Jun 30, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. EK Success announced on Wednesday that the company has engaged Banc of America Securities LLC as its financial advisor to help explore strategic alternatives for the company. "The scrapbooking market and broader crafts industry continue to offer substantial growth prospects and have led to significant interest in the company, making this an opportune time to explore strategic alternatives," states Chris Skinner, CEO of EK Success. "The company is actively pursuing several growth initiatives including -- the Shoppe within a Shoppe merchandising concept about to be launched at several retail locations across the country, and a new lifestyle advertising campaign that spotlights specific examples of creative crafting as being Another EK Success Story(TM). These and other initiatives further our commitment to growth and continued market leadership, and we look forward to business as usual as we conduct this review." The company's shareholders have noted that there can be no assurance that the consideration of various strategic alternatives by the company will lead to any transaction or other action by the company and, during this evaluation period, the company will not comment on its progress. Established in 1978 by Jamil Ezra, who currently serves as chairman, EK Success is the pioneering leader in developing innovative, quality and creative consumer products for the scrapbooking, crafts and stationery industries. The company has grown to more than 6,000 products in its lineup. EK Success designs and markets some of the craft industry's most respected brands, including ZIG(R) Memory System(R), Sticko(R), Paper Shapers(R), Jolee's Boutique(R), HERMA(R) and Cutter Bee(R).