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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-KSB

[x]      Annual report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934 (No fee required). For the fiscal year ended January 31, 1999.

[ ]      Transition report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
         Act of 1934 (No fee required). For the transition period from
         _____________ to ______________.

Commission file number 1-13437

                    THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY
                 (Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter)

          MISSOURI                                              43-1710906
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                             Identification No.)

   11644 LILBURN PARK ROAD
     ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI                                           63146
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

                                 (314) 995-9040
                (Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
                                                      Name of Each Exchange
       Title of Each Class                             on Which Registered


Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:  COMMON STOCK $0.01 PAR 
VALUE

Check whether the issuer: (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and
(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No

Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of
Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to
the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any
amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [ ]

The issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year were $21,099,928.

At April 16, 1999 the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of The Source Information Management Company (the "Company") was
approximately $97,700,000 based on the last sale price of the Common Stock
reported by the Nasdaq National Market on April 16, 1999. At April 16, 1999, the
Company had outstanding 13,663,735 shares of Common Stock.


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                     PART I

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ITEM 1. Description of Business                                               1

ITEM 2. Description of Property

ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings

ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

                                     PART II

ITEM 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

ITEM 6.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                   and Results of Operations

ITEM 7. Financial Statements

ITEM 8.  Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on
                   Accounting and Financial Disclosure

                                    PART III

ITEM 9.  Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons;
                   Compliance With Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

ITEM 10. Executive Compensation

ITEM 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
                   Management

ITEM 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

ITEM 13. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

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SOME OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 10-KSB CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. WHEN USED IN THIS
REPORT, THE WORDS "MAY," "WILL," "BELIEVES," "ANTICIPATES," "INTENDS,"
"EXPECTS," AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS. BECAUSE SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE CERTAIN RISKS AND
UNCERTAINTIES, OUR ACTUAL RESULTS AND THE TIMING OF CERTAIN EVENTS COULD DIFFER
MATERIALLY FROM THOSE DISCUSSED HEREIN. FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE
TO SUCH DIFFERENCES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: (I) OUR DEPENDENCE ON THE
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES OF PUBLISHERS AND OTHER VENDORS; (II) OUR
ABILITY TO ACCESS CHECKOUT AREA INFORMATION; (III) RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR
ADVANCE PAY PROGRAM, INCLUDING PROBLEMS COLLECTING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FROM
PUBLISHERS; (IV) DEMAND FOR OUR DISPLAY RACKS; (V) OUR ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENT OUR GROWTH STRATEGY; (VI) COMPETITION; (VII) OUR ABILITY TO
EFFECTIVELY MANAGE OUR EXPANSION; AND (VIII) GENERAL ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS
CONDITIONS NATIONALLY, IN OUR MARKETS AND IN OUR INDUSTRY. INVESTORS ARE ALSO
DIRECTED TO CONSIDER OTHER RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES DISCUSSED IN OTHER REPORTS
PREVIOUSLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY FILED BY US WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION. READERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE HEREOF. WE UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION
TO PUBLICLY RELEASE THE RESULTS OF ANY REVISIONS TO THESE FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS, WHICH MAY BE MADE TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE DATE
HEREOF OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.

Information stated on a pro forma basis included in this report includes the
results of operations of U. S. Marketing Services, Inc. as if the acquisition
had been consummated on February 1, 1997.

                                     PART I

ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS.

We are a leading provider of information and management services for retail
magazine sales to U.S. and Canadian retailers and magazine publishers. We are
also a leading manufacturer of display racks used by retailers at checkout
counters. We were organized as a Missouri corporation in 1995 by the
consolidation of two companies, which had provided services to magazine
retailers for over twenty years. Since our organization, we have expanded our
services and our geographic reach through the acquisition of eleven companies,
seven of which provide services for retail magazine sales and four of which are
display rack manufacturers.

Through our information services, we provide sales figures and product placement
and other related information in various user-friendly formats, including print,
CD-ROM and over the Internet. This information helps users to formulate
marketing, distribution and advertising plans and to react more quickly to
changing market conditions. Our information services cover approximately 7,000
magazine titles and are provided to over 1,000 retail chains with approximately
100,000 stores and 500,000 checkout counters. We believe we maintain the most
comprehensive information database available for retail magazine sales and
magazine placement at checkout counters. Our extensive retailer and vendor
relationships allow us to keep this information up to date. We have expanded
upon our experience with retail magazine sales and also provide similar
information and services to confectioners and vendors of general merchandise
sold at checkout counters.

Through our management services, we help retailers to increase sales and
incentive payment revenues by reconfiguring and designing front-end display
racks, supervising fixture installation, selecting products and negotiating,
billing and collecting incentive payments from vendors. Historically, as part of
our services, we arranged for the manufacture of display racks for many of our
customers. Since January 1999, we acquired four display rack manufacturers.
Manufacturing display racks in our own facilities allows us to be a full-service
provider of management services for the checkout area, or "front-end," of a
customer's store. We also can integrate the design and manufacturing processes
with our clients' merchandising strategies and better manage the timing of
display rack delivery. We believe this enhances the value of our front-end
management services for our clients. We also manufacture free-standing
"point-of-purchase" display racks for other locations in retail stores that are
designed to increase product visibility and sales.

We believe that we are well positioned to use our existing relationships with
retailers and vendors to cross-sell our information and management services and
display rack manufacturing capability.



