories, our revenues and profitability could decrease. In addition, because our allowances are based on historical return rates, the introduction of new merchandise categories, new products, changes in our product mix, or other factors may cause actual returns to exceed return allowances, perhaps significantly. Any policies intended to reduce the number of product returns may result in customer dissatisfaction, increased credit card chargeback activity and fewer repeat customers.

Our ability to offer a broad selection of products at competitive prices is dependent on our ability to maintain existing and build new relationships with manufacturers and vendors. We do not have long-term agreements with our manufacturers or vendors and some of our manufacturers and vendors compete directly with us.

     We purchase products for resale both directly from manufacturers and indirectly through distributors and other sources, all of whom we consider our vendors. We do not have any long-term agreements with any of these vendors. Any agreements with vendors governing our purchase of products are generally terminable by either party upon 30 days’ notice or less. In general, we agree to offer products on our website and the vendors agree to provide us with

information about their products and honor our customer service policies. If we do not maintain relationships with vendors on acceptable terms, including favorable product pricing and vendor consideration, we may not be able to offer a broad selection of products or continue to offer products at competitive prices, and customers may choose not to shop at our website. In addition, some vendors may decide not to offer particular products for sale on the Internet, and others may avoid offering their new products to retailers like us who offer a mix of close-out and recertified products in addition to new products. From time to time, vendors may terminate our right to sell some or all of our products, change the applicable terms and conditions of sale or reduce or discontinue the incentives or vendor consideration that they offer. Any such termination or the implementation of such changes could have a negative impact on our operating results. Additionally, some products are subject to manufacturer or distributor allocation, which limits the number of units of those products that are available to us and other resellers.

Our business is subject to the risk of supplier concentration.

     Our business is dependent on sales of Hewlett Packard (HP) and HP-related products, which represented approximately 44% of eCOST’s net revenues (11% of our consolidated revenues) in 2009 and 43% of eCOST’s net revenues (9% of our consolidated revenues) in 2008. If our ability to purchase direct from HP is terminated or restricted, or if the demand for HP and HP-related products declines, our business could be materially adversely affected.

We are dependent on the success of our advertising and marketing efforts, which are costly and may not achieve desired results, and on our ability to attract customers on cost-effective terms.

     Our revenues depend on our ability to advertise and market our products effectively. Increases in the costs of advertising and marketing, including costs of online advertising, paper and postage costs, costs and fees of third-party service providers and the costs of complying with applicable regulations, may limit our ability to advertise and market our business without impacting our profitability. If our advertising and marketing efforts prove ineffective or do not produce a sufficient level of sales to cover their costs, or if we decrease our advertising or marketing activities due to increased costs, restrictions enacted by regulatory agencies or for any other reason, our revenues and profit margins may decrease. Our success depends on our ability to attract customers on cost-effective terms. We have relationships with online services, search engines, shopping engines, directories and other websites and e-commerce businesses through which we provide advertising banners and other links that direct customers to our website. We expect to rely on these relationships as significant sources of traffic to our website and to generate new customers. If we are unable to develop or maintain these relationships on acceptable terms, our ability to attract new customers on a cost-effective basis could be harmed. In addition, certain of our existing online marketing agreements require us to pay fixed placement fees or fees for directing visits to our eCOST website, neither of which may convert into sales.

Because we experience seasonal fluctuations in our revenues, our quarterly results may fluctuate.

     Our business is moderately seasonal, reflecting the general pattern of peak sales for the retail industry during the holiday shopping season. Typically, a larger portion of our revenues occur during the first and fourth fiscal quarters. We believe that our historical revenue growth makes it difficult to predict the effect of seasonality on our future revenues and results of operations. In anticipation of increased sales activity during the first and fourth quarters, we incur additional expenses, including higher inventory and staffing costs. If sales for the first and fourth quarters do not meet anticipated levels, then increased expenses may not be offset which could decrease our profitability. If we were to experience lower than expected sales during our first or fourth quarters, for any reason, it would decrease our profitability.

Our business may be harmed by fraudulent activities on our website.

     We have received in the past, and anticipate that we will receive in the future, communications from customers due to purported fraudulent activities on our eCOST website. Negative publicity generated as a result of fraudulent conduct by third parties could damage our reputation and diminish the value of our brand name. Fraudulent activities on our eCOST website could also subject us to losses. We expect to continue to receive requests from customers for reimbursement due to purportedly fraudulent activities or threats of legal action if no reimbursement is made.

If we do not successfully expand our eCOST website and processing systems to accommodate higher levels of traffic and changing customer demands, we could lose customers and our revenues could decline.

     To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the functionality and features of our website. If we fail to upgrade our website in a timely manner to accommodate higher volumes of traffic, our website performance could suffer and we may lose customers. The Internet and the e-commerce industry are subject to rapid technological change. If competitors introduce new features and website enhancements embodying new technologies, or if new industry standards and practices emerge, our existing eCOST website and systems may become obsolete or unattractive. Developing our eCOST website and other systems entails significant technical and business risks. We may face material delays in introducing new services, products and enhancements. If this happens, customers may forgo the use of our eCOST website and use those of our competitors. We may use new technologies ineffectively, or we may fail to adapt our website, transaction processing systems and computer network to meet customer requirements or emerging industry standards.

If we fail to successfully expand our merchandise categories and product offerings in a cost-effective and timely manner, our reputation and the value of our new and existing brands could be harmed, customer demand for our products could decline and our profit margins could decrease.

     Historically, we have generated the substantial majority of our revenues from the sale of computer hardware, software and accessories and consumer electronics products. In recent years, we have added several new product categories, including “For the Home” and sports and leisure. While our merchandising platform has been incorporated into and tested in the online computer and consumer electronics retail markets, we cannot predict with certainty whether it can be successfully applied to other product categories. In addition, expansion of our business strategy into new product categories may require us to incur significant marketing expenses, develop relationships with new vendors and comply with new regulations. We may lack the necessary expertise in a new product category to realize the expected benefits of that new category. These requirements could strain managerial, financial and operational resources. Additional challenges that may affect our ability to expand into new product categories include our ability to:

	•		establish or increase awareness of new brands and product categories;
	•		acquire, attract and retain customers at a reasonable cost;
	•		achieve and maintain a critical mass of customers and orders across all product categories;
	•		attract a sufficient number of new customers to whom new product categories are targeted;
	•		successfully market new product offerings to existing customers;
	•		maintain or improve gross margins and fulfillment costs;
	•		attract and retain vendors to provide an expanded line of products to customers on terms that are acceptable; and
	•		manage inventory in new product categories.

     We cannot be certain we will be able to successfully address any or all of these challenges in a manner that will enable us to expand our business into new product categories in a cost-effective or timely manner. If our new categories of products or services are not received favorably, or if our suppliers fail to meet our customers’ expectations, our results of operations would suffer and our reputation and the value of the applicable new brand and other brands could be damaged. The lack of market acceptance of our new product categories or inability to generate satisfactory revenues from any expanded product categories to offset our cost could harm our business.

Credit card fraud could materially adversely affect our business.

     We do not currently carry insurance against the risk of credit card fraud, so the failure to adequately control fraudulent credit card transactions could reduce our revenues and gross margin. We may suffer losses as a result of orders placed with fraudulent credit card data even though the associated financial institution approved payment of the orders. Under current credit card practices, we may be liable for fraudulent credit card transactions because we did not obtain a cardholder’s signature. If we are unable to detect or control credit card fraud, or if credit card companies require more burdensome terms, refuse to accept credit card charges or assess financial penalties, our business could be materially adversely affected.

If we are unable to provide satisfactory customer service, we could lose customers.

     Our ability to provide satisfactory levels of customer service depends, to a large degree, on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our customer service operations. Any material disruption or slowdown in our order processing systems resulting from labor disputes, telephone or Internet failures, power or service outages, natural disasters or other events could make it difficult or impossible to provide adequate customer service and support. If we are unable to continually provide adequate staffing and training for our customer service operations, our reputation could be seriously harmed and we could lose customers. Because our success depends in large part on keeping our customers satisfied, any failure to provide high levels of customer service would likely impair our reputation and decrease our revenues.

We may not be able to compete successfully against existing or future competitors.

     The market for online sales of the products we offer is intensely competitive and rapidly evolving. We principally compete with a variety of online retailers, specialty retailers and other businesses that offer products similar to or the same as our products. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced revenue and gross margins and loss of market share. We expect competition to intensify in the future because current and new competitors can enter the market with little difficulty and can launch new websites at a relatively low cost. In addition, some of our product vendors have sold, and continue to intensify their efforts to sell, their products directly to customers. We currently or potentially compete with a variety of businesses, including:

	•		other multi-category online retailers and liquidation e-tailers;
	•		online discount retailers of computer and consumer electronics merchandise such as Buy.com, NewEgg and TigerDirect;
	•		consumer electronics and office supply superstores such as Best Buy, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples; and
	•		manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, that sell directly to customers.

     Many of the current and potential competitors described above have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, greater brand recognition and significantly greater financial, marketing and other resources than we do. In addition, online retailers may be acquired by, receive investments from or enter into other commercial relationships with larger, well-established and well-financed companies. Some of our competitors may be able to secure products from manufacturers or vendors on more favorable terms, devote greater resources to marketing and promotional campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing or inventory availability policies and devote substantially more resources to website and systems development than we are able to.

If the protection of our trademarks and proprietary rights is inadequate, our eCOST brand and reputation could be impaired and we could lose customers.

     We have five trademarks and/or service marks that we consider to be material to the successful operation of our business: eCOST ® , eCOST.com ® , eCOST.com Your Online Discount Superstore! ® , Bargain Countdown ® and Bargain Countdown Platinum Club ® . We currently use these marks in connection with telephone, mail order, catalog and online retail services. We rely on trademark and copyright law, trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, suppliers and others to protect our proprietary rights. Our competitors or others could adopt trademarks and/or service marks similar to our marks, or try to prevent us from using our marks, and/or contest our registrations in and to our marks thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to customer confusion. Any claim by another party against us for customer confusion caused by use of our trademarks and/or service marks, or our failure to obtain registrations for our marks, could negatively affect our competitive position and could cause us to lose customers.

     Although we have received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for our proprietary Bargain Countdown ® technology, we cannot provide any assurance that effective patent and trademark protection will be available in all instances, including in other countries in which our products and services may be available.

     Effective trademark, service mark, patent, domain name, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which we will sell our products and offer our services. In addition, the relationship between regulations governing domain names and laws protecting trademarks, service marks and similar proprietary rights is unclear. Therefore, we may be unable to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that are similar to, infringe upon or otherwise decrease the value of our trademarks and/or service marks and other proprietary rights. If we are unable to protect or preserve the value of our trademarks, service marks, domain names, copyrights, trade secrets or other proprietary rights for any reason, our competitive position could be negatively affected and we could lose customers.

We may be subject to product liability claims that could be costly and time consuming.

     We sell products manufactured and distributed by third parties, some of which may be defective or may not comply with applicable laws or regulations, such as laws or regulations requiring warning labels. If any product that we sell were to cause physical injury or damage to property or otherwise not comply with applicable laws or regulations, we may be subject to claims being asserted against us as the retailer of the product. Our insurance coverage may not be available or adequate to cover every claim that could be asserted. If a successful claim were brought against us in excess of its insurance coverage, it could expose us to significant liability. Even unsuccessful claims could result in the expenditure of funds and management time and could decrease profitability.

eCOST may be subject to future impairment charges related to eCOST’s intangible assets.

     The valuation of intangible assets related to eCOST is dependent upon, among other things, the estimated value of eCOST’s projected cash flows for its business. In the event eCOST is unable to meet such projections, or such estimated values are otherwise less than the carrying value of such intangibles, we may be required under current accounting rules to record an impairment charge in connection with the write-down of such intangibles.

Risks Related to Our eCOST Online Retailer Operating Segment’s Industry

Additional sales and use taxes could be imposed on past or future sales of our products or other products sold on our eCOST website, which could adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

     In accordance with current industry practice and our interpretation of applicable law, we collect and remit sales taxes only with respect to physical shipments of goods into states where we have a physical presence. If any state or other jurisdiction successfully challenges this practice and imposes sales taxes on orders on which we do not collect and remit sales taxes, we could be exposed to substantial tax liabilities for past sales and could suffer decreased sales in that state or jurisdiction in the future. In addition, a number of states, as well as the U.S. Congress, have been considering various legislative initiatives that could result in the imposition of additional sales and use taxes on Internet sales. If any of these initiatives are enacted, we could be required to collect sales taxes in states where we do not have a physical presence. Future changes in the operation of our business also could result in the imposition of additional sales tax obligations. The imposition of additional sales and use taxes on past or future sales could adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

Existing or future government regulation could expose us to liabilities and costly changes in our business operations, and could reduce customer demand for our products.

