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We're #92!
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Backcountry.com awarded Inc. 500 ranking for America's fastest growing companies
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by Base Camp Communications
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HEBER CITY, Utah (Oct. 21, 2004) – Backcountry.com, the Web’s fastest-growing destination for premium outdoor performance gear, has been named to Inc. Magazine's ranking of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. The Utah-based e-commerce business ranked number 92 on this year’s Inc. 500 list. The Inc. 500 list is “a prescient indicator of the companies and industries that are driving the economy forward”.
For its 23rd annual list, Inc. evaluated applicants' net sales between 2000 and 2003 and ranked companies according to averaged year-over-year sales growth. During the specified period, Backcountry.com’s revenues grew 306%.
“The best thing you can say about this year’s crop of Inc. 500 entrepreneurs is that they didn’t buy into the hype,” said Inc. editor-in-chief John Koten. “When people were practically giving away funding in the late 1990s, these companies didn’t overextend, and when everyone hit the panic button a few years later, they stayed calm and seized opportunity.”
The Inc. 500 Special Issue will appear on newsstands October 26 and will be on display until December 21, 2004.
About Backcountry.com, “We use the gear we sell.”
With offices in Park City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah, Backcountry.com (http://www.Backcountry.com) is an e-commerce business that sells performance outdoor gear for backcountry excursions, including backpacking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, trail running and adventure travel. Backcountry.com also operates BackcountryOutlet.com, selling overstock of premium outdoor gear. Founded in 1996, the company has been recognized as a Top 50 Web site by Internet Retailer Magazine, one of the top 25 retailers by Outdoor Business and is a member of the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies. For more information, contact Mike Geraci, Base Camp Communications, (307) 734-7575, mgeraci@base-camp1.com.
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