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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

A substantial portion of the products sold in retail stores are bought on
impulse. It is therefore important to vendors that their products be on
prominent display in those areas of a store where they will be seen by the
largest number of shoppers. There are usually two such areas in a store. One is
a dedicated area called a mainline display; the other is the checkout area which
is sometimes referred to as the front-end. The front-end is visited by virtually
every shopper in a store. Shoppers typically must wait to complete the checkout
process and are more likely to see products on display in the front-end, which
increases the likelihood that these products will be bought on impulse. Products
suited to front-end display include magazines, confections and certain general
merchandise such as razor blades, film and batteries.

Vendors of front-end products compete for favorable spaces on display racks
known as "pockets." Some vendors make incentive payments to retailers for
favorable pocket locations. For example, magazine publishers and confectioners
often pay retailers an up-front fee to have front-end display racks configured
to provide for their desired pocket placements. Magazine publishers and general
merchandise vendors also pay periodic pocket rental fees based on the location
and size, measured in linear inches, of their products' pockets. Alternatively,
some magazine publishers offer retailers cash rebates based on the sales volumes
of their magazines to encourage retailers to carry and assign favorable pocket
space to their titles. Most retailers have historically outsourced the
information gathering and administration of claims collection to third parties
such as The Source. This relieves them of the substantial administrative burden
associated with that process, including monitoring thousands of titles, each
with a distinct incentive arrangement.

Retailers typically reconfigure their checkout areas every three years, at which
time they install new display racks and negotiate new agreements with magazine
publishers and confectioners. Agreements with vendors of other front-end
products are typically negotiated annually.

In the magazine industry, incentives also are provided for including magazines
on mainline displays. These incentives take the form of a rebate for each copy
sold by the retailer and are intended to encourage retailers to prominently
display titles on mainline displays. In addition to increasing revenues,
additional sales enable magazine publishers to charge higher advertising rates.

Timely delivery of information about retailer activity at the front-end,
including timing of reconfigurations, changes in display position or the
discontinuance of a vendor's products, is important to vendors of front-end
products. This allows them to take advantage of opportunities at the front-end
before final decisions are made by the retailer and to react expeditiously to
changed circumstances. Timely delivery of information about price changes,
special promotions, new product introductions and other vendor plans is
important to retailers because it allows them to react quickly to capitalize on
opportunities presented by a vendor's plans and to take advantage of changes in
the market rate for the fees and incentive payments available from magazine
publishers and other front-end product vendors.

Historically, information available to vendors about retail checkout area
activity and information available to retailers about price changes, special
promotions and other matters has been fragmented and stale. This is the result
of a number of factors, including the following:

    -   Many front-end products, including magazines, are sold through
        distributors, resulting in very little direct contact between vendors
        and retailers;

    -   Retailers generally have not had systems in place to efficiently collect
        front-end sales and other information;

    -   The number of retailers who sell magazines and other front-end products
        is large and they are widely dispersed geographically; and

    -   Until the availability of cost-effective and user-friendly data
        processing applications, there was no convenient means to disseminate
        this information.

We believe that there is an increasing demand on the part of front-end product
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information on sales and other front-end activity. For example, timely
information about sales of each magazine title by store would be of particular
importance to magazine publishers, because it would assist them to increase
revenues from advertisers who want to target their advertising to a particular
market.

Our traditional source of retail magazine sales information has been magazine
distributors. They provide us with quarterly information about retail sales of
magazines on a chain-by-chain basis. Accordingly, information we provide to
magazine publishers about magazine sales by retailers is also on a quarterly,
chain-by-chain basis, rather than on a more frequent, store-by-store basis. We
intend to develop the capability to gather and provide magazine sales
information on a weekly, store-by-store basis.

Through our front-end management services we also have access to a significant
amount of information about retail checkout area activity. Our recent
acquisitions of four display rack manufacturers further increase our information
base.

The continual re-merchandising and re-modeling of retail stores drives the
demand for new display racks. Retailers request new displays to promote new
products, to upgrade the appearance of an existing store and to render the
appearance of newly opened stores consistent with the rest of the retail chain.
The continual introduction of new products and rapidly evolving packaging of
existing products also drives the need for new displays.

SERVICES

Our claims submission services for magazine retailers were established over 20
years ago. Our experience in providing these services is the foundation for our
other services. Set forth below are descriptions of our services and products in
each of our segments: claim submission and other information services, and
display rack manufacturing. See Note 16 in our "Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements" for certain financial information of each of our segments.

Claims Submission and Other Information Services

Claim Submission Program. Through our information gathering capabilities, we
assist U.S. and Canadian retailers to accurately monitor, document, claim and
collect magazine publisher incentive and pocket rental payments. Incentive
payments consist of cash rebates offered to retailers by magazine publishers
equal to a percentage of magazine sales. Pocket rental payments are made by
magazine publishers for providing a specific pocket size and location on a
display rack. Our claim submission program relieves our retailer customers of
the substantial administrative burden of documenting their claims and we believe
increases the amount of claims they collect.

The claim submission process begins at the end of each calendar quarter. Local
distributors detail the titles and number of copies sold by our retailer clients
during that quarter. Display rack manufacturers and our retailer clients provide
us with information about magazine pocket placements. Based on this information,
we prepare claim forms and submit the documented claims to the appropriate
national distributor. After verification of the claim, the national distributor,
on behalf of the publisher, remits to us payment for the retailer. We then
record the payment and forward it to the retailer. We charge the retailer a
negotiated percentage of the amount collected.

Retailer customers who use our claim submission program include Fleming, Kroger,
Southland 7-Eleven, Target and Walgreens. Claim submission services accounted
for approximately 14.4% of our fiscal 1999 revenues on a pro forma basis.