     We are subject to general business regulations and laws, as well as regulations and laws specifically governing the Internet and e-commerce. Such existing and future laws and regulations may impede the growth of the Internet or other online services. These regulations and laws may cover taxation, user privacy, marketing and promotional practices, database protection, pricing, content, copyrights, distribution, electronic contracts, email and other communications, consumer protection, product safety, the provision of online payment services, intellectual property rights, unauthorized access (including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act), and the characteristics and quality of products and services. It is unclear how existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, sales and other taxes, libel, trespass, data mining and collection, and personal privacy apply to the Internet and e-commerce. Unfavorable resolution of these issues may expose us to liabilities and costly changes in our business operations, and could reduce customer demand. The growth and demand for online commerce has and may continue to result in more stringent consumer protection laws that impose additional compliance burdens on online

companies. For example, the laws of many states require notice to customers if certain personal information about them is obtained by an unauthorized person, such as a computer hacker. These consumer protection laws could result in substantial compliance costs and could decrease profitability.

Risks Related to Our Stock

The market price of our common stock may be volatile. You may not be able to sell your shares at or above the price at which you purchased such shares.

     The trading price of our common stock may be subject to wide fluctuations in response to quarter-to-quarter fluctuations in operating results, announcements of material adverse events, general conditions in our industry or the public marketplace and other events or factors. In addition, stock markets have experienced extreme price and trading volume volatility in recent years. This volatility has had a substantial effect on the market prices of securities of many technology related companies for reasons frequently unrelated to the operating performance of the specific companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In addition, if our operating results differ from our announced guidance or the expectations of equity research analysts or investors, the price of our common stock could decrease significantly.

Our stock price could decline if a significant number of shares become available for sale.

     As of December 31, 2009, we have an aggregate of 1.8 million stock options outstanding to employees, directors and others with a weighted average exercise price of $4.75 per share. The shares of common stock that may be issued upon exercise of these options may be resold into the public market. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the public market as a result of the exercise of these options, or the perception that future sales of these shares could occur, could reduce the market price of our common stock and make it more difficult to sell equity securities in the future.

Our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws, our shareholder rights plan and Delaware law make it difficult for a third party to acquire us, despite the possible benefit to our shareholders.

     Provisions of our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws, our shareholder rights plan and Delaware law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so would be beneficial to our shareholders. For example, our certificate of incorporation provides for a classified board of directors, meaning that only approximately one-third of our directors may be subject to re-election at each annual shareholder meeting. Our certificate of incorporation also permits our Board of Directors to issue one or more series of preferred stock, which may have rights and preferences superior to those of the common stock. The ability to issue preferred stock could have the effect of delaying or preventing a third party from acquiring us. We have also adopted a shareholder rights plan. These provisions could discourage takeover attempts and could materially adversely affect the price of our stock. In addition, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which may prohibit large shareholders from consummating a merger with, or acquisition of us. These provisions may prevent a merger or acquisition that would be attractive to shareholders and could limit the price that investors would be willing to pay in the future for our common stock.

There are limitations on the liabilities of our directors and executive officers.

     Pursuant to our bylaws and under Delaware law, our directors are not liable to us or our shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for liability for breach of a director’s duty of loyalty, acts or omissions by a director not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or any transaction in which a director has derived an improper personal benefit.

Item 2. Properties

     Our general corporate headquarters and the corporate headquarters of our PFS service fee and Supplies Distributors businesses are located in Plano, Texas, a Dallas suburb. Our eCOST corporate headquarters is located in El Segundo, California.

     In the U.S., we operate two distribution facilities in Memphis, Tennessee, with aggregate space of approximately 600,000 square feet. We also operate approximately 825,000 square feet of distribution facilities in Southaven, Mississippi. Both of these complexes are located approximately five miles from the Memphis International Airport. We also manage a distribution facility in Grapevine, Texas with approximately 200,000 square feet.

     We operate a distribution center in Liege, Belgium with approximately 150,000 square feet, which contains advanced distribution systems and equipment. We operate a distribution center in Toronto, Canada with approximately 23,000 square feet. We also operate a facility in the Philippines with approximately 7,000 square feet to provide call center and customer service functions. We operate customer service centers in our facilities in Tennessee, Texas, Belgium and the Philippines. Our call center technology permits the automatic routing of calls to available customer service representatives in several of our call centers.

     Except for the Grapevine, Texas facility, which we manage on our client’s behalf, all of our facilities are leased and the material lease agreements contain one or more renewal options.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

     We are not party to any legal proceedings other than routine claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of our business. We do not believe such claims and lawsuits, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business.

Item 4. Reserved

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

     Our common stock is listed and currently trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “PFSW.” The following table sets forth for the period indicated the high and low sale price for the common stock as reported by NASDAQ:

		Price
		High				Low
Year Ended December 31, 2008
First Quarter		$	6.02			$	3.62
Second Quarter		$	5.56			$	3.50
Third Quarter		$	4.85			$	2.22
Fourth Quarter		$	2.59			$	0.69
Year Ended December 31, 2009
First Quarter		$	1.90			$	0.70
Second Quarter		$	1.74			$	0.90
Third Quarter		$	1.90			$	1.11
Fourth Quarter		$	1.83			$	1.22

     As of March 3, 2010, there were approximately 5,400 shareholders of which approximately 107 were record holders of the common stock.

     We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate the payment of cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We are also restricted from paying dividends under our debt agreements, without the prior approval of our lenders. We currently intend to retain all earnings to finance the further development of our business. The payment of any future cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other things, future earnings, operations, capital requirements, the general financial condition of the Company and general business conditions and the approval of our lenders. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data

     None

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     We believe the following discussion and analysis provides information that is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis will help you understand:

	•		The impact of forward looking statements;
	•		Our financial structure, including our historical financial presentation;
	•		Our results of operations for the last three years;
	•		Our relationship with our subsidiaries Supplies Distributors and eCOST;
	•		Our liquidity and capital resources;
	•		The impact of seasonality, inflation and recently issued accounting standards on our financial statements; and
	•		Our critical accounting policies and estimates.

Forward-Looking Information

     We have made forward-looking statements in this Report on Form 10-K. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and there can be no guarantee that these statements will prove to be correct. Forward-looking

statements include assumptions as to how we may perform in the future. When we use words like “seek,” “strive,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “will,” “may,” “could,” “intend,” “plan,” “target” and “estimate” or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. You should understand that the following important factors, in addition to the Risk Factors set forth above or elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-K, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. These factors include:

	•		our ability to retain and expand relationships with existing clients and attract and implement new clients;
	•		our reliance on the fees generated by the transaction volume or product sales of our clients;
	•		our reliance on our clients’ projections or transaction volume or product sales;
	•		our dependence upon our agreements with International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) and InfoPrint Solutions Company (“IPS”), a joint venture company owned by Ricoh and IBM;
	•		our dependence upon our agreements with our major clients;
	•		our client mix, their business volumes and the seasonality of their business;
	•		our ability to finalize pending contracts;
	•		the impact of strategic alliances and acquisitions;
	•		trends in e-commerce, outsourcing, government regulation both foreign and domestic and the market for our services;
	•		whether we can continue and manage growth;
	•		increased competition;
	•		our ability to generate more revenue and achieve sustainable profitability;
	•		effects of changes in profit margins;
	•		the customer and supplier concentration of our business;
	•		the reliance on third-party subcontracted services;
	•		the unknown effects of possible system failures and rapid changes in technology;
	•		foreign currency risks and other risks of operating in foreign countries;
	•		potential litigation;
	•		our dependency on key personnel;
	•		the impact of new accounting standards, and changes in existing accounting rules or the interpretations of those rules;
	•		our ability to raise additional capital or obtain additional financing;
	•		our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to borrow under current financing arrangements and maintain compliance with debt covenants;
	•		relationship with and our guarantees of certain of the liabilities and indebtedness of our subsidiaries;
	•		taxation on the sale of our products;
	•		eCOST’s ability to maintain existing and build new relationships with manufacturers and vendors and the success of its advertising and marketing efforts;
	•		eCOST’s ability to increase its sales revenue and sales margin and improve operating efficiencies; and
	•		eCOST’s ability to generate projected cash flows sufficient to cover the values of its intangible assets.

     We have based these statements on our current expectations about future events. Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee these expectations will actually be achieved. In addition, some forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expected or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future. There may be additional risks we do not currently view as material or that are not presently known. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

Overview

     We are an international business process outsourcing provider of end-to-end eCommerce solutions. We provide these solutions to major brand name companies seeking to optimize their supply chain and to enhance their traditional and online business channels and initiatives. Through our eCOST.com® business unit, we are also a leading multi-category online discount retailer of new, “close-out” and recertified brand-name merchandise. We

derive our revenues from three business segments: 1) eCommerce and business process outsourcing, 2) master distribution and 3) online discount retailing.

     First, in our eCommerce and business process outsourcing business segment, we derive our revenues from a broad range of services, including professional consulting, technology collaboration, order management, managed web hosting and web development, the deployment of an eCommerce technology platform, customer relationship management, financial services including billing and collection services and working capital solutions, kitting and assembly services, information management and international fulfillment and distribution services. We offer our services as an integrated solution, which enables our clients to outsource their complete infrastructure needs to a single source and to focus on their core competencies. Our distribution services are conducted at warehouses we lease or manage and include real-time inventory management and customized picking, packing and shipping of our clients’ customer orders. We currently provide infrastructure and distribution solutions to clients that operate in a range of vertical markets, including technology manufacturing, computer products, cosmetics, fragile goods, contemporary home furnishings, apparel, aviation, telecommunications and consumer electronics, among others.

     In this eCommerce and business process outsourcing segment, we do not own the underlying inventory or the resulting accounts receivable, but provide management services for these client-owned assets. We typically charge our service fee revenue on a cost-plus basis, a percent of shipped revenue basis or a per-transaction basis, such as a per-minute basis for web-enabled customer contact center services and a per-item basis for fulfillment services. Additional fees are billed for other services. We price our services based on a variety of factors, including the depth and complexity of the services provided, the amount of capital expenditures or systems customization required, the length of contract and other factors.

     Many of our service fee contracts involve third-party vendors who provide additional services such as package delivery. The costs we are charged by these third-party vendors for these services are often passed on to our clients. Our billings for reimbursements of these costs and other ‘out-of-pocket’ expenses include travel, shipping and handling costs and telecommunication charges and are included in pass-through revenue.

     Our second business segment is a product revenue model. In this segment, we are a master distributor of product for IPS and certain other clients. In this capacity, we purchase, and thus own, inventory and recognize the corresponding product revenue. As a result, upon the sale of inventory, we own the accounts receivable. Freight costs billed to customers are reflected as components of product revenue. This business segment requires significant working capital requirements, for which we have senior credit facilities to provide for approximately $91 million of available financing.

     Our third business segment is a web-commerce product revenue model focused on the sale of products to a broad range of consumer and business customers. In this segment we operate as a multi-category online discount retailer of new, “close-out” and recertified brand-name merchandise. Our product line currently offers approximately 300,000 products in several primary merchandise categories, primarily including computers, networking, electronics and entertainment, TV’s, monitors and projectors, cameras and camcorders, memory and storage, “For the Home” and sports and leisure.

     Growth is a key element to achieving our future goals, including achieving and maintaining sustainable profitability. Growth in our eCommerce and business process outsourcing segment is driven by two main elements: new client relationships and organic growth from existing clients. We focus our sales efforts on larger contracts with brand-name companies within two primary target markets, online brands and retailers and technology manufacturers, which, by nature, require a longer duration to close but also have the potential to be higher quality and longer duration engagements.

     Growth within our product revenue business is primarily driven by our ability to attract new master distributor arrangements with IPS or other manufacturers and the sales and marketing efforts of the manufacturers and third party sales partners.

     Growth within our web-commerce product revenue model is primarily driven by eCOST’s ability to increase sales by generating organic growth, new customers and expanding its product line.

