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SPAR Group Grows In-Store Demos with LA Company - Shelby Report of the South West  March 2004

Bert Fife & Associates Inc., based in Gonzales, La., near Baton Rouge, has sold its in-store demonstration and merchandising services business to SPAR Group Inc of Tarrytown, N.Y. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bert Fife & Associates specializes in product placement, in-store demonstrations, sampling and related merchandising services to the retail sector.

"We believe the in-store demonstration business is synergistic to our core business and we have targeted the segment as a growth area. This transaction complements SPAR Group's offerings in this niche merchandising segment, adds to our geographic penetration and furthers our growth strategy, " said Bob Brown, SPAR Group's chairman and CEO.

"We welcome our new colleagues into the SPAR family and look forward to providing our customers with these specialized and other profit enhancing merchandising services."

SPAR Group is a diversified marketing services company, providing in-store merchandising, in-store demonstration database and research services in general retail, mass market, drug and grocery chains.

To learn more about SPAR and its unmatched retail merchandising programs, call (800)314-SPAR (7727),email servingyou@sparinc.com or check www.sparinc.com.

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