Advance Pay Program. As an extension of our claim submission program, we have
established our Advance Pay Program for magazine sales. Under this program, we
pay to participating retailers a negotiated fixed percentage of the total
quarterly incentive payments and pocket rental fees otherwise due the retailer.
We generally make these payments within 90 days after the end of the quarter. We
then collect the payments for our own account. This service provides the
retailer with improved cash flow and relief from the burdensome administrative
task of processing a large number of small checks from publishers.

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we use funds generated from operations and funds borrowed under our revolving
credit facility. Service fees earned under the Advance Pay Program generally
exceed those charged under our claim submission program. However, we generally
assume the risk of uncollectibility of the incentive and pocket rental payments.

Customers of our Advance Pay Program include A&P, Ahold USA, Food Lion, Kmart
and W.H. Smith. The Advance Pay Program accounted for approximately 19.9% of our
fiscal 1999 revenues on a pro forma basis.

PIN. We market to magazine publishers our database of magazine-related industry
information that we gather through our claims submission program. This
information assists them in formulating their publishing and distribution
strategies. PIN subscribers have access to a historical database of sales
information for publications, as well as quarterly updates. PIN can generate
reports of total sales, sales by class of trade and sales by retailer. Each
report also provides other sales related information, including returns of
unsold magazines and total sales ranking. We believe that PIN is the most
extensive database available for single-copy retail magazine sales information.

Subscribers to PIN pay for their subscriptions on a quarterly basis.
Subscriptions have an initial term of one year and are automatically renewed for
successive one-year terms unless earlier terminated. At March 31, 1999, we had
17 PIN subscribers, including Globe Marketing Services, Hearst Distribution
Group Magazines, Primedia, Time Distribution Services and Warner Publisher
Services. PIN accounted for 1.6% of our fiscal 1999 revenues on a pro forma
basis.

ICN. In response to the business communications opportunities presented by the
Internet, we have developed our ICN website. The ICN website enables subscribing
magazine publishers to access information regarding pricing, new titles,
discontinued titles and display rack configuration changes on a chain-by-chain
basis. This information is important to publishers because discontinuation and
placement of their titles on the display rack can have a significant impact on
sales. We believe that, prior to ICN, publishers could not react as quickly to
these changes. Publishers also can use ICN to promote special incentives and
advertise and display special editions, new publications and upcoming covers,
all of which can increase their sales.

Retailers can use ICN to order new magazine titles and take advantage of
promotions by publishers. They also can download frequently changing price
information, including Uniform Product Codes, which change often because of
price changes and new title introductions.

As part of our increased emphasis on confections and general merchandise sold at
checkout counters, we intend to adapt ICN for confections and general
merchandise.

The ICN website is configured so that publishers cannot access the strategically
sensitive information of other publishers and retailers. Retailers and
publishers can also exchange information and conduct transactions on the
Internet site without compromising their sensitive, proprietary information. PIN
can also be accessed through ICN.

We receive annual fees from each publisher that subscribes to ICN. We also
receive fees from publishers for advertising, promotions and special programs on
ICN. Since its launch in January 1999, we have signed up over 90 retailer
subscribers, including Ames Department Stores, Eckerd, Kmart, Southland
7-Eleven, W.H. Smith and Wegman's Food Markets and 15 publishers, including
American Media, Hearst Distribution Group Magazines, Time Distribution Services,
Times Mirror and Time Warner. Because of its recent introduction, we received no
revenues from ICN in fiscal 1999.

Front-End Management. We help retailers to increase sales and incentive payment
revenues by reconfiguring and designing front-end display racks, supervising
fixture installation, selecting products and negotiating, billing and collecting
incentive payments from vendors. We also help our retailer clients to develop
specialized marketing and promotional programs, which may include, for example,
special mainline or checkout displays and cross-promotions of magazines and
products of interest to the readers of these magazines.

To further enhance our front-end management service capabilities, we recently
developed our SourcePro software. SourcePro is a three dimensional fixture
design system that analyzes the retailer's store layout, customer traffic
patterns and available front-end merchandising alternatives to develop an
appropriate checkout display configuration.

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We introduced front-end management in July 1997 with a contract to manage the
front-end of approximately 2,200 Kmart stores. The number of stores for which we
provide front-end management services has grown substantially, and involves
arrangements with many prominent retailers, including Eckerd, Fleming, Kmart,
Southland 7-Eleven, SuperValu and Wegman's Food Markets.

Front-end management services accounted for approximately 6.5% of our fiscal
1999 revenues on a pro forma basis. We believe our recent acquisitions of four
manufacturers of front-end display racks will enable us to expand our front-end
management business. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations -- Recent and Pending Acquisitions."

Front-End and Point-of-Purchase Display Rack Manufacturing

We design, manufacture and deliver custom front-end and point-of-purchase
displays for both retail store chains and product manufacturers, including A&P,
American Stores, Food Lion, Kmart and Winn Dixie. For many of our retail store
accounts, we also invoice vendors for rack costs and coordinate the collection
of payments on these invoices. We believe that display rack manufacturing
strengthens our ability to provide front-end management services, and in many
cases it is provided as part of our front-end management services. We also
believe that manufacturing display racks increases our access to information
about sales of magazines and other products from retail checkout areas, which
enhances our ability to provide PIN and ICN.

Our manufacturing process typically begins when a retail store chain contacts us
to design a display for its stores. We create a computer model of the display
based on the retailer's specifications, from which a prototype is created and
presented to the retailer for its examination. We then work together with the
retailer to finalize the design of the display and negotiate a price per
display. All of our front-end display racks are manufactured to customer
specifications.