     We continue to monitor and control our costs to focus on profitability. While we are targeting our new service fee contracts to yield increased gross profit, we also expect to incur incremental investments to implement new contracts, investments in infrastructure and sales and marketing to support our targeted growth and increased public company professional fees.

     Our expenses comprise primarily four categories: 1) cost of product revenue, 2) cost of service fee revenue, 3) cost of pass-through revenue and 4) operating expenses.

     Cost of product revenue — consists of the purchase price of product sold and freight costs, which are reduced by certain reimbursable expenses. These reimbursable expenses include pass-through customer marketing programs, direct costs incurred in passing on any price decreases offered by vendors to cover price protection and certain special bids, the cost of products provided to replace defective product returned by customers and certain other expenses as defined under the master distributor agreements. Vendor marketing programs, such as co-op advertising, also reduce cost of product revenue.

     Cost of service fee revenue — consists primarily of compensation and related expenses for our web-enabled customer contact center services, international fulfillment and distribution services and professional consulting services, and other fixed and variable expenses directly related to providing services under the terms of fee based contracts, including certain occupancy and information technology costs and depreciation and amortization expenses.

     Cost of pass-through revenue — the related reimbursable costs for pass-through expenditures are reflected as cost of pass-through revenue.

     Operating expenses — consist primarily of selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses such as compensation and related expenses for sales and marketing staff, advertising, online marketing and catalog production, distribution costs (excluding freight) applicable to the Supplies Distributors and eCOST businesses, executive, management and administrative personnel and other overhead costs, including certain occupancy and information technology costs and depreciation and amortization expenses.

     Monitoring and controlling our available cash balances continues to be a primary focus. Our cash and liquidity positions are important components of our financing of both current operations and our targeted growth. In recent years we have added to our available cash and liquidity positions through various transactions, including working capital financing agreements for our primary operating subsidiaries and through sales of our common stock through private placement transactions.

Results of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2008

     The following table discloses certain financial information for the periods presented, expressed in terms of dollars, dollar change, percentage change and as a percentage of total revenue (in millions).

																		% of Total
										Change								Revenue
		2009				2008				$				%				2009				2008
Revenues:
Product revenue, net		$	267.6			$	330.5			$	(62.9	)			(19.0	)%			75.9	%			73.2	%
Service fee revenue			58.6				85.4				(26.8	)			(31.3	)%			16.6	%			18.9	%
Pass-through revenue			26.3				35.9				(9.6	)			(26.8	)%			7.5	%			7.9	%
Total net revenues			352.5				451.8				(99.3	)			(22.0	)%			100.0	%			100.0	%
Cost of Revenues
Cost of product revenue			245.2				305.1				(59.9	)			(19.6	)%			91.7	%(1)			92.3	%
Cost of service fee revenue			41.9				58.0				(16.1	)			(27.8	)%			71.5	%(2)			67.9	%
Pass-through cost of revenue			26.3				35.9				(9.6	)			(26.8	)%			100.0	%(3)			100.0	%
Total cost of revenues			313.4				399.0				(85.6	)			(21.4	)%			88.9	%			88.3	%
Product revenue gross profit			22.4				25.4				(3.0	)			(12.2	)%			8.3	%(1)			7.7	%
Service fee gross profit			16.7				27.4				(10.7	)			(38.9	)%			28.5	%(2)			32.1	%
Pass-through gross profit			—				—				—
Total gross profit			39.1				52.8				(13.7	)			(26.0	)%			11.1	%			11.7	%
Operating Expenses			42.1				66.1	(4)			(24.0	)			(36.3	)%			11.9	%			14.6	%
Loss from operations			(3.1	)			(13.3	)			10.2				(77.1	)%			(0.8	)%			(2.9	)%
Interest expense, net			1.2				1.6				(0.4	)			(22.8	)%			0.4	%			0.3	%
Loss before income taxes			(4.3	)			(14.9	)			10.6				(71.4	)%			(1.2	)%			(3.3	)%
Income tax expense, net			0.3				0.8				(0.5	)			(59.1	)%			0.1	%			0.2	%
Net loss		$	(4.6	)		$	(15.7	)		$	11.1				(70.8	)%			(1.3	)%			(3.5	)%

     Product Revenue, net. eCOST product revenue was $84.6 million in 2009, a 15.3% decrease as compared to $99.8 million in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to an overall decline in sales in both its business to business (“B2B”) channel and business to consumer (“B2C”) channel during the 2009 period primarily resulting from the impact of the global economic environment.

     Supplies Distributors product revenue of $183.0 million decreased $47.7 million, or 20.7% in 2009 as compared to the prior year. This decrease was primarily due to decreased sales volume resulting from the impact of overall global economic pressures, inventory rationalization by customers, reduced IBM and IPS printer installations in certain categories as well as the negative impact of foreign exchange rates compared to the same period in the prior year.

     We currently expect our total 2010 annual product revenue to remain relatively stable or increase moderately from 2009 levels as global economic conditions improve.

     Service Fee Revenue. The decrease in service fee revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 was primarily due to the non-renewal of a certain U.S. government agency client relationship, which ended in early 2009, partially offset by increased service fees generated from the impact of new service contract relationships. The change in service fee revenue, excluding pass-through revenue, is shown below ($ millions):

Year ended December 31, 2008		$	85.4
New service contract relationships, including certain incremental projects under new contracts			8.3
Change in existing client service fees			(33.3	)
Terminated clients not included in 2009 revenue			(1.8	)
Year ended December 31, 2009		$	58.6

     The $28.0 million reduction of service fee revenue that resulted from the non-renewal of the U.S. government agency client is included in the change in existing client service fees line item above as there was activity with this client in each of the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. The service fee revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 includes approximately $8 million of revenue with clients that terminated during 2009, including the U.S. government agency contract. However, based on historical activity and current projection of existing clients, including new clients signed in 2008 and 2009, net of the impact from the non-renewal of certain clients, we currently anticipate that 2010 service fee revenue will increase from 2009 service fee revenue levels.

     Cost of Product Revenue. The gross margin for eCOST was $8.2 million or 9.7% of product revenue in 2009 and $8.8 million or 8.8% of product revenue during 2008. Gross margin for eCOST increased from the prior year primarily due to the customer mix, which included a larger percentage of sales to the higher margin business-to-consumer channel compared to the same period last year. We are targeting an increasing percentage of eCOST revenues to be generated from the business-to-consumer channel, yet we continue to strive to improve our product sales and gross margin in our business-to-business channel.

     Supplies Distributors cost of product revenue decreased by $45.2 million, or 21.1%, to $168.9 million in 2009, primarily as a result of decreased product sales. The resulting gross profit margin was $14.1 million or 7.7% of product revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 and $16.6 million or 7.2% of product revenue for 2008. The gross profit margin for 2009 and 2008 include certain incremental inventory cost adjustments. The 2009 margin percentage reflects an increase due to incremental gross margin earned on product sales resulting from certain product price increases, which is partially offset by the impact from a customer bankruptcy during the first quarter of 2009.

     Cost of Service Fee Revenue. Gross profit as a percentage of service fees declined to 28.5% in 2009 from 32.1% in 2008. The 2008 margins include the benefit of a full year of higher margin incremental project work associated with the U.S. government contract relationship that was not renewed and was completed in the second quarter of 2009.

     We target to earn an overall gross profit of 25-30% on existing and new service fee contracts, but we have and may continue to accept lower gross margin percentages on certain contracts depending on contract scope and other factors.

     Operating Expenses. Operating expenses decreased by $24.0 million compared to 2008. Operating expenses were $42.1 million, or 11.9% of total net revenues in the 2009 period and $66.1 million, or 14.6% of total net revenues in the prior year. Operating expenses in 2008 include a goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge of $16.3 million resulting from our annual analysis required under accounting standards. Excluding the impact of the $16.3 million impairment charge for goodwill and intangible assets, operating expenses were 11.0% of total net revenues in the 2008 period. The remaining increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues is due to the reduction in total net revenues, which decreased at a higher rate than the reduction in operating expenses. During 2009, we implemented certain cost reductions, primarily personnel related adjustments, as a result of the lower service fee revenue and product revenue.

     Income Taxes. We recorded a tax provision associated primarily with state income taxes and our subsidiary Supplies Distributors’ Canadian and European operations. During 2009, we recognized a tax benefit relating to our adoption of a new transfer pricing policy between certain international subsidiaries. This policy adoption resulted from the completion of a transfer pricing study and its approval by appropriate tax regulators. A valuation allowance has been provided for the majority of our net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, which are primarily related to our net operating loss carryforwards and certain foreign deferred tax assets. We expect that we will continue to record an income tax provision associated with state income taxes and Supplies Distributors’ Canadian and European results of operations.

Supplies Distributors and its Subsidiaries

     Supplies Distributors and its subsidiaries act as master distributors of various IPS and other products and, pursuant to a transaction management services agreement between us and Supplies Distributors, we provide transaction management and fulfillment services to Supplies Distributors and its subsidiaries. In addition to our equity investment in Supplies Distributors, we have also provided Supplies Distributors with a subordinated loan that, as of December 31, 2009, had an outstanding balance of $5.0 million.

     Supplies Distributors has paid us dividends of $2.1 million and $3.0 million in 2009 and 2008, respectively. Supplies Distributors has received lender approval to pay dividends of approximately $3.0 million in 2010, and to reduce its subordinated debt to us by $0.8 million, but pursuant to the terms of its amended credit agreements, is restricted from paying further cash dividends without the prior approval of its lenders. In addition, no distribution may be made if, after giving effect thereto, Supplies Distributors or its subsidiaries be in noncompliance with its financial covenants under its current facilities.

eCOST and its Subsidiaries

     eCOST is a multi-category online discount retailer of new, “close-out” and recertified brand-name merchandise, selling products primarily to customers in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, we have advanced $15.8 million to eCOST to support its operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     Net cash provided by operating activities was $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 and primarily resulted from a decrease in inventories of $8.8 million, a decrease in accounts receivable of $5.0 million and cash income before working capital changes of $3.8 million partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable, deferred revenue, accrued expenses and other liabilities of $9.5 million. These changes primarily resulted from decreased working capital requirements in our Supplies Distributors segment related to decreased product revenues compared to 2008.

     Net cash provided by operating activities was $9.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and primarily resulted from cash income before working capital changes of $9.1 million, an increase in accounts payable, deferred revenue, accrued expenses and other liabilities of $5.3 million, a decrease in accounts receivable of $3.0 million and a decrease in restricted cash of $0.3 million, partially offset by an increase in prepaid expenses, other receivables and other assets of $5.0 million and an increase in inventories of $3.2 million.

     Net cash used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 totaled $4.4 million and $5.6 million, respectively, primarily resulting from capital expenditures.

     Capital expenditures have historically consisted primarily of additions to upgrade our management information systems and general expansion of our facilities, both domestic and foreign, and certain technology and development costs related to new client implementations. We expect to incur capital expenditures to support new contracts and anticipated future growth opportunities. Based on our current client business activity and our targeted growth plans, we anticipate our total investment in upgrades and additions to facilities and information technology services and capitalized implementation costs for the upcoming twelve months will be approximately $4 million to $7 million, although additional capital expenditures may be necessary to support the infrastructure requirements of new clients. To maintain our current operating cash position, a portion of these expenditures may be financed through debt, operating or capital leases, additional equity or implementation fees charged to our clients. We may elect to modify or defer a portion of such anticipated investments in the event that we do not achieve the revenue necessary to support such investments.

     Net cash used in financing activities was approximately $5.4 million and $2.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, primarily representing payments on debt and capital leases.

     Our liquidity has been negatively impacted as a result of the merger with eCOST. Since the merger in February 2006, eCOST has experienced a net use of cash primarily due to operating losses. As a result, we have had to support eCOST’s cash needs with the goal of reducing operating losses. The amount of further cash needed to support eCOST operations will depend upon the financing available as well as eCOST’s ability to improve its financial results. eCOST’s results, excluding the impact of any non-cash impairment charges, have improved in recent years, and we expect continued improvement as a result of efforts to increase sales, improve product mix and further improve operational efficiencies.

     Our liquidity has also been negatively impacted by a decline in service fee revenue due to the current general economic decline as well as the nonrenewal of a U.S. government agency contract and certain other contracts. To help minimize the impact of lower service fee revenue, we have implemented certain measures that reduced variable costs and expenses and redeployed existing infrastructure to other client activities. No assurance can be given that a further decline in service fee revenue will not have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition or results of operations.

