FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct 30, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX:TLF), the premier distributor of leather and leathercraft supplies worldwide, today announced that its CEO, Wray Thompson, will speak at the 25th annual SmallCap Conference sponsored by Paulson Investment Company, Inc. on November 7, 2002 in New York City.
Founded in 1978 by John Westergaard, the conference provides emerging growth companies with a forum for presenting their businesses and strategies to SmallCap opinion makers -- analysts, brokers, investment bankers and investors. Mr. Thompson will make a series of presentations at the Waldorf-Astoria from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For additional information and registration, please go to www.paulsoninvestment.com/conferences.
The Leather Factory, Inc., (http://www.leatherfactory.com), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is an international marketer and wholesale distributor of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, shoe repair supplies, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits, and is a manufacturer and distributor of fancy hat trims, leather lacing and kits. The Company distributes its products through sales and distribution units located throughout the U.S. and Canada and through its subsidiary, Tandy Leather Company, via retail stores and the Internet (http://www.tandyleather.com). Its common stock trades on the American Stock Exchange with the symbol "TLF."
CONTACT: The Leather Factory, Inc., Fort Worth Wray Thompson,
17/496-4414 or Shannon L. Greene, sgreene@leatherfactory.com
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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
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