LINTHICUM, Md. & COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2003-- MTH Electric Trains, the fastest growing hobby train manufacturer and distributor in the US, and the G3 Group today announced a distribution agreement for the G3 Group's cutting-edge Targetware internet marketing software.

Under the agreement, MTH Electric Trains will provide its 1,100 retailers with the Targetware program, which allows any business owner or employee to create and send targeted e-mail marketing messages.

Companies using Targetware can gather web site visitor information that is easily transformed into targeted email marketing campaigns. Using Targetware's proprietary software, anyone in the company with an account can design, write and send email messages online. The system is designed to create unique high-graphic emails quickly and easily, without having to hire a web designer for each email campaign.

"We wanted to provide our partners all the benefits the Internet can bring to smaller, independent stores: targeting select groups of people for special products in a cost-effective manner," said Andy Edleman, VP of marketing at MTH Electric Trains. "Targetware provided a very simple, easy way for our retailers to create and maintain their own ongoing e-marketing campaigns."

MTH's retailers will be able to use Targetware, branded as RailMail, to send out emails for specialized trains. With RailMail, train retailers will now have the capability to market specialized trains produced for a targeted group, advertise sales and specials and consistently keep its store name in front of the eyes of its customers.

Targetware's RailMail is designed to bring customers into the store from the immediate area and doesn't require full online sales capabilities.

"This shows that Targetware is truly valuable to various types of companies, from small business to retail to large franchised businesses," said David Carberry, vice president of sales at the G3 Group and head of the Targetware team. "RailMail will help MTH Trains develop a loyal retailer base that uses technology to bring more customers into their retailer's stores: that will help instill MTH Electric Train's product line in those stores even more."

About Targetware

Targetware is a product of The G3 Group, an internet development, marketing, printing, and pre-press firm located in Linthicum, MD.

Developed in 2001 by the G3 Group's team of web designers and programmers, Targetware is a targeted e-mail marketing system that allows users to instantly gather new customer data off the company web site, design savvy HTML messages, target select groups of registered customers, send e-mail marketing messages to targeted groups and track responses to the emails.

Clients are using this permission-base marketing system to increase sales, including Pizza Hut, Crystal Ford, Provident Bank, Santoni's Market and BGE Home.

About MTH Electric Trains

MTH Electric Trains is the second largest toy train manufacturer in the US, producing a full line of hobby trains. Based in Columbia, MTH Electric Trains has been the fastest growing toy train manufacturer in the US for the past 15 years.

The company initially invested millions in new tools and molds when it started in 1983 and developed an entirely new line of toy trains, with an emphasis on detailed design and quality sound and control technology. MTH Electric Trains has 1,100 retailers throughout the nation.

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Contact:

     The G3 Group, Linthicum

     David Carberry, 410/789-7007

     dave@g3group.com

         or

     Laura Willoughby, 410/590-6200

     ctccreative@comcast.net