     During the year ended December 31, 2009, our working capital decreased to $19.3 million from $21.4 million at December 31, 2008, partially due to the paydown of debt facilities along with capital expenditures that were not financed through financing arrangements or client implementation fees. Working capital as of December 31, 2009 included the benefit from certain clients paying implementation fees in 2009 applicable to technology and development costs that will be incurred by us during 2010. To obtain additional financing in the future, in addition to our current cash position, we plan to evaluate various financing alternatives including the sale of equity, utilizing capital or operating leases, borrowing under our credit facilities, expanding our current credit facilities, entering into new debt agreements or transferring to third-parties a portion of our subordinated loan balance due from Supplies Distributors. In conjunction with certain of these alternatives, we may be required to provide certain letters of credit to secure these arrangements. No assurances can be given we will be successful in obtaining any additional financing or the terms thereof. We currently believe our cash position, financing available under our credit facilities and funds generated from operations (including cost reductions related to the nonrenewal of our U.S. government contract) will satisfy our presently known operating cash needs, our working capital and capital expenditure requirements, our current debt and lease obligations, and additional loans to our subsidiaries Supplies Distributors and eCOST, if necessary, for at least the next twelve months.

     During the past two years, the credit markets and the financial services industry have been experiencing a period of unprecedented turmoil and upheaval characterized by the bankruptcy, failure, collapse or sale of various financial institutions and an unprecedented level of intervention from the United States and foreign governments. While the ultimate outcome of these events cannot be predicted, they may have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition, results of operations and our ability to renew our credit facilities.

     In support of certain debt instruments and leases, as of December 31, 2009, we had $2.1 million of cash restricted for repayment to lenders. In addition, as described above, we have provided collateralized guarantees to secure the repayment of certain of our subsidiaries’ credit facilities. Many of these facilities include both financial and non-financial covenants, and also include cross default provisions applicable to other credit facilities and agreements. These covenants include minimum levels of net worth for the individual borrower subsidiaries and the parent guarantor and restrictions on the ability of the borrower subsidiaries to advance funds to other borrower subsidiaries. As a result, it is possible for one or more of these borrower subsidiaries to fail to meet their respective covenants even if another borrower subsidiary otherwise has available excess funds which, if not restricted, could be used to cure the default. To the extent we fail to comply with our debt covenants, including the monthly financial covenant requirements and our required level of shareholders’ equity, and the lenders accelerate the repayment of the credit facility obligations, we would be required to repay all amounts outstanding thereunder. In particular, in the event eCOST is unable to increase its revenue and/or gross profit from its present levels, or if PFS service fee revenue declines from expected levels and it is unable to reduce costs to correspond to such reduced revenue levels or if Supplies Distributors revenue or gross profit declines from expected levels, such events may result in a breach of one or more of the financial covenants required under their working capital lines of credit. In such event, absent a waiver, the working capital lender would be entitled to accelerate all amounts outstanding thereunder and exercise all other rights and remedies, including sale of collateral and payment under our parent guaranty. A requirement to

accelerate the repayment of the credit facility obligations would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. We can provide no assurance we will have the financial ability to repay all of such obligations. As of December 31, 2009, we were in compliance with all debt covenants. Further, any non-renewal of any of our credit facilities would have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition. We do not have any other material financial commitments, although future client contracts may require capital expenditures and lease commitments to support the services provided to such clients.

     In the future, we may attempt to acquire other businesses or seek an equity or strategic partner to generate capital or expand our services or capabilities in connection with our efforts to grow our business. Acquisitions involve certain risks and uncertainties and may require additional financing. Therefore, we can give no assurance with respect to whether we will be successful in identifying businesses to acquire or an equity or strategic partner, whether we or they will be able to obtain financing to complete a transaction, or whether we or they will be successful in operating the acquired business.

     To finance their distribution of IPS products, Supplies Distributors and its subsidiaries have short-term credit facilities with IBM Credit LLC (“IBM Credit”) and IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (“IBM Belgium”). We have provided a collateralized guaranty to secure the repayment of these credit facilities. These asset-based credit facilities provided financing for up to $30.5 million and up to 16 million Euros (approximately $23.0 million at December 31, 2009) with IBM Credit and IBM Belgium, respectively. These agreements expire in April 2011.

     Supplies Distributors also has a loan and security agreement with Wachovia Bank, N.A. (“Wachovia”) to provide financing for up to $25 million of eligible accounts receivables in the United States and Canada. The Wachovia facility expires on the earlier of March 2011 or the date on which the parties to the IPS master distributor agreement no longer operate under the terms of such agreement and/or IPS no longer supplies products pursuant to such agreement.

     Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiary has a factoring agreement with Fortis Commercial Finance N.V. (“Fortis”) to provide factoring for up to 7.5 million Euros (approximately $10.8 million at December 31, 2009) of eligible accounts receivables through March 2011.

     These credit facilities contain cross default provisions, various restrictions upon the ability of Supplies Distributors and its subsidiaries to, among other things, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans, investments and payments to related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), provide guarantees, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure and pay dividends, as well as financial covenants, such as cash flow from operations, annualized revenue to working capital, net profit after tax to revenue, minimum net worth and total liabilities to tangible net worth, as defined, and are secured by all of the assets of Supplies Distributors, as well as a collateralized guaranty of PFSweb. Additionally, we are required to maintain a subordinated loan to Supplies Distributors of no less than $4.3 million, not maintain restricted cash of more than $5.0 million, are restricted with regard to transactions with related parties, indebtedness and changes to capital stock ownership structure and a minimum shareholders’ equity of at least $18.0 million. Furthermore, we are obligated to repay any over-advance made to Supplies Distributors or its subsidiaries under these facilities if they are unable to do so. We have also provided a guarantee of the obligations of Supplies Distributors and its subsidiaries to IBM and IPS, excluding the trade payables that are financed by IBM credit.

     Our PFS subsidiary has entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (“Agreement”) with Comerica Bank (“Comerica”), which provides for up to $10.0 million of eligible accounts receivable financing through March 2011. We entered this Agreement to supplement our existing cash position, and provide funding for our current and future operations, including our targeted growth. The Agreement contains cross default provisions, various restrictions upon our ability to, among other things, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans and payments to subsidiaries, affiliates and related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), make capital expenditures, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure, as well as financial covenants of a minimum tangible net worth of $20.0 million, as defined, a minimum earnings before interest and taxes, plus depreciation, amortization and non-cash compensation accruals, if any, as defined, and a minimum liquidity ratio, as defined. The Agreement also limits PFS’ ability to increase the subordinated loan to Supplies Distributors to more than $5.5 million and permits PFS to advance incremental amounts subject to certain cash inflows to PFS, as defined, to certain of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, including eCOST. The Agreement is secured by all of the assets of PFS, as well as a guarantee of PFSweb.

     eCOST currently has an asset-based line of credit facility of up to $7.5 million with Wachovia, which is collateralized by substantially all of eCOST’s assets and expires in May 2011. Borrowings under the facility are limited to a percentage of eligible accounts receivable and letter of credit availability is limited to a percentage of accounts receivable and inventory. As of December 31, 2009, eCOST had $1.0 million of letters of credit outstanding and $1.2 million of available credit under this facility. The credit facility restricts eCOST’s ability to, among other things, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans, investments and payments to subsidiaries, affiliates and related parties, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure, as well as a minimum tangible net worth of $0, as defined. PFSweb has guaranteed all current and future obligations of eCOST under this line of credit.

     We financed certain capital expenditures through a Loan Agreement with the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (the “MBFC”) pursuant to which the MBFC issued MBFC Taxable Variable Rate Demand Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Series 2004 (Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. Project) (the “Bonds”). The MBFC loaned us the proceeds of the Bonds for the purpose of financing the acquisition and installation of equipment, machinery and related assets to support incremental business from a Southaven, Mississippi distribution facility. The primary source of repayment of the Bonds is a letter of credit (the “Letter of Credit”) issued by Comerica pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement between us and Comerica under which we are obligated to pay to Comerica all amounts drawn under the Letter of Credit. The Letter of Credit has a maturity date of April 2011 at which time, if not renewed or replaced, will result in a draw on the undrawn face amount thereof. The amount outstanding on the Loan Agreement as of December 31, 2009 was $2.4 million. Our obligations under the Reimbursement Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of our PFS subsidiary, including restricted cash of $0.7 million and a parent company guarantee.

     eCOST has historically incurred significant operating losses and used cash to fund its operations. As a result, we have been required to invest cash to fund eCOST’s operations, which we may not be able to continue to do without approval from our lenders. The amount of further cash needed to support eCOST operations depends upon the financing available under its credit line as well as eCOST’s ability to improve its financial results. Through March 31, 2010, we have advanced $15.8 million to eCOST to fund eCOST’s cash flow requirements and have lender approval to advance incremental amounts subject to certain cash inflows to PFS, as defined, to certain of our subsidiaries and/or affiliates, including eCOST. In the event we need to advance further cash to eCOST, we may be required to seek approval from our lenders to provide such funds. We can provide no assurance that we will receive such approval from our lenders or any terms or conditions required by our lenders in order to obtain such approval. In addition, PFSweb has provided a guaranty of eCOST’s bank line of credit and certain eCOST vendor trade payables.

     We receive municipal tax abatements in certain locations. During 2004 we received notice from a municipality that we did not satisfy certain criteria necessary to maintain the abatements. In December 2006 we received notice that the municipal authority planned to make an adjustment to our tax abatement. We have disputed the adjustment as of December 31, 2009, but if the dispute is not resolved favorably, additional property taxes of approximately $1.7 million could be assessed against us.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

     There are no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Inventory Management

     We manage our inventories held for sale by maintaining sufficient quantities of product to achieve high order fill rates while at the same time maximizing inventory turnover rates. Inventory balances will fluctuate as we add new product lines. To reduce the risk of loss due to supplier price reductions, our master distributor agreement, as well as certain vendor agreements in our eCOST business, provide for price protection under which we receive credits if the supplier lowers prices on previously purchased inventory.

Seasonality

     The seasonality of our service fee business is dependent upon the seasonality of our clients’ business and sales of their products. Accordingly, our management must rely upon the projections of our clients in assessing quarterly variability. We believe that with our current client mix and their current business volumes, our run rate service fee business activity will be at its lowest in the quarter ended March 31. We anticipate our Supplies Distributors’ product revenue will be highest during the quarter ended December 31. Our eCOST business is moderately seasonal, reflecting the general pattern of peak sales for the retail industry during the holiday shopping season. Typically, a larger portion of our eCOST revenues occur during the fourth fiscal quarter. We believe our historical revenue pattern makes it difficult to predict the effect of seasonality on our future revenues and results of operations.

     We believe that results of operations for a quarterly period may not be indicative of the results for any other quarter or for the full year.

Inflation

     Management believes inflation has not had a material effect on our operations.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

     In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements — a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force to amend certain guidance in FASB Accounting Standards Codification^TM (ASC) 605, Revenue Recognition, 25, “Multiple-Element Arrangements.” The amended guidance in ASC 605-25 (1) modifies the separation criteria by eliminating the criterion that requires objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered item(s), and (2) eliminates the use of the residual method of allocation and instead requires that arrangement consideration be allocated, at the inception of the arrangement, to all deliverables based on their relative selling price.

     The FASB also issued ASU 2009-14, Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements — a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, to amend the scope of arrangements under ASC 985, Software, 605, “Revenue Recognition” to exclude tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver a product’s essential functionality.

     The amended guidance in ASC 605-25 and ASC 985-605 is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early application and retrospective application permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact the amendments to ASC 605-25 and ASC 985-605 will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

     Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. These accounting principles require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. While we do not believe the reported amounts would be materially different, application of these policies involves the exercise of judgment and the use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could differ from these estimates. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions, it would likely result in a material adverse impact to our business, operating results and financial condition. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. All of our significant accounting policies are disclosed in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.

     We have defined a critical accounting estimate as one that is both important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and requires us to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates

about matters that are uncertain. During the past three fiscal years, we have not made any material changes in accounting methodology used to establish the critical accounting estimates discussed below. The following represent certain critical accounting policies that require us to exercise our business judgment or make significant estimates. In addition, there are other items within our consolidated financial statements that require estimation but are not deemed critical as defined above.