We design, manufacture and coat each pocket, shelf and other component of a
display unit separately and then assemble these components to create the
finished display. We believe that our component-oriented manufacturing process
enables us to produce our displays more quickly and efficiently and with a
higher standard of quality than if we used a unit-oriented process.

Materials used in manufacturing our racks include wire, metal tubing and
paneling. At our five manufacturing locations, we cut, shape, bend and weld
wire, tubing and metal paneling and paint and assemble the finished product. We
use a just-in-time inventory practice. This reduces our requirements to carry
inventories of raw materials, which in turn improves our cash flow.

Display rack manufacturing accounted for approximately 57.6% of our fiscal 1999
revenues on a pro forma basis.

MARKETING AND SALES

We market our services and display racks through our own direct sales force. Our
sales group consists of four divisional vice presidents and 13 regional
managers. We have integrated our marketing efforts for our traditional
information and management services with our display rack manufacturing. We
market our services primarily through direct contact with clients and
prospective clients. We also market our services at industry trade shows and
through trade publications.

Each of our managers is assigned to a specific geographic territory and is
responsible for the preparation of quotations, program presentations and the
general development of sales, as well as maintenance of existing accounts,
within his or her territory. Our regional managers maintain frequent contact
with our clients in order to provide them with a high level of service and react
quickly to their needs.

COMPETITION

Competition among providers of many of our services, particularly the processing
of incentive payment claims, is intense. We have a substantial number of direct
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closely-held private companies. We believe there is no significant competition
for PIN and ICN. Information contained in PIN and ICN could be obtained from
other sources, although we believe this would be at greater expense to the user
and that it would take substantially more time to collect.

We compete with five other manufacturers in the front-end display rack
manufacturing business. One of those competitors has substantially greater
financial resources than we do. There also are a substantial number of
competitors in the point-of-purchase display rack business, many of which are
national in scope and have a substantially larger market share, greater name
recognition in this industry segment and substantially greater financial
resources than we do. However, the total market for point-of-purchase display
racks is much larger than the market for front-end display racks and therefore
can support a larger number of manufacturers.

We believe that the principal competitive factors in the retail information
industry include access to information, technological support, accuracy, system
flexibility, financial stability, customer service and reputation. In addition
to financial stability, customer service and reputation, we believe that product
quality, timeliness of delivery and, to a lesser extent, price are competitive
factors in the display rack manufacturing business. We believe we compete
effectively with respect to each of the above factors.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Software used in connection with our claims submission program and in connection
with PIN and ICN, as well as our SourcePro software, was developed specifically
for our use by a combination of in-house software engineers and outside
consultants. We believe that certain elements of all three of these software
systems are proprietary to The Source. Other portions of these systems are
licensed from the third party, MJ Systems, that helped to design the system. We
also receive systems service and upgrades under the license.

We have filed provisional applications with the U.S. Patent Office for patent
protection for our ICN program and intend to seek patent protection for our
SourcePro and PIN innovations. Certain aspects of our ICN, SourcePro and PIN
innovations also have copyright protection.

EMPLOYEES

As of January 31, 1999, we employed 497 persons, of whom 489 were employed on a
full-time basis and eight were employed on a part-time basis. Of such persons,
62 were engaged in administrative activities and 82 were engaged in sales,
customer support and data processing. The remaining employees were engaged in
manufacturing activities.

Of the employees at our Brooklyn, New York facility, 175 are represented by
Local 810 of the Steel, Metal, Alloys and Hardware Fabricators of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters under a collective bargaining agreement
expiring on September 30, 1999. Of the employees at our Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania facility, 90 are represented by Local 837 of the Teamsters Union
under a collective bargaining agreement expiring on December 31, 2000. We
consider our employee relations to be satisfactory.

ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.

We conduct our business from over twenty manufacturing, data processing, office
and warehouse facilities. All of our manufacturing and warehouse facilities are
used by our manufacturing segment. Our office facilities are shared by our
manufacturing and service segments. All of our owned facilities are subject to
mortgages in favor of our lender.

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             LOCATION                         DESCRIPTION                SIZE SQ. FT.      OWNED/LEASED
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<S>                                      <C>                               <C>                  <C>
         Jacksonville, FL                Manufacturing/Office               55,000              Leased
         Rockford, IL                    Manufacturing/Office              310,536              Owned
         St. Louis, MO                   Office                              8,050              Leased
         High Point, NC                  Data Processing/Office             22,000              Leased
         Fair Lawn, NJ                   Office                              2,771              Leased
         Brooklyn, NY                    Manufacturing/Office               92,000              Leased
         New York, NY                    Office                              1,900              Leased
         Philadelphia, PA                Manufacturing/Office              110,000              Owned
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                      <C>                               <C>                  <C>
         Greenville, SC                  Manufacturing/Office               30,000              Leased
</TABLE>

In addition, we have warehouse facilities in Florida, New Jersey and South
Carolina and small offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Ontario.
We believe our facilities are adequate for our current level of operations and
that all of our facilities are adequately insured.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

We are from time to time parties to various legal proceedings arising out of our
businesses. We believe that there are no proceedings pending or threatened
against us which, if determined adversely, would have a material adverse effect
on our business or financial condition.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

No matters were submitted to a vote of the security holders during the fourth
quarter of fiscal 1999.




