Lincolnshire, IL -- In response to today's challenging  economic environment, Quill Corporation, the nation's premier direct marketer  of office products, announces significantly lower prices on over 1,000  office essentials. Designed to help customers save money and deal with  budget restraints, the reduced prices are effective immediately, and are  featured in Quill's just-released Summer, 2003 Semi-Annual Catalog.

 From now through the end of the year, businesses can save on basic office  supplies like pens, paper, toner cartridges, filing products, breakroom  and janitorial supplies, and much more. Bigger-ticket items like bookcases  and office chairs have also been rolled back to accommodate the increased  belt-tightening in today's marketplace. The new discounts are in  addition to Quill's traditional everyday low pricing, which is already  up to 80 percent off list.

"Over the past year and a half, it has become  more and more apparent that economic and world events have taken their  toll on business," expalins Quill president Larry Morse. "Everyone  has been affected. We realize that the most important thing we could do  for our customers is roll back prices. We owe it to them to be as responsible  as we possibly can, and right now, that means giving them more value through  reduced pricing and greater savings.

"These days, everyone is digging deeper,"  Morse continues. "We understand how  important saving money is to our customers. It's one thing to say you're  going to lower prices, but we've taken the necessary steps to work with  suppliers to maximize our purchasing power and pass the extra savings  along to the customer. Bottom line, if you run a business, you have to  have office supplies. Regardless of budget constraints or market conditions,  you still need supplies. It's our job to make sure customers can still  get those supplies without putting any additional strain on budgets that  are already maxed out."

To take advantage of these new price breaks, look  for the special arrow icon indicating New Lower Prices in all Quill catalogs  and online. Request  a copy of Quill's new Semi-annual catalog, with close to 1200 pages  of office essentials, business furniture, technology supplies.