     Product Revenue Recognition

     Sales are recognized when the title and risk of loss are passed to the customer, there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement for the sale, delivery has occurred and/or services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. Under these guidelines, we recognize a majority of our sales, including revenue from product sales and gross outbound shipping and handling charges, upon receipt of the product by the customer. For all product sales shipped directly from suppliers to customers, we are the primary obligor in the transaction, and we take title to the products sold upon shipment, bear credit risk, and bear inventory risk for returned products that are not successfully returned to suppliers; therefore, we recognize these revenues at gross sales amounts.

     Sales are reported net of estimated returns and allowances, credit card fraud and chargebacks, all of which are estimated based upon historical information such as return and redemption rates, and fraud and chargeback experience. Management also considers any other current information and trends in making estimates. If actual sales returns, allowances, discounts and credit card fraud and chargebacks are greater than estimated by management, additional expense may be incurred.

     Cost of Service Fee Revenue

     Our service fee revenue primarily relates to our distribution services and order management/customer care services. Distribution services relate primarily to inventory management, product receiving, warehousing and fulfillment (i.e., picking, packing and shipping). Order management/customer care services relate primarily to taking customer orders for our clients’ products via various channels such as telephone call-center, electronic or facsimile. These services also entail addressing customer questions related to orders, as well as cross-selling/up-selling activities.

     Our cost of service fee revenue represents the cost to provide the services described above, primarily compensation and related expenses and other fixed and variable expenses directly related to providing the services. These include certain occupancy and information technology costs and depreciation and amortization expenses. Certain of these costs are allocated from general and administrative expenses. For these allocations, we estimate the amount of direct expenses based on a client-specific number of transactions processed. We believe our allocation methodology is reasonable, however a change in assumptions would result in a different gross profit in our statement of operations, yet no change to the resulting net income or loss.

     Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

     The determination of the collectability of amounts due from our customers requires us to use estimates and make judgments regarding future events and trends, including monitoring our customers’ payment history and current credit worthiness to determine that collectability is reasonably assured, as well as consideration of the overall business climate in which our clients and customers operate. Inherently, these uncertainties require us to make frequent judgments and estimates regarding our clients and customers’ ability to pay amounts due us to determine the appropriate amount of valuation allowances required for doubtful accounts. Provisions for doubtful accounts are recorded when it becomes evident that the client or customer will not make the required payments at either contractual due dates or in the future.

     With our master distributor and online discount retail businesses, we also maintain an allowance for uncollectible vendor receivables, which arise from inventory returns to vendors, vendor rebate and advertising programs, price protections and other promotions. We determine the sufficiency of the vendor receivable allowance based upon various factors, including payment history. Amounts received from vendors may vary from amounts recorded because of potential non-compliance with certain elements of vendor programs. If our estimated allowances for uncollectible accounts or vendor receivables subsequently prove insufficient, additional allowance maybe required.

     Allowances for doubtful accounts totaled $1.0 million at both December 31, 2009 and 2008. We believe our allowances for doubtful accounts are adequate to cover anticipated losses under current conditions; however, uncertainties regarding changes in the financial condition of our clients and customers, either adverse or positive, could impact the amount and timing of any additional provisions for doubtful accounts that may be required.

     Inventory Reserves

     Inventories (merchandise, held for resale, all of which are finished goods) are stated at the lower of weighted average cost or market. Supplies Distributors and its subsidiaries assume responsibility for slow-moving inventory under certain master distributor agreements, subject to certain termination rights, but have the right to return product rendered obsolete by engineering changes, as defined. eCOST assumes responsibility for slow-moving inventory but has limited rights to return product based on specific inventory agreements. We review inventories for impairment on a periodic basis, but at a minimum, annually. Recoverability of the inventory on hand is measured by comparisons of the carrying value to the fair value of the inventory. This requires us to record provisions and maintain reserves for excess or obsolete inventory. If write-downs of inventories are necessary, the cost basis of that inventory is adjusted. To determine these reserve amounts, we regularly review inventory quantities on hand and compare them to estimates of future product demand and market conditions. These estimates and forecasts inherently include uncertainties and require us to make judgments regarding potential outcomes. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, our allowance for slow moving inventory was $2.0 million and $2.1 million, respectively. We believe our reserves are adequate to cover anticipated losses under current conditions. Significant or unanticipated changes to our estimates and forecasts, either adverse or positive, could impact the amount and timing of any additional provisions for excess or obsolete inventory that may be required.

     Income Taxes

     The liability method is used for determining our income taxes, under which current and deferred tax liabilities and assets are recorded in accordance with enacted tax laws and rates. Under this method, the amounts of deferred tax liabilities and assets at the end of each period are determined using the tax rate expected to be in effect when taxes are actually paid or recovered. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In determining the need for valuation allowances, we have considered and made judgments and estimates regarding estimated future taxable income. These estimates and judgments include some degree of uncertainty and changes in these estimates and assumptions could require us to adjust the valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets. The ultimate realization of our deferred tax assets depends on the generation of sufficient taxable income in the applicable taxing jurisdictions. Although we believe our estimates and judgments are reasonable, actual results may differ, which could be material.

     As we operate in multiple countries, we are subject to the jurisdiction of multiple domestic and foreign tax authorities. Determination of taxable income in any jurisdiction requires the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding significant future events such as the amount, timing and character of deductions, permissible revenue recognition methods under the tax law and the sources and character of income and tax credits. Changes in tax laws, regulations, foreign currency exchange restrictions or our level of operations or profitability in each taxing jurisdiction could have an impact on the amount of income taxes that we provide during any given year.

     Intangible Assets

     We make judgments and estimates in conjunction with the carrying value of intangible assets, including amounts to be capitalized, depreciation and amortization methods and useful lives. Additionally, we review intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We record impairment losses in the period in which we determine that the carrying amount is not recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. This may require us to make judgments regarding long-term forecasts of our future revenues and costs related to the assets subject to review. During the

fourth quarter of 2008, we determined the carrying values of the intangible assets resulting from our acquisition of eCOST were impaired, which resulted in a $4.5 million write-off of intangible assets in 2008. No intangible assets were determined to be impaired during 2009.

     Goodwill

     The Company acquired eCOST in 2006 because of the strategic benefits expected to result from combining eCOST’s e-commerce platform with PFSweb’s advanced technology and operational infrastructure thereby providing the combined company with the enhanced ability to expand its market share in the fast growing web commerce market. Such benefits are the primary factors that contributed to a purchase price that resulted in the recognition of goodwill.

     Goodwill was derived by the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition of eCOST in 2006, and is included in the eCOST reportable segment. Goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes, is not being amortized but is subject to an impairment test each year, using a fair-value-based approach.

     We review goodwill for impairment at least annually on December 31. We record impairment losses in the period in which we determine that the carrying amount is not recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. We estimate the fair value of the eCOST reporting unit using a combination of valuation models, including the income approach method, the guideline company method, and stock price method. These models require us to make judgments regarding long-term forecasts of our future revenues and costs related to the assets subject to review, costs of capital and residual values. During the fourth quarter of 2008, we determined the carrying values of the goodwill resulting from our acquisition of eCOST were impaired, which resulted in an $11.8 million write-off of goodwill in 2008. As of December 31, 2009, the estimated fair value of the eCOST reporting unit exceeded the carrying amount by approximately 65%.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

		Page
PFSweb, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			50
Consolidated Balance Sheets			51
Consolidated Statements of Operations			52
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Loss			53
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			54
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			55
Supplementary Data
Schedule I — Condensed Financial Information of Registrant			83
Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			86

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
PFSweb, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of PFSweb, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for the years then ended. Our audits of the basic financial statements included the financial statement schedules listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a) (1). These financial statements and the financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedules based on our audit.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PFSweb, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Dallas, Texas
March 31, 2010

PFSWEB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	14,812			$	16,050
Restricted cash			2,096				2,008
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $973 and $980 at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively			39,861				44,546
Inventories, net of reserves of $2,016 and $2,124 at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively			37,949				47,186
Other receivables			11,605				13,072
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			4,170				3,802
Total current assets			110,493				126,664
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net			10,314				12,106
IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLES, net			805				961
GOODWILL			3,602				3,602
OTHER ASSETS			2,555				1,188
Total assets		$	127,769			$	144,521
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations		$	19,179			$	22,251
Trade accounts payable			53,642				61,988
Deferred revenue			5,164				3,640
Accrued expenses			13,180				17,414
Total current liabilities			91,165				105,293
LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS, less current portion			3,348				4,951
OTHER LIABILITIES			3,903				1,192
Total liabilities			98,416				111,436
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding			—				—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 35,000,000 shares authorized; 9,952,164 and 9,935,095 shares issued at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively; and 9,933,803 and 9,916,734 outstanding at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively			10				10
Additional paid-in capital			93,152				92,728
Accumulated deficit			(65,963	)			(61,393	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income			2,239				1,825
Treasury stock at cost, 18,361 shares			(85	)			(85	)
Total shareholders’ equity			29,353				33,085
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	127,769			$	144,521

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

PFSWEB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
(In thousands, except per share data)

		2009				2008
REVENUES:
Product revenue, net		$	267,615			$	330,532
Service fee revenue			58,619				85,406
Pass-through revenue			26,265				35,905
Total revenues			352,499				451,843
COSTS OF REVENUES:
Cost of product revenue			245,272				305,090
Cost of service fee revenue			41,898				58,009
Cost of pass-through revenue			26,265				35,905
Total costs of revenues			313,435				399,004
Gross profit			39,064				52,839
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, including stock based compensation expense of $407 and $547 in the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively			41,995				49,073
AMORTIZATION OF IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLES			105				806
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSET IMPAIRMENT			—				16,250
Total operating expenses			42,100				66,129
Loss from operations			(3,036	)			(13,290	)
INTEREST EXPENSE, net			1,205				1,560
Loss before income taxes			(4,241	)			(14,850	)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE			329				805
NET LOSS		$	(4,570	)		$	(15,655	)
LOSS PER SHARE:
Basic and Diluted		$	(0.46	)		$	(1.58	)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic and Diluted			9,929				9,905

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

PFSWEB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except share data)

																		Accumulated
										Additional								Other												Total				Comprehensive
		Common Stock								Paid-In				Accumulated				Comprehensive				Treasury Stock								Shareholders’				Income
		Shares				Amount				Capital				Deficit				Income (Loss)				Shares				Amount				Equity				(Loss)
Balance, January 1, 2008			9,909,401			$	10			$	92,121			$	(45,738	)		$	2,534				18,361			$	(85	)		$	48,842
Net loss			—				—				—				(15,655	)			—				—				—				(15,655	)		$	(15,655	)
Stock-based compensation expense			—				—				547				—				—				—				—				547
Employee stock purchase plan			7,522				—				26				—				—				—				—				26
Proceeds from exercised options			18,172				—				34				—				—				—				—				34
Other comprehensive loss—foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				(709	)			—				—				(709	)			(709	)
Comprehensive loss																																		$	(16,364	)
Balance, December 31, 2008			9,935,095			$	10			$	92,728			$	(61,393	)		$	1,825				18,361			$	(85	)		$	33,085
Net loss			—				—				—				(4,570	)			—				—				—				(4,570	)		$	(4,570	)
Stock-based compensation expense			—				—				407				—				—				—				—				407
Employee stock purchase plan			17,069				—				17				—				—				—				—				17
Other comprehensive loss—foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				414				—				—				414				414
Comprehensive loss																																		$	(4,156	)
Balance, December 31, 2009			9,952,164			$	10			$	93,152			$	(65,963	)		$	2,239				18,361			$	(85	)		$	29,353

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

PFSWEB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31
(In thousands)

		2009				2008
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss		$	(4,570	)		$	(15,655	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			6,852				6,622
Goodwill and intangible asset impairment			—				16,250
Loss on sale of assets			6				17
Provision for doubtful accounts			147				174
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory			996				1,482
Deferred income taxes			(65	)			(293	)
Stock-based compensation expense			407				547
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Restricted cash			(11	)			291
Accounts receivable			4,982				3,020
Inventories, net			8,799				(3,243	)
Prepaid expenses, other receivables and other assets			69				(5,031	)
Accounts payable, deferred revenue, accrued expenses and other liabilities			(9,486	)			5,270
Net cash provided by operating activities			8,126				9,451
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment			(4,440	)			(5,754	)
Proceeds from sale of assets			—				117
Net cash used in investing activities			(4,440	)			(5,637	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock			17				60
Increase in restricted cash			(77	)			(278	)
Payments on capital lease obligations			(1,680	)			(1,791	)
Payments on debt, net			(3,642	)			(41	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(5,382	)			(2,050	)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS			458				14
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS			(1,238	)			1,778
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period			16,050				14,272
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period		$	14,812			$	16,050
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Property and equipment acquired under capital leases		$	412			$	584

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

PFSWEB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Overview

     PFSweb, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Supplies Distributors, Inc, and eCOST.com, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “Company;” “Supplies Distributors” refers to Supplies Distributors, Inc. and its subsidiaries; “eCOST” refers to eCOST.com, Inc.; and “PFSweb” refers to PFSweb, Inc. and its subsidiaries excluding Supplies Distributors and eCOST.