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                                    PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

From February 12, 1996 until June 12, 1998, our Common Stock was quoted on the
Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol "SORC." Beginning June 12, 1998, our
Common Stock has been quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol
"SORC." The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and
low closing bid prices for the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market and the Nasdaq National Market, as applicable.

<TABLE>
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Fiscal 1998                                         High             Low
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<S>                                                 <C>              <C>  
First Quarter                                       $3.48            $2.58
Second Quarter                                      $3.70            $1.20
Third Quarter                                       $4.75            $3.17
Fourth Quarter                                      $5.38            $3.56

Fiscal 1999                                         High             Low

First Quarter                                       $6.75            $5.13
Second Quarter                                      $8.00            $5.75
Third Quarter                                       $6.88            $5.00
Fourth Quarter                                      $12.38           $5.75
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As of April 21, 1999, there were 95 holders of record of the Common Stock.

We have never paid dividends on our Common Stock. The Board of Directors
presently intends to retain all of its earnings, if any, for the development of
our business for the foreseeable future. The declaration and payment of cash
dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and
will depend upon a number of factors, including among others, future earnings,
operations, capital requirements, the general financial condition of the Company
and such other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant.

SALES OF UNREGISTERED SHARES

In January 1999, we issued shares of our Common Stock and of our Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock to the former stockholders of two manufacturers of
display racks that we have recently acquired as part of the consideration for
such acquisitions. Based upon representations made by each of the stockholders,
we believe each of them is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"). Each of the stockholders represented to us in writing that he was
acquiring the shares for investment and agreed that the shares could not be sold
or otherwise transferred unless they were first registered under the Act except
in a transaction which, in the opinion of counsel acceptable to us, is exempt
from the registration requirement. The certificates for the shares bear
appropriate restrictive legends. We believe that the issuance of these shares
was exempt from the registration requirements of the Act pursuant to Section
4(2) thereof. The shares were issued as follows:

    a.  1,926,719 shares of Common Stock and 1,473,281 shares of Series A
        Convertible Preferred Stock to the three stockholders of U.S. Marketing
        Services, Inc. The shares of Preferred Stock have since been converted
        into an equal number shares of Common Stock;

    b.  164,289 shares of Common Stock to the former stockholder of Yeager
        Industries, Inc.

In February 1999, we issued shares of our Common Stock to the former
stockholders of two manufacturers of display racks that we have recently
acquired as part of the consideration for such acquisitions. Based upon
representations made by each of the stockholders, we believe each of them is an
"accredited investor" as that term is defined in Regulation D promulgated under
the Act. Each of the stockholders represented to us in writing that he was
acquiring the shares for investment and agreed that the shares could not be sold
or otherwise transferred unless they were first registered under the Act except
in a transaction which, in the opinion of counsel acceptable to us, is exempt
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The certificates for the shares bear appropriate restrictive legends. We believe
that the issuance of these shares was exempt from the registration requirements
of the Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof. The shares were issued as follows:

    a.  134,615 shares of Common Stock to the former stockholder of MYCO, Inc.;

    b.  285,714 shares of Common Stock to the five former stockholders of
        Chestnut Display Systems, Inc.

In August 1998, we issued a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock
at $10 per share, beginning February 1, 1999, to Herbert A. Hardt. This warrant
was issued pursuant to a consulting agreement under which Mr. Hardt will provide
us with consulting services. The warrant, which was independently appraised, was
valued at $37,500. The warrant contains vesting provisions which provided that
the right to acquire shares subject to the warrant would vest 15,000 shares per
quarter during each quarter of fiscal 2000 and 22,500 shares per quarter during
each quarter of fiscal 2001. Expense will be recognized in relation to the
vesting schedule. Mr. Hardt provided us with appropriate written investment
representations and agreed that the shares could not be sold or otherwise
transferred unless they were first registered under the Act except in a
transaction which, in the opinion of counsel acceptable to us, is exempt from
the registration requirement. The warrant also provides that any shares of our
Common Stock issued upon exercise of the warrant will bear an appropriate legend
restricting transfer. We believe the issuance of the warrant was and the
issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the warrant will be exempt from
registration requirements of the Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof.

In each of June 1998 and October 1997, we granted to Donald & Co. Securities,
Inc. ("Donald") a warrant to purchase 200,000 shares of our Common Stock
(400,000 shares in aggregate). The warrants were issued to Donald as
underwriting compensation in connection with our offerings of Common Stock in
June 1998 and October 1997, respectively. The exercise prices of the warrants
are $8.40 and $4.80 per share, respectively. The warrants contain appropriate
investment representations and restrictions on transfer, provide that the Common
Shares underlying the warrants will contain similar restrictions, and we believe
the issuances of the warrants were and the issuances of the Common Stock upon
exercise will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Act pursuant
to Section 4(2) thereof.

Between March 1996 and July 1997, we issued an aggregate of 15,600 shares of our
convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 14,917
shares of our Common Stock in "offshore transactions" as defined in Rule 902 of
Regulation S to two entities which are not "U.S. persons" as defined in Rule 902
of Regulation S promulgated under the Act. In July 1997, we issued warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 310,709 shares of our Common Stock to the same two
offshore entities. One of these entities, Cameron Capital Ltd., was the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock at the time of
certain of these transactions. Each of the purchasers gave appropriate
investment representations, and the certificates for the securities (including
the warrants) bear appropriate restrictive legends as required by Regulation S.
We believe the transactions were exempt from the registration requirements of
the Act pursuant to Regulation S promulgated thereunder.

ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
        OF OPERATIONS.

