Mori Luggage & Gifts Leverages MegaPath VPN Services for Secure Credit and Debit Card Processing

Fully Managed Service Improves Reliability and Performance of In-Store Data Communications

COSTA MESA, CA., May 15, 2007 – MegaPath, the leading provider of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions and other managed IP services to businesses nationwide, today announced that Mori Luggage & Gifts has deployed MegaPath’s Internet and VPN services to support data communications, including credit and debit card processing, for its headquarters and 28 stores throughout the South Eastern United States. 

“When we decided to upgrade the infrastructure supporting all of the Mori Luggage & Gifts store locations, we had an extremely aggressive timeframe and few internal IT resources, and MegaPath’s fully managed VPN service provided us all of the capabilities we needed without burdening our internal staff,” said John Mori, President of Mori Luggage & Gifts. “By consolidating the implementation and management of our Internet access and secure communications with MegaPath, we have been able to improve our employee productivity and customer service, without having to invest heavily in the infrastructure or the staff to support these new services.”

Launched in May 2006, the MegaPath VPN service primarily supports Mori Luggage & Gifts credit care and debit card processing.  Delivering increased performance and reliability, MegaPath is enabling the company to implement applications to better serve its customers and manage its business.  Additionally, the company is providing store employees with email for internal communications and Web access to vendor web sites for ordering and inventory management.  The company is also evaluating new applications, including an Intranet, to provide employees with the tools to continuing to improve service, productivity and operations.

“Faced with limited budget and staff, many companies are realizing that the only way to effectively support the business needs of their distributed enterprises is to turn to a service provider that can deliver expertise while removing the management burden,” said Tony Capers SVP and General Manager of Enterprise Business Markets at MegaPath.  “MegaPath’s fully managed IP security and communications services provide our customers with the infrastructure to increase productivity of their retail locations without sacrificing security.  We work closely with companies, like Mori Luggage & Gifts to ensure that we can deliver our services within even the most aggressive timetable, delivering the highest possible productivity and customer satisfaction.”

About Mori
Established in Atlanta in 1971 by the husband and wife team of Jean and Betty Mori, Mori Luggage & Gifts consists today of 28 specialty retail stores throughout Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida and a successful website at www.moriluggage.com.  Most of their stores are located in the top regional shopping malls within their markets. Mori attributes its success to over 200 Mori associates who dedicate themselves daily to being experts in merchandise and customer service.

The Mori name has long represented excellence in the United States luggage, leather goods and gifts industry. Vendors and media in their industry agree that Mori Luggage & Gifts does business the right way. In recent years, they have received “Retailer of the Year” awards from Tumi Luggage and Hartmann Luggage.  In addition, Mori Luggage & Gifts was named "Atlanta’s Favorite Specialty Item Store" in a recent Readers' Choice Awards survey by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. 

About MegaPath
MegaPath is the leading provider of managed IP communications services in North America.  MegaPath leverages its wide selection of broadband connectivity, Virtual Private Networks, Voice over IP (VoIP) and security technologies to enable businesses to lower costs, increase security and enhance productivity.  Businesses of all sizes can easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers, and business partners.