PFSweb Overview

     PFSweb is an international business process outsourcing provider of end-to-end eCommerce solutions to major brand name companies seeking to optimize their supply chain and to enhance their traditional and online business channels and initiatives in the United States, Canada, and Europe. PFSweb offers such services as professional consulting, technology collaboration, managed web hosting and internet application development, order management, web-enabled customer contact centers, customer relationship management, financial services including billing and collection services and working capital solutions, information management, facilities and operations management, kitting and assembly services, and international fulfillment and distribution services.

Supplies Distributors Overview

     Supplies Distributors, PFSweb and InfoPrint Solutions Company (“IPS”), a joint venture company owned by Ricoh and International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), have entered into master distributor agreements under which Supplies Distributors acts as a master distributor of various products, primarily IPS product.

     Supplies Distributors has obtained certain financing (see Notes 3 and 4) that allows it to fund the working capital requirements for the sale of primarily IPS products. Pursuant to the transaction management services agreements between PFSweb and Supplies Distributors, PFSweb provides to Supplies Distributors transaction management and fulfillment services, such as managed web hosting and maintenance, procurement support, web-enabled customer contact center services, customer relationship management, financial services including billing and collection services, information management and international distribution services. Supplies Distributors does not have its own sales force and relies upon IPS’s sales force and product demand generation activities for its sale of IPS products. Supplies Distributors sells its products in the United States, Canada and Europe.

     All of the agreements between PFSweb and Supplies Distributors were made in the context of a related party relationship and were negotiated in the overall context of PFSweb’s and Supplies Distributors’ arrangement with IPS. Although management believes that the terms of these agreements are generally consistent with fair market values, there can be no assurance that the prices charged to or by each company under these arrangements are not higher or lower than the prices that may be charged by, or to, unaffiliated third parties for similar services.

eCOST Overview

     eCOST is a multi-category online discount retailer of new, “close-out” and recertified brand-name merchandise, selling products primarily to customers in the United States. eCOST offers products in several primary merchandise categories, including computers, networking, electronics and entertainment, TV’s, monitors and projectors, cameras and camcorders, memory and storage, “For the Home” and sports and leisure. eCOST carries products from leading manufacturers such as Sony, JVC, Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Denon, Cuisinart, Sennheiser, Garmin, Panasonic, Toshiba and Microsoft.

     The Company’s liquidity has been negatively impacted as a result of the merger with eCOST. Since the merger, eCOST has experienced a net use of cash primarily due to operating losses. As a result, the Company has had to support eCOST’s cash needs with the goal of reducing operating losses. The amount of additional cash needed to support eCOST operations will depend upon working capital requirements, bank financing availability as well as eCOST’s continued ability to improve its financial results. Further advances to eCOST may be limited by the Company’s current cash and future cash flow and may be restricted by the Company’s credit facility obligations.

     In the event eCOST is unable to increase its revenue and/or gross profit from its present levels, it may fail to comply with one or more of the financial covenants required under its working capital line of credit. In such event, absent a waiver, the working capital lender would be entitled to accelerate all amounts outstanding thereunder and exercise all other rights and remedies, including sale of collateral and demand for payment under the Company parent guaranty. Any acceleration of the repayment of the credit facility would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and no assurance can be given that the Company would have the financial ability to repay all of such obligations.

     Management currently believes eCOST will meet the Company’s expectations related to improved overall profitability. The Company has reported improvement in eCOST’s financial results beginning in 2007, excluding the impact of any non-cash impairment charges, and expects continued improvement as a result of efforts to increase sales, improve product mix and further improve operational efficiencies, although there can be no assurance that these future improvements will be achieved. If eCOST does not meet expectations, the Company anticipates that it would be able to terminate or sublease eCOST’s facilities, liquidate remaining inventory through the eCOST website and reduce certain personnel related costs as needed so as to minimize any material impact upon the Company’s other segments.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

     All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Investment in Affiliates

     Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. (“PFS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PFSweb, has made advances to Supplies Distributors that are evidenced by a Subordinated Demand Note (the “Subordinated Note”). Under the terms of certain of the Company’s debt facilities, the outstanding balance of the Subordinated Note cannot be increased to more than $5.5 million or decreased to less than $4.3 million without prior approval of the Company’s lenders (see Notes 3 and 4). As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the outstanding balance of the Subordinated Note was $5.0 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The Subordinate Note is eliminated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     PFS has also made advances to eCOST, which aggregated $10.9 million and $10.6 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Certain terms of the Company’s debt facilities provide that the total advances to eCOST may not be less than $2.0 million without prior approval of eCOST’s lender. PFS has received the approval of its lender to advance incremental amounts subject to certain cash inflows to PFS, as defined, to certain of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, including eCOST, if needed. PFSweb has also advanced eCOST $5.0 million and $4.7 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Use of Estimates

     The preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The recognition and allocation of certain revenues and operating expenses in these consolidated financial statements also require management estimates and assumptions. The Company’s estimates and assumptions are continually evaluated based on available information and experience. Because the use of estimates is inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from estimates.

Revenue and Cost Recognition

     Depending on the terms of the customer arrangement, Supplies Distributors recognizes product revenue and product cost either upon the shipment of product to customers or when the customer receives the product. Supplies Distributors permits its customers to return product for credit against other purchases, which include returns for defective products (that Supplies Distributors then returns to the manufacturer) and incorrect shipments. Supplies

Distributors provides a reserve for estimated returns and allowances and offers terms to its customers that it believes are standard for its industry.

     Freight costs billed to customers are reflected as components of product revenue. Freight costs incurred are recorded as a component of cost of goods sold.

     Under the master distributor agreements (see Note 6), Supplies Distributors bills IPS for reimbursements of certain expenses, including: pass through customer marketing programs, including rebates and coop funds; certain freight costs; direct costs incurred in passing on any price decreases offered by IPS to Supplies Distributors or its customers to cover price protection and certain special bids; the cost of products provided to replace defective product returned by customers; and certain other expenses as defined. Supplies Distributors includes these reimbursable amounts as they are incurred with a corresponding reduction in either inventory or cost of product revenue. Supplies Distributors also reflects pass through customer marketing programs as a reduction of both product revenue and cost of product revenue.

     eCOST recognizes product revenue, net of estimated returns, promotional discounts, credit card fraud and chargebacks, when both title and risk of loss to the products has transferred to the customer, which eCOST has determined to occur upon receipt of products by the customer. eCOST generally requires payment by credit card upon placing an order, and to a lesser extent, grants credit to business customers on normal credit terms. eCOST permits its customers to return defective product for credit against other purchases.

     For product sales shipped directly from eCOST’s vendors to end customers, eCOST records revenue and related costs at the gross amounts charged to the customer and paid to the vendor based on an evaluation of certain criteria. eCOST’s evaluation is performed based on a number of factors, including whether eCOST is the primary obligor in the transaction, has latitude in establishing prices and selecting suppliers, takes title to the products sold upon shipment, bears credit risk, and bears inventory risk for returned products that are not successfully returned to third-party suppliers. eCOST recognizes revenue on extended warranties and other services for which it is not the primary obligor on a net basis.

     The Company’s service fee revenue primarily relates to its (1) distribution services, (2) order management/customer care services and (3) the reimbursement of out-of-pocket and third-party expenses. The Company typically charges its service fee revenue on a cost-plus basis, a percent of shipped revenue basis or a per transaction basis, such as a per item basis for fulfillment services or a per minute basis for web-enabled customer contact center services. Additional fees are billed for other services.

     Distribution services relate primarily to inventory management, product receiving, warehousing and fulfillment (i.e., picking, packing and shipping) and facilities and operations management. Service fee revenue for these activities is recognized as earned, which is either (i) on a per transaction basis or (ii) at the time of product fulfillment, which occurs at the completion of the distribution services.

     Order management/customer care services relate primarily to taking customer orders for the Company’s clients’ products via various channels such as telephone call-center, electronic or facsimile. These services also entail addressing customer questions related to orders, as well as cross-selling/up-selling activities. Service fee revenue for this activity is recognized as the services are rendered. Fees charged to the client are on a per transaction basis based on either (i) a pre-determined fee per order or fee per telephone minutes incurred, (ii) a per dedicated agent fee, or (iii) are included in the product fulfillment service fees that are recognized on product shipment.

     The Company’s billings for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, including travel and certain third-party vendor expenses such as shipping and handling costs and telecommunication charges are included in pass-through revenue. The related reimbursable costs are reflected as cost of pass-through revenue.

     The Company’s cost of service fee revenue, representing the cost to provide the services described above, is recognized as incurred. Cost of service fee revenue also includes certain costs associated with technology collaboration and ongoing technology support that include maintenance, web hosting and other ongoing programming activities. These activities are primarily performed to support the distribution and order management/customer care services and are recognized as incurred.

     The Company recognizes revenue and records trade accounts receivables, pursuant to the methods described above, when collectability is reasonably assured. Collectability is evaluated in the aggregate and on an individual customer basis taking into consideration payment due date, historical payment trends, current financial position, results of independent credit evaluations and payment terms. Related reserves are determined by either using percentages applied to certain aged receivable categories based on historical results and are reevaluated and adjusted as additional information is received or a specific identification method. After all attempts to collect a receivable have failed, the receivable is written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts.

     The Company primarily performs its services under one to three-year contracts that can generally be terminated by either party. In conjunction with these long-term contracts, the Company sometimes receives start-up fees to cover its implementation costs, including certain technology infrastructure and development costs. The Company defers the fees received, and the related costs, and amortizes them over the life of the contract. The amortization of deferred revenue is included as a component of service fee revenue. The amortization of deferred implementation costs is included as a cost of service fee revenue. To the extent implementation costs for non-technology infrastructure and development exceed the fees received, the excess costs are expensed as incurred. The following summarizes the deferred implementation revenues and costs, excluding technology and development costs that are included in property and equipment (in thousands):

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008
Deferred implementation revenues
Current		$	3,948			$	2,556
Non-current			3,680				869
		$	7,628			$	3,425
Deferred implementation costs
Current		$	1,621			$	956
Non-current			1,394				288
		$	3,015			$	1,244

     Current and non-current deferred implementation costs, excluding technology and development costs, are a component of prepaid expenses and other assets, respectively. Current and non-current deferred implementation revenues, which may precede the timing of when the related implementation costs are incurred and thus deferred, are a component of deferred revenue and other liabilities, respectively.

Concentration of Business and Credit Risk

     The Company’s service fee revenue is generated under contractual service fee relationships with multiple client relationships. No clients/customers exceeded 10% of consolidated revenue during the years 2009 and 2008. A summary of the customer and client concentrations is as follows:

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008
Product Revenue (as a percentage of Product Revenue):
Customer 1			11	%			12	%
Service Fee Revenue (as a percentage of Service Fee Revenue):
Client 1			7	%			37	%
Client 2			15	%			10	%
Client 3			10	%			6	%
Accounts Receivable:
Customer/Client 1			8	%			11	%
Customer/Client 2			11	%			8	%

     Client 1 did not renew its contract with PFS effective January 2009, though certain project work continued to occur through April 2009. PFS currently operates three distinct geographical contract arrangements with Client 2, which are aggregated in the service fee revenue percentages reflected above. During 2010, Client 2 notified PFS that it is not renewing two of its three contracts with PFS expiring during 2010.

     PFSweb has provided certain collateralized guarantees of its subsidiaries’ financings and credit arrangements. These subsidiaries’ ability to obtain financing on similar terms would be significantly impacted without these guarantees.