OVERVIEW

We derive our revenues from (1) providing information and management services
for retail magazine sales to U.S. and Canadian retailers and magazine publishers
and (2) manufacturing display racks used by retailers at checkout counters. We
recently have expanded upon our experience with retail magazine sales to provide
similar information and services to confectioners and general merchandise
vendors for products sold at checkout counters.

During fiscal 1999, approximately 80.9% of our service revenues were derived
from fees earned in connection with the collection of incentive payments under
either our Claims Submission Program or our Advance Pay Program. Most incentive
payment programs offer the retailer a cash rebate, equal to a percentage of the
retailer's net sales of the publisher's titles, which is payable quarterly upon
submission of a properly documented claim. Under our Claims Submission Program,
we submit claims for incentive payments on behalf of the retailer and receive a
fee based on the amounts collected. Under the Advance Pay Program, we pay
participating retailers a negotiated fixed percentage of total quarterly
incentive payments and pocket rental fees and then collect the payments from the
publishers for our own account.

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Under both the Claims Submission Program and the Advance Pay Program, service
revenues are recognized at the time claims for incentive payments are
substantially completed for submission to the publishers. Our allowance for
doubtful accounts has to date been approximately 2% of accounts receivable. This
amount has been adequate to satisfy losses from uncollectible accounts
receivable. Under the Advance Pay Program, the revenues we recognize represent
the difference between the amount advanced to the retailer customer and the
amount claimed against the publisher.

PIN revenues consist of subscription fees. Subscribers to PIN pay for their
subscriptions on a quarterly basis. Subscriptions have an initial term of one
year and are automatically renewed for successive one-year terms unless earlier
terminated. PIN revenues are recognized ratably over the subscription term.
Commencing in fiscal 2000, we will begin to receive fees from each publisher
that subscribes to ICN. These fees will be recognized ratably over the annual
subscription term. We will also receive fees from publishers for advertising,
promotions and special programs on ICN.

Front-end management revenues are generally recognized as services are
performed, or in accordance with applicable contract terms. Front-end management
revenues fluctuate as a result of various factors, including the number and
scope of reconfiguration programs undertaken by our retailer clients and the
timing of shipments by display rack manufacturers.

Historically, as part of our front-end management services, we reconfigured,
designed and arranged for the manufacture of display racks for many of our
customers. Since January 1999, we acquired four manufacturers of front-end and
free-standing point-of-purchase display racks. Manufacturing display racks in
our own facilities allows us to be a full-service provider of management
services for the front-end of a customer's store. Beginning in fiscal 2000,
manufacturing will account for a substantial increase in revenues, although
services are expected to contribute a disproportionate portion of our gross
profits.

We intend to increase the operating margins in our manufacturing segment by
consolidating duplicative administrative functions, through increased purchasing
power, by using more efficient manufacturing methods in our acquired facilities
and by more efficiently utilizing plant capacities.

We generally recognize manufacturing revenues as products are shipped to
customers. When we receive payment prior to shipment, we record the amount as
deferred revenues and recognize the amount as revenues when products are
shipped. Upon request from a customer, the product can be stored for future
delivery for the convenience of the customer. In this case revenue is recognized
when the manufacturing and earnings processes are complete, the customer accepts
title in writing, the product is invoiced with payment due in the normal course
of business, the delivery schedule is fixed and the products are segregated from
other goods. In our manufacturing segment, we also receive trucking revenues for
transporting racks, warehousing revenues for storing racks, and consulting
revenues for providing consulting service relating to such manufacturing. We
generally recognize trucking revenues as shipments are completed. Consulting and
warehousing revenues are recognized when services are rendered.

Cost of revenues generally includes personnel costs, including in some cases the
cost of independent contractors. For manufacturing, cost of revenues also
includes the cost of materials and supplies directly used in the completion of
display racks. Cost of service revenues is an allocation of operating costs and
is not separately analyzed by management primarily because operating costs do
not vary significantly with revenues.

Selling, general and administrative expense includes corporate overhead, project
management, management information systems, executive compensation, human
resource expenses and finance expenses.

Beginning in fiscal 2000, manufacturing will account for a substantial increase
in our cost of revenues due to both the cost of materials and supplies used in
manufacturing and substantially increased personnel costs relating to our
manufacturing facilities. Selling, general and administrative expenses also will
increase substantially due to the increased scope of our operations beginning in
fiscal 2000.

RECENT AND PENDING ACQUISITIONS

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Since January 7, 1999, we acquired the following companies. Each of the
acquisitions was accounted for as a purchase. A portion of the cash component of
the acquisition prices was funded by a temporary increase in our revolving
credit facility, which was converted into a $15.0 million term loan in March
1999.

    -   U.S. MARKETING SERVICES, INC. U.S. Marketing is the parent of Brand
        Manufacturing Corporation, a manufacturer of front-end display racks
        with manufacturing facilities in Brooklyn, New York and a warehouse and
        distribution facility in New Jersey. Through its affiliates, Brand also
        provides trucking and freight services and removes and disposes of
        display racks no longer required by our customers. We acquired U.S.
        Marketing in January 1999 for 1,926,719 shares of our common stock and
        1,473,281 shares of our Class A Convertible Preferred Stock, valued at
        the time of the acquisition at $26.3 million in total. The Class A
        Convertible Preferred Stock was converted into an equal number of shares
        of common stock on March 30, 1999.

