"We're working with poor native communities that have little access to the
resources of the rest of Alaska and the lower 48 states," Dinero says."
They may still hunt , but must pay $5 a gallon for gas for their
all-terrain vehicles. A coordinator will travel to small villages to try to bring
crafts people on board, working to negotiate prices and forge economic
agreements where mostly an informal economy now exists. "But we want to bring some hope into these communities , which tend
to be depressed, and bring some opportunities for the next generation.
The University includes Schools of Architecture, Business Administration,
Design and Media, Engineering and Textiles , Liberal Arts, and Science and
Health.

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The Company will update its progress relative to this new business
development at the end of the first quarter of 2006. In a bow to modern times, however , some of the native crafts
people have added cell phone and checkbook holders to their list of wares .

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It has secured
supply specifically designated for Costco's use.
The project was spearheaded by Steven Dinero, a Philadelphia University
professor of human geography, with the help of a $600 ,000 grant from the
National Science Foundation.

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Two camps were held
last summer, and two more are scheduled for this summer, each including 15 to
20 students.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release and company review and assumptions made regarding the
financial figures and other information, referenced and presented, state
and reflect assumptions, expectations, projections , intentions and/or
beliefs about past and future events that are intended as "forward-looking
statements " under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a description of many
of these risks and uncertainties, please refer to the company's filings
with the U.

"People stay because of the culture, lifestyle and environment," says
Dinero, who has also spent time studying nomadic Bedouin in the Middle East.
"We don't expect to make a lot of money off this website ," Dinero
explains.

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"We're
trying to take advantage of opportunities that the Internet and the
information economy offer that don't rely on the traditional road system.

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They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions
or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties.arcticways.

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Costco has a long offered everything
from fine jewelry to designer label accessories, including Coach Bags and
Kate Spade purses.
"But it's very difficult to make a go of it in these villages. The website itself will be
based in Fort Yukon, under the auspices of the Council of Athabascan Tribal
Governments .

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Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private university with
3 ,500 full- and part-time students enrolled in more than 40 undergraduate and
graduate programs.

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Synergy Brands


PHS hopes to add to this business plan by adding additional complementary
designer vendors to support the treasure hunt atmosphere that Costco
encourages.
In this rough stretch of interior Alaska, the towns are off-road and
remote.

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PHS believes that the
Designer Luxury goods, which include handbags, wallets, briefcases, and
Eyewear, among others, is a fast growing category that Mass Merchandisers
can benefit from.S. For hundreds of years, residents lived off the land, hunting and
fishing and making their own homes. But as the culture became more open to
modern ways, most natives are no longer able to sustain a lifestyle of living
off the land.
The website will allow Alaskan Natives from over a large stretch of land
to contribute crafts to sell via the Internet.

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PHS will comply with all requests made by its vendors for
the effective distribution of these goods and is bound by restriction in
the event that it does not comply. Three years ago, Dinero started making visits
to the remote outposts of Arctic Village and Nulato, with the hope of creating
a way for the people living there to earn some money from their crafts. They don't have mortgages, but stock up on food
supplies at the grocery store. Salaried jobs are few - a post master
and teacher, perhaps - and many families make ends meet only with the help of
government assistance.

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Any or all of the Company's forward-looking statements
may turn out to be wrong. NSF Grant Offers Cash-Poor Alaskan Natives the Opportunity to Preserve Their
Heritage and Support Their Communities

PHILADELPHIA, In a remote Alaskan village, Brenda
Gilbert has been making traditional crafts for most of her life, creating
moccasins and barrettes, many with intricate beadwork , to give as gifts or to
use for trade. 1, the website http://www. The computer camps are designed not only to train students to
work on the arcticways website, but to prepare them for a range of high-tech
opportunities in the work world.

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They use words such as "anticipate,"
"estimate," "project," "forecast," "may," "will," "should," "expect,"
"assume" and other deviations thereof and other words of similar meaning.

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You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to
historical or current facts.com will be up and running,
offering Gilbert and others living in the vast interior of Alaska an
opportunity to sell their crafts worldwide and bring some money into their
cash-poor villages.
Smaller leather items, such as pouches and cell phone holders, will cost $25
to $40, and leather barrettes and beaded earrings will be priced at about $40
to $60.
Eskimos, on the other hand, are part of the Inupiat population of native
Alaskans . And because of their remote locations, food
and other supplies are very expensive.

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In an article published by Mass Merchandiser on January 9th, 2006, it
believed that "The new line fits with Costco's history of success with
luxury products, which contribute to the treasure hunt atmosphere the
company tries to deliver to its clubs.
In particular these include, but are not limited to , statements reflecting
the projected revenues, earnings, profit and loss of the Company and
associated costs.

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PRESS RELEASE Synergy Brands to Sell Designer Brand Luxury Goods to Costco Through PHS Group

Alaskan Natives in Remote Villages to Sell Traditional Handmade Crafts Over the Internet

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PHS has started to explore the importation
of luxury products from Europe in the middle of FY 2006. Securities & Exchange Commission (www.

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The natives of the Alaskan interior - a huge area roughly the size of the
Midwest - are among the most northern band of American Indians, Dinero says.

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Listing sites that sell items hand-crafted from leather by craftsmen, online.

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"
In Gilbert's town of Arctic Village, with a population of about 160,
people have been using moose and caribou hides, wood and other natural
materials to make moccasins, vests, gloves, snowshoes and fish spears for
generations .
Handmade moose hide gloves riding several inches past the wrist for
maximum warmth, with intricate beadwork, will cost $200 and up on the website. Some of the crafts people will make special order items for
customers.

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PHS Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Synergy
Brands (NASDAQ: SYBR), announced today that it has commenced selling
designer luxury goods to Costco.gov) including
Forms 10KSB and 10QSB.
Traditional Alaskan native moccasins that lace up will cost $150 or more .

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Soon, under a new cooperative program, Brenda Gilbert and
other Alaskan Natives living far from cities will be able to sell their
handmade crafts throughout the world using the 21st century tools of
e-commerce.
The NSF grant also included funds to run computer camps for Alaskan high
school students focusing on e-commerce and web design.

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