     The Company has multiple arrangements with IBM and IPS and is dependent upon the continuation of such arrangements. These arrangements, which are critical to the Company’s ongoing operations, include Supplies Distributors’ master distributor agreements and certain of Supplies Distributors’ working capital financing agreements. Substantially all of the Supplies Distributors’ revenue is generated by its sale of product purchased from IPS. Supplies Distributors also relies upon IPS’s sales force and product demand generation activities and the discontinuance of such services would have a material impact upon Supplies Distributors’ business. In addition, Supplies Distributors has product sales to IBM and IPS business units and the Company has an IBM term master lease agreement.

     eCOST’s arrangements with its vendors are terminable by either party at will. Loss of any vendors could have a material adverse effect on eCOST’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Sales of HP and HP-related products represented 44% of eCOST’s net revenues in 2009 (11% of consolidated net revenues) and 43% of eCOST’s net revenues in 2008 (9% of consolidated net revenues).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

     Cash equivalents are defined as short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities, when acquired, of three months or less.

Restricted Cash

     Restricted cash includes the following items (in thousands):

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008
Customer remittances		$	1,364			$	458
Bond financing (see note 4)			732				1,550
Total restricted cash		$	2,096			$	2,008

     In conjunction with certain of its financing agreements, Supplies Distributors has granted to its lenders a security interest in certain customer remittances received in specified bank accounts (see Note 4). At December 31, 2009 and 2008, these bank accounts held $1.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, which was restricted and can only be used to reduce the outstanding debt.

     In conjunction with certain of its financing agreements, eCOST has granted to its lender a security interest in certain customer remittances received in specified bank accounts (see Note 4). In both years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 these bank accounts held $0.2 million, which was restricted and can only be used to reduce the outstanding debt.

Other Receivables

     Other receivables include $8.0 million and $9.6 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, primarily for amounts due from IPS and IBM for costs incurred by the Company under the master distributor agreements (see Note 6). In addition, other receivables included $3.6 million and $3.5 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, applicable to value added tax receivables.

Inventories

     Inventories (all of which are finished goods) are stated at the lower of weighted average cost or market. The Company establishes inventory reserves based upon estimates of declines in values due to inventories that are slow moving or obsolete, excess levels of inventory or values assessed at lower than cost.

     Supplies Distributors assumes responsibility for slow-moving inventory under certain master distributor

agreements, subject to certain termination rights, but has the right to return product rendered obsolete by engineering changes, as defined (see Note 6). In the event PFSweb, Supplies Distributors and IPS terminate the master distributor agreements, the agreements provide for the parties to mutually agree on a plan of disposition of Supplies Distributors’ then existing inventory.

     Supplies Distributors’ inventories include merchandise in-transit that has not been received by the Company but that has been shipped and invoiced by Supplies Distributors’ vendors. The corresponding payable for inventories in-transit is included in accounts payable in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

     eCOST inventories include goods in-transit to customers.

     The Company reviews inventory for impairment on a periodic basis, but at a minimum, annually. Recoverability of the inventory on hand is measured by comparison of the carrying value of the inventory to the fair value of the inventory. The allowance for slow moving inventory was $2.0 million and $2.1 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Property and Equipment

The components of property and equipment as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows (in thousands):

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008				Depreciable Life
Furniture and fixtures		$	19,552			$	19,126			2-10 years
Purchased and capitalized software costs			19,311				17,490			3-5 years
Computer equipment			11,887				10,774			3-5 years
Leasehold improvements			7,838				7,628			3-5 years
Other			1,003				571			3-5 years
			59,591				55,589
Less-accumulated depreciation and amortization			(49,277	)			(43,483	)
Property and equipment, net		$	10,314			$	12,106

     The Company makes judgments and estimates in conjunction with the carrying value of these assets, including amounts to be capitalized, depreciation and amortization methods and useful lives. Additionally, the Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company records impairment losses in the period in which the Company determines that the carrying amount is not recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. This may require the Company to make judgments regarding long-term forecasts of our future revenues and costs related to the assets subject to review. During 2009 and 2008, no impairment of property and equipment was identified or recorded.

     Property and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Capitalized implementation costs are depreciated over the respective client contract periods. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the related asset or the remaining lease term. Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment, excluding capital leases, during 2009 and 2008 was $5.0 million and $4.1 million, respectively.

     The Company’s property held under capital leases amount to approximately $2.1 million and $3.4 million, net of accumulated amortization, of approximately $6.7 million and $8.4 million, at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense related to capital leases during 2009 and 2008 was $1.7 million in both years.

     Intangible Assets

     The Company makes judgments and estimates in conjunction with the carrying value of intangible assets, including amounts to be capitalized, depreciation and amortization methods and useful lives. Additionally, the Company reviews intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company records impairment losses in the period in which the Company determines that the carrying amount is not recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. This may require the Company to make judgments regarding long-term forecasts of our future revenues and costs related to the assets subject to review.

     In 2008, the Company determined that certain of its identifiable acquired intangible assets were impaired. The determination was based on the carrying values exceeding the future undiscounted cash flows and fair value attributable to such intangible assets. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $4.5 million during 2008, which represented the difference between the estimated fair values of these long-lived assets and their carrying values. Fair values were determined based upon market conditions, the relief from royalty approach which utilized cash flow projections, and other factors.

     There are no residual values for any of the intangible assets subject to amortization acquired during the eCOST acquisition. The Company is amortizing the intangible assets acquired on a straight-line basis over their estimated remaining useful lives. Definite lived intangible assets consist of (in thousands):

		Trademark				Customer
		Name				Relationships
Fair value at acquisition		$	4,635			$	2,745
Impairment charge incurred in 2008			(2,756	)			(1,011	)
Adjusted fair value		$	1,879			$	1,734

		Trademark				Customer				Other
		Name				Relationships				Intangibles				Total
As of December 31, 2008
Accumulated amortization			(1,352	)			(1,734	)			(20	)			(20	)
Net carrying value		$	527			$	—			$	434			$	961
As of December 31, 2009
Accumulated amortization			(1,457	)			—				(71	)			(51	)
Net carrying value		$	422			$	—			$	383			$	805

     The estimated remaining useful life of the trademark name is four years as of December 31, 2009.

     Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 and $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. Subsequent to the 2008 impairment charge, amortization expense for intangible assets is estimated to be approximately $0.1 million annually for each year through the period ending December 31, 2013.

     Goodwill

     The Company acquired eCOST because of the strategic benefits expected to result from combining eCOST’s e-commerce platform with PFSweb’s advanced technology and operational infrastructure thereby providing the combined company with the enhanced ability to expand its market share in the fast growing web commerce market. Such benefits are the primary factors that contributed to a purchase price that resulted in the recognition of goodwill.

     The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed was allocated to goodwill and is included in the eCOST reportable segment. Goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes, is not being amortized but is subject to an impairment test each year, using a fair-value-based approach.

     The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test as of December 31. During the Company’s 2008 annual analysis of the carrying value of goodwill, the Company determined the carrying value of goodwill exceeded its fair value, which resulted in a non-cash write-off of goodwill of $11.8 million. In 2008, as a result of the decline in stock price, the market capitalization plus an implied control premium fell significantly below the recorded value of its consolidated net assets as of the testing date. In performing the goodwill impairment test, the Company used current market capitalization, control premiums, discounted cash flows and other factors as the best evidence of fair value. The remaining balance of goodwill related to eCOST, after this impairment charge, was $3.6 million. No impairment was identified in the 2009 annual impairment test.

Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions

     For the Company’s Canadian and European operations, the local currency is the functional currency. All assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates in effect at the end of the period, and income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period.

     The Company includes currency gains and losses on short-term intercompany advances in the determination of net income and loss. Currency gains and losses, including transaction gains and losses and those on short-term intercompany advances, included in net loss were net gains of approximately $0.1 million for both years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. The Company reports gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature as a separate component of shareholders’ equity.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

     On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s, or FASB, new accounting guidance for the fair value measurement of all non-financial assets and liabilities. The guidance delayed the effective date for the treatment of certain non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis, at least annually, until fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance contained in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, which changed the method of accounting for business combinations. Under ASC 805, an acquiring entity is required to recognize all the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value with limited exceptions. ASC 805 requires that transaction costs such as legal, accounting and advisory fees be expensed and requires a substantial number of new disclosures. This new standard did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance contained in ASC 810, which establishes new accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. The adoption of the statement did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the applicable sections of ASC 350-30, which amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset. ASC 350-30 applies prospectively to all intangible assets acquired after January 1, 2009, whether acquired in a business combination or otherwise. The adoption of the applicable sections of ASC 350-30 will impact the Company’s accounting for new intangible assets acquired in business combinations that occur after January 1, 2009. The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     In May 2009, the FASB updated, and the Company adopted, the Subsequent Events Topic of the FASB ASC to establish general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This topic requires the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date, that is, whether the date represents the date the financial statements were issued or were available to be issued. This topic was effective in the first interim period ending after June 15, 2009 and amended on February 24, 2010. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

     In June 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-01, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and approved the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental US GAAP. The Codification does not change previous US GAAP, but is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative US GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. All prior accounting standard documents will be superseded and all other accounting literature not included in the Codification will be considered non-authoritative. ASU 2009-01 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The implementation of this update did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

     In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements — a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force to amend certain guidance in FASB

Accounting Standards Codification^TM (ASC) 605, Revenue Recognition, 25, “Multiple-Element Arrangements.” The amended guidance in ASC 605-25 (1) modifies the separation criteria by eliminating the criterion that requires objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered item(s), and (2) eliminates the use of the residual method of allocation and instead requires that arrangement consideration be allocated, at the inception of the arrangement, to all deliverables based on their relative selling price.

     The FASB also issued ASU 2009-14, Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements — a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, to amend the scope of arrangements under ASC 985, Software, 605, “Revenue Recognition” to exclude tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver a product’s essential functionality.

     The amended guidance in ASC 605-25 and ASC 985-605 is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early application and retrospective application permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact the amendments to ASC 605-25 and ASC 985-605 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Income Taxes

     For federal income tax purposes, tax years that remain subject to examination include years 2005 through 2009. However, the utilization of net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards that arose prior to 2005 remain subject to examination through the years such carryforwards are utilized. For Europe, tax years that remain subject to examination include years 2006 to 2009. However, the utilization of NOL carryforwards that arose prior to 2006 remain subject to examination through the years such carryforwards are utilized. For Canada, tax years that remain subject to examination include years 2002 to 2009, depending on the subsidiary. For state income tax purposes, the tax years that remain subject to examination include years 2004 to 2009, depending upon the jurisdiction in which the Company files tax returns. The Company and its subsidiaries have various state income tax returns in the process of examination or administrative appeals. The Company does not expect that these examinations will result in unrecognized tax benefits.

     Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount more likely than not to be realized.

     The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to certain tax positions in income tax expense.

Self Insurance

     The Company is self-insured for medical insurance benefits up to certain stop-loss limits. Such costs are accrued based on known claims and an estimate of incurred, but not reported (“IBNR”) claims. IBNR claims are estimated using historical lag information and other data provided by claims administrators.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments, which include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and debt and capital lease obligations, approximate their fair values based on short terms to maturity or current market prices and interest rates.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. Comprehensive income (loss) consists of net income (loss) and foreign currency translation adjustments.

Net Loss Per Common Share

     Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the reporting period. Stock options not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, were 1.8 million and 1.4 million, respectively, as the effect would be anti-dilutive.

Cash Paid For Interest and Taxes During Year

     The Company made payments for interest of approximately $1.3 million and $1.7 million and income taxes of approximately $0.7 million and $1.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively (see Notes 3, 4 and 8).

Advertising Costs

     Advertising expenses for the Company, which relate to eCOST, including those for catalog, internet and other methods, were $0.9 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2009 and 2008 and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Reverse Stock Split

     On June 2, 2008, the Company effected a 1-for-4.7 reverse split (“Reverse Split”) of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the Reverse Split, the common stock was combined and reclassified based on a ratio of 4.7 shares of issued and outstanding common stock being combined and reclassified into one share of common stock. All share and per share amounts for common stock, warrants and stock options have been restated to reflect the Reverse Split on a retro-active basis.

Reclassifications

     Prior year data related to deferred revenue accrued expenses and interest expense, net have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported net income (loss) or shareholders’ equity.