    -   YEAGER INDUSTRIES, INC. Yeager manufactures front-end display racks from
        facilities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We purchased the assets of
        Yeager and assumed its operating liabilities in January 1999 for $2.3
        million in cash and 164,289 shares of our common stock, valued at the
        time of the acquisition at $1.2 million. The purchase price may be
        increased by up to $500,000, depending upon Yeager's performance during
        fiscal 2000 and 2001.

    -   MYCO, INC. MYCO is a Rockford, Illinois manufacturer of front-end
        display racks. We purchased the assets and assumed the operating
        liabilities of MYCO in February 1999 for $12.0 million in cash and
        134,615 shares of our common stock, valued at the time of the
        acquisition at $875,000. We also assumed MYCO's industrial revenue bond
        indebtedness of $4.0 million and repaid MYCO indebtedness of $1.5
        million. The purchase price may be increased by up to an additional
        250,000 shares of our common stock depending on MYCO's performance in
        the twelve months following the acquisition.

    -   CHESTNUT DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INC. Chestnut manufactures front-end display
        racks from facilities in Greenville, South Carolina and Jacksonville,
        Florida. We purchased the assets and assumed the operating liabilities
        of Chestnut Display Systems, Inc. and its affiliate, Chestnut Display
        Systems (North), Inc. in February 1999 for $3.6 million in cash and
        285,714 shares of our common stock, valued at the time of the
        acquisition at $1.8 million. The purchase price for Chestnut may be
        increased to a value (including the amounts already paid) not to exceed
        $9.5 million if Chestnut meets certain performance goals during fiscal
        2000 and 2001. Any increase in the purchase price will be paid 50% in
        cash and 50% in shares of our common stock. The number of shares will be
        calculated using a formula contained in the acquisition agreement,
        subject to a minimum value of $5.00 per share and a maximum value of
        $7.00 per share.

    -   PROMARK. We purchased the assets and assumed the operating liabilities
        of 132127 Canada Inc., known as ProMark, in March 1999. ProMark is a
        Canadian corporation headquartered in Toronto which provides rebate and
        information services to retail customers throughout Canada. ProMark
        strengthens our ability to obtain information about retail sales from
        checkout areas in Canada. We paid a cash purchase price of Cdn$1.5
        million for ProMark.

    -   AARON WIRE AND METAL PRODUCTS, LTD. Aaron Wire manufactures front-end
        display racks from its facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia. In
        March 1999, we signed a letter of intent to purchase the stock of Aaron
        Wire for approximately Cdn$2.4 million.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth, for the periods presented, information relating
to our operations expressed as a percentage of Total Revenues:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
                                                              -----------------------------------------
                                                               1999                              1998
                                                               ----                              ----
<S>                                                            <C>                               <C>   
Service Revenues                                                67.4%                            100.0%
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                             <C>                              <C>                             
Manufacturing Revenues                                          32.6%                                -%

Total Revenues                                                 100.0%                            100.0%

Cost of Service Revenues                                        31.6%                             49.7%

Cost of Goods Sold                                              21.8%                                -%

Gross Profit                                                    46.6%                             50.3%

Selling, General and Administrative Expense                     14.0%                             19.9%
                                                                -----                             -----

Operating Income                                                32.6%                             30.4%

Interest, Net                                                  (1.4)%                            (5.9)%

Other Income (Expense), Net                                    (0.2)%                            (0.7)%
                                                               ------                            ------

Income Before Income Taxes                                      31.0%                             23.8%
                                                                -----                             -----

Net Income                                                      18.3%                             13.5%
                                                                =====                             =====
</TABLE>


SERVICE REVENUES

Services, which include the Claims Submission Program, Advance Pay Program, PIN
and Front-End Management, accounted for approximately 67.4% and 74.4% of our
revenues and operating income, respectively, for fiscal 1999. Because of its
recent introduction, we received no revenues from ICN in fiscal 1999.

Service revenues increased to $14.2 million in fiscal 1999 from $11.8 million in
fiscal 1998, an increase of 20.3%. Increased retailer participation in the
Advance Pay Program and the acquisition of Periodical Concepts ("PC2")
contributed to the increase. Claims Submission Program, Advance Pay Program and
PIN revenues increased approximately $1.7 million, or 16.8%, over the prior
year. Front-end management revenues increased from $1.5 million in the prior
year to $2.2 million in the current year, or 46.9%. This was due to an increase
in the number of reconfiguration programs that we undertook on behalf of our
retailer clients.

MANUFACTURING REVENUES

On January 7, 1999, we acquired Yeager and U.S. Marketing. Results of operations
for both companies have been included in our consolidated financial statements
since the date of acquisition. Manufacturing display racks accounted for
approximately 32.6% and 25.6% of our revenues and operating income,
respectively, for fiscal 1999. Manufacturing revenues were $6.9 million in
fiscal 1999. There were no manufacturing revenues in the prior fiscal year.

MYCO and Chestnut will be included in our results of operations beginning in
fiscal 2000.

GROSS PROFIT

Gross profit increased to $9.8 million in fiscal 1999 from $5.9 million in
fiscal 1998, an increase of approximately $3.9 million, or 65.4%. Approximately
$2.3 million of the increase in gross profit was due to our recently acquired
manufacturing subsidiaries. The remaining $1.6 million increase was attributable
to our service segment. Gross margin of the service segment increased slightly
to 53.2% in fiscal 1999 from 50.3% in fiscal 1998. The improved service segment
gross margin was due in large part to a 20.3% increase in service revenues
without a corresponding increase in employees.