3. Vendor Financing

     Outstanding obligations under vendor financing arrangements consist of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008
Inventory and working capital financing agreements:
United States		$	16,073			$	23,885
Europe			15,649				16,422
Total		$	31,722			$	40,307

Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement, United States

     Supplies Distributors has a short-term credit facility with IBM Credit LLC to finance its distribution of IPS products in the United States, providing financing for eligible IPS inventory and certain receivables up to $30.5 million through its expiration in March 2010. As of December 31, 2009, Supplies Distributors had $4.0 million of available credit under this facility. The credit facility contains cross default provisions, various restrictions upon the ability of Supplies Distributors to, among others, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans and payments to related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), provide guarantees, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure and pay dividends, as well as financial covenants, such as annualized revenue to working capital, net profit after tax to revenue, and total liabilities to tangible net worth, as defined, and are secured by certain of the assets of Supplies Distributors, as well as a collateralized guaranty of PFSweb. Additionally, PFS is required to maintain a minimum Subordinated Note receivable balance from Supplies Distributors of $5.0 million and a minimum shareholders’ equity of $18.0 million.

     Borrowings under the credit facility accrue interest, after a defined free financing period, at prime rate plus 0.5% (3.75% as of both December 31, 2009 and 2008). The facility also includes a monthly service fee.

     On March 25, 2010, Supplies Distributors entered into an amended credit facility with IBM Credit LLC, which extends the termination date through April 2011, modifies certain financial covenants and reduces the minimum Subordinated Note balance to $3.5 million. Given the structure of this facility and as outstanding balances, which represent inventory purchases, are repaid within twelve months, the Company has classified the outstanding amounts under this facility as accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheets.

Inventory and Working Capital Financing Agreement, Europe

     Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiaries have a short-term credit facility with IBM Belgium Financial Services S.A. (“IBM Belgium”) to finance distribution of IPS products in Europe. The asset based credit facility with IBM Belgium provides up to 16 million Euros (approximately $23.0 million at December 31, 2009) in inventory financing and cash advances based on eligible inventory and accounts receivable through its expiration in March 2010. As of December 31, 2009, Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiaries had 4.7 million Euros (approximately $6.8 million at December 31, 2009) of available credit. The credit facility contains cross default provisions, various restrictions upon the ability of Supplies Distributors and its European subsidiaries to, among others, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans and payments to related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), provide guarantees, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure and pay dividends, as well as financial covenants, such as annualized revenue to working capital, net profit after tax to revenue, and total liabilities to tangible net worth, as defined, and are secured by certain of the assets of Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiary, as well as collateralized guaranties of Supplies Distributors and PFSweb. Additionally, PFSweb is required to maintain a minimum Subordinated Note receivable balance from Supplies Distributors of $5.0 million and a minimum shareholders’ equity of $18.0 million. Borrowings under the credit facility accrue interest at Euribor plus 1.94% for cash advances, and, after a defined free financing period, at Euribor plus 4.25% for inventory financings. As of December 31, 2009 there were no outstanding cash advances and the interest rate was 4.7% on the $15.6 million of outstanding inventory financings. As of December 31, 2008 the interest rate was 4.1%. Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiary pays a monthly service fee on the commitment.

     On March 25, 2010, Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiaries entered into an amended credit facility with IBM Belgium, which extends the termination date through April 2011, modifies certain financial covenants and reduces the minimum Subordinated Note balance to $3.5 million. Given the structure of this facility and as outstanding balances, which represent inventory purchase, are repaid within twelve months, the Company has classified the outstanding amounts under this facility as accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheets.

4. Debt and Capital Lease Obligations:

     Outstanding obligations under debt and capital lease obligations consist of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,				December 31,
		2009				2008
Loan and security agreements, United States:
Supplies Distributors		$	8,921			$	9,649
PFS			6,000				6,000
Credit facility — eCOST			—				—
Factoring agreement, Europe			1,074				2,577
Taxable revenue bonds			2,400				3,200
Master lease agreements			3,467				4,657
Other			665				1,119
Total			22,527				27,202
Less current portion of long-term debt			19,179				22,251
Long-term debt, less current portion		$	3,348			$	4,951

Loan and Security Agreement — Supplies Distributors

     Supplies Distributors has a loan and security agreement with Wachovia Bank, N.A. (“Wachovia”) to provide financing for up to $25 million of eligible accounts receivable in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2009, Supplies Distributors had $0.7 million of available credit under this agreement. The Wachovia facility expires on the earlier of March 2011 or the date on which the parties to the IPS master distributor agreement (see Note 6) no longer operate under the terms of such agreement and/or IPS no longer supplies products pursuant to such agreement. Borrowings under the Wachovia facility accrue interest at prime rate plus 0.25% to 0.75% or Eurodollar rate plus 2.5% to 3.0%, dependent on excess availability, as defined. The interest rate as of December 31, 2009 was 3.75% for $5.9 million of outstanding borrowings and 2.23% for $3.0 million of outstanding borrowings. As of December 31, 2008, the interest rate was 4.0% for $5.6 million of outstanding borrowings and 2.5% for $4.0 million of outstanding borrowings. This agreement contains cross default provisions, various restrictions upon the ability of Supplies Distributors to, among other things, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans and payments to related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), provide guarantees, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure and pay dividends, as well as financial covenants, such as minimum net worth, as defined, and is secured by all of the assets of Supplies Distributors, as well as a collateralized guaranty of PFSweb. Additionally, PFSweb is required to maintain a Subordinated Note receivable balance from Supplies Distributors of no less than $4.3 million and may not maintain restricted cash of more than $5.0 million, and is restricted with regard to transactions with related parties, indebtedness and changes to capital stock ownership structure. Supplies Distributors has entered into blocked account agreements with its banks and Wachovia pursuant to which a security interest was granted to Wachovia for all U.S. and Canadian customer remittances received in specified bank accounts. At December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, these bank accounts held $1.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively, which was restricted for payment to Wachovia.

Loan and Security Agreement — PFSweb

     PFS has a Loan and Security Agreement (“Comerica Agreement”) with Comerica Bank (“Comerica”). The Comerica Agreement provides for up to $10.0 million of eligible accounts receivable financing through March 2010. As of December 31, 2009, PFS had $3.8 million of available credit under this facility. Borrowings under the Comerica Agreement accrue interest at a defined rate, which will generally be prime rate plus 2%, with a minimum of 4.5% (5.25% and 4.25% at December, 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively). The Comerica Agreement contains cross default provisions, various restrictions upon PFS’ ability to, among other things, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans and payments to related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), make capital expenditures, make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure, as well as financial covenants of a minimum tangible net worth of $20 million, as defined, a minimum earnings before interest and taxes, plus depreciation, amortization and non-cash compensation accruals, if any, as defined, and a minimum liquidity ratio, as defined. The Comerica Agreement restricts the amount of the subordinated note receivable from Supplies Distributors to a maximum of $5.5 million. The Comerica Agreement is secured by all of the assets of PFS, as well as a guarantee of PFSweb, Inc.

     On March 25, 2010, PFS entered into an amended agreement with Comerica, which extends the termination date through March 2011, modifies certain financial covenants and provides the approval for PFS to advance incremental amounts subject to certain cash inflows to PFS, as defined, to certain of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, including eCOST, if needed.

Credit Facility — eCOST

     eCOST has an asset-based line of credit facility of up to $7.5 million from Wachovia, through May 2011, which is collateralized by substantially all of eCOST’s assets. Borrowings under the facility are limited to a percentage of eligible accounts receivable and inventory. Outstanding borrowings under the facility bear interest at rates ranging from prime rate plus 0.75% to 1.25% or Eurodollar rate plus 3.0% to 4.0%, depending on eCOST’s financial results. There were no outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2009 or 2008. As of December 31, 2009, eCOST had $1.0 million of letters of credit outstanding and $1.2 million of available credit under this facility. In connection with the line of credit, eCOST entered into a cash management arrangement whereby eCOST’s operating amounts are considered restricted and swept and used to repay outstanding amounts under the line of credit. As of December 31,

2009 and December 31, 2008, the restricted cash amount was $0.2 million in each period. The credit facility restricts eCOST’s ability to, among other things, merge, consolidate, sell assets, incur indebtedness, make loans, investments and payments to subsidiaries, affiliates and related parties (including entities directly or indirectly owned by PFSweb, Inc.), make investments and loans, pledge assets, make changes to capital stock ownership structure, and requires a minimum tangible net worth of $0, as defined. PFSweb has guaranteed all current and future obligations of eCOST under this line of credit.

Factoring Agreement

     Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiary has a factoring agreement with Fortis Commercial Finance N.V. (“Fortis”) to provide factoring for up to 7.5 million Euros (approximately $10.8 million at December 31, 2009) of eligible accounts receivables through March 2011. This factoring agreement is accounted for as a secured borrowing. As of December 31, 2009, Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiary had approximately 1.5 million Euros ($2.2 million) of available credit under this agreement. Borrowings accrue interest at Euribor plus 1.2% (1.6% and 3.5% at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively). This agreement contains various restrictions upon the ability of Supplies Distributors’ European subsidiary to, among other things, merge, consolidate and incur indebtedness, as well as financial covenants, such as minimum net worth. This agreement is secured by a guarantee of Supplies Distributors, up to a maximum of 200,000 Euros.

Taxable Revenue Bonds

     PFS has a Loan Agreement with the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (the “MBFC”) in connection with the issuance by the MBFC of $5 million MBFC Taxable Variable Rate Demand Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Series 2004 (Priority Fulfillment Services, Inc. Project) (the “Bonds”). The MBFC loaned the proceeds of the Bonds to PFS for the purpose of financing the acquisition and installation of equipment, machinery and related assets located in the Company’s Southaven, Mississippi distribution facility. The Bonds bear interest at a variable rate (0.6% as of December 31, 2009), as determined by Comerica Securities, as Remarketing Agent. PFS, at its option, may convert the Bonds to a fixed rate, to be determined by the Remarketing Agent at the time of conversion.

     The primary source of repayment of the Bonds is a letter of credit (the “Letter of Credit”) issued by Comerica pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement between PFS and Comerica under which PFS is obligated to pay to Comerica all amounts drawn under the Letter of Credit. The Letter of Credit has a maturity date of April 2011 at which time, if not renewed or replaced, will result in a draw on the undrawn face amount thereof. If the Letter of Credit is renewed or replaced, the Bonds require future principal repayments of $800,000 in January of each year through 2012. PFS’ obligations under the Reimbursement Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of PFS, including restricted cash of $0.7 million and a Company parent guarantee.

Debt Covenants

     To the extent the Company or any of its subsidiaries fail to comply with its covenants applicable to its debt or vendor financing obligations, including the monthly financial covenant requirements and required level of shareholders’ equity or net worth, and one or all of the lenders accelerate the repayment of the credit facility obligations, the Company would be required to repay all amounts outstanding thereunder. In particular, in the event eCOST is unable to increase its revenue and/or gross profit from its present levels, if PFS service fee revenue declines from expected levels and it is unable to reduce costs to correspond to such reduced revenue levels or if Supplies Distributors revenue or gross profit declines from expected levels, such events may result in a breach of one or more of the financial covenants required under its working capital line of credit. In such event, absent a waiver, the working capital lender would be entitled to accelerate all amounts outstanding thereunder and exercise all other rights and remedies, including sale of collateral and demand for payment under the Company parent guaranty. Any acceleration of the repayment of the credit facilities would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and no assurance can be given that the Company would have the financial ability to repay all of such obligations. As of December 31, 2009, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants.

Master Lease Agreements

     The Company has a Term Lease Master Agreement with IBM Credit (“Master Lease Agreement”) that provides for leasing or financing transactions of equipment and other assets, which generally have terms of three years. The amounts outstanding under this Master Lease Agreement were $1.6 million and $1.7 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which are secured by the related equipment (see Note 2).

     The Company has two other master agreements with financing companies that provide for leasing or financing transactions of certain equipment. The amounts outstanding under these agreements as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $0.9 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and are secured by the related equipment.

     The Company has other leasing and financing agreements and will continue to enter into those arrangements as needed to finance the purchasing or leasing of certain equipment or other assets. Borrowings under these agreements are generally secured by the related equipment.

Debt and Capital Lease Maturities

The Company’s aggregate maturities of debt subsequent to December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal year ended December 31,
2010		$	17,993
2011			2,122
2012			278
2013			184
2014			35
Thereafter			—
Total		$	20,612

     The following is a schedule of the Company’s future minimum lease payments under the capital leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2009 (in thousands):

Fiscal year ended December 31,
2010		$	1,279
2011			601
2012			164
2013			—
Thereafter			—
Total minimum lease payments		$	2,044
Less amount representing interest at rates ranging from 4.7% to 16.5%			(129	)
Present value of net minimum lease payments			1,915
Less: Current portion			(1,186	)
Long-term capital lease obligations		$	729