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SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE

Selling, general and administrative expense increased to $2.9 million in fiscal
1999 from $2.3 million in fiscal 1998, an increase of $600,000, or 25.5%. Of the
total, approximately $502,000 was attributable to the recently acquired
manufacturing subsidiaries. The remaining $97,000 increase was attributable to
the services segment. Overall, selling, general and administrative expense as a
percentage of revenues decreased from 19.9% in fiscal 1998 to 14.0% in fiscal
1999.

OPERATING INCOME

Operating income increased to $6.9 million in fiscal 1999 from $3.6 million in
fiscal 1998, an increase of $3.3 million, or 91.7%. As a percentage of revenues,
operating income increased to 31.0% in fiscal 1999 from 23.9% in fiscal 1998. Of
the $3.3 million increase, approximately $1.8 million was attributable to the
recently acquired manufacturing subsidiaries. Approximately $1.5 million was
attributable to the services segment. The significant increase in operating
income from the services segment was primarily a result of higher gross profits
and stable selling, general and administrative expenses during fiscal 1999.

INTEREST EXPENSE

Interest expense decreased $383,000, principally due to the repayment of
borrowings with cash generated by our Common Stock offerings in October 1997 and
June 1998.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

The effective income tax rates for fiscal years 1999 and 1998 were 40.8% and
43.7%, respectively. These rates varied from the federal statutory rate due to
state income taxes and expenses not deductible for income tax purposes. These
non-deductible expenses include meals and entertainment, goodwill amortization,
and officers' life insurance premiums.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our primary cash requirements for the service segment are for funding the
Advance Pay Program and for meeting general working capital requirements. Our
primary cash requirements for the manufacturing segment are for purchasing
materials and the cost of labor incurred in the manufacturing process.
Historically, we have financed our business activities through cash flows from
operations, short-term borrowings under available lines of credit and through
the issuance of equity securities.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.1 million for fiscal 1999
compared to net cash used by operating activities of $5.5 million for fiscal
1998. The manufacturing segment contributed $2.7 million to cash provided by
operations in fiscal 1999.

Net cash used in investing activities was $5.5 million in fiscal 1999 and
$700,000 in fiscal 1998. The increase is due primarily to the acquisitions
during fiscal 1999. Net cash provided by financing activities was $3.1 million
in fiscal 1999 and $6.0 million in fiscal 1998.

Our service business has not required significant capital expenditures. As a
result, at January 31, 1999, we did not have any commitments for capital
expenditures. Currently, we do not anticipate any significant capital
expenditures during fiscal 2000.

At January 31, 1999, we had total deferred tax assets of $255,000 and total
deferred tax liabilities of $966,000, resulting in a net deferred tax liability
of $711,000. This liability is due to the net tax effects of temporary
differences between the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities for
financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax reporting. We
intend to obtain the funds necessary to satisfy this tax obligation from cash
flows from operations.

At January 31, 1999, our total long-term debt obligations were approximately
$3.5 million. In March 1999, we amended and restated our credit agreement with
Wachovia Bank, N.A. to provide for a $15.0 million term loan and a 



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$15.0 million revolving credit facility. Proceeds of the term loan, which were
received on March 31, 1999, were used to fund our recent acquisitions and
borrowings under the revolving credit facility were used for general corporate
purposes, including funding our Advance Pay Program. The credit agreement is
secured by an interest in substantially all of our assets. Principal on the term
loan is payable in twelve consecutive quarterly installments beginning on August
1, 1999, with the final payment due May 1, 2002. The first quarterly payment
amount is $900,000. Quarterly installments increase by $350,000 each August 1st.
For the term loan, the interest rate will be periodically adjusted based on
various interest rate calculation formulas that we can choose from. At April 29,
1999, the interest rate for the term loan was 7.4388%.

At April 29, 1999,we had approximately $3.9 million of availability under the
revolving credit facility. The revolving credit facility bears interest at a
variable rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate and carries a facility
fee of 0.375% per annum on the average daily balance of the unused portion. The
revolving credit facility has no termination date, although Wachovia Bank has
the right to terminate the facility upon not less than thirteen (13) months
prior written notice. We believe that Wachovia will not terminate this
arrangement in the foreseeable future. However, should Wachovia terminate the
credit facility, we would be required to use funds from operations, obtain other
financing or issue equity securities to repay the debt. If we were unable to
obtain alternative financing, our ability to fund the Advance Pay Program would
be substantially curtailed.

Under the Credit Agreement, we are subject to various financial and operating
covenants. These include (i) requirements that we satisfy various financial
ratios, (ii) restrictions on our ability to make capital expenditures exceeding
$1.5 million in any fiscal year and (iii) limitations on the payment of cash
dividends or other distributions on capital stock or payments in connection with
the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of capital stock.

In April 1999, we entered into an agreement to purchase our leased facility in
High Point, North Carolina for $1.8 million. Wachovia Bank, N.A. has committed
to provide funds for the purchase either through an increase in the existing
credit facility or a separate real estate loan.

In April 1999, we filed a registration statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission covering 4,600,000 shares of our common stock, of which
3,000,000 shares would be sold by us and 1,000,000 shares would be sold by some
of our stockholders in an offering underwritten on a firm commitment basis. The
selling stockholders have also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up
to 600,000 additional shares to cover over-allotments. If the offering is
consummated, we intend to use the estimated $33.8 million net proceeds (after
underwriting discounts and other expenses of the offering and based on a
proposed offering price of $12.25 per share) to repay outstanding balances under
our term loan and revolving credit facility with Wachovia Bank, N.A., to
purchase the North Carolina facility (or repay funds borrowed for the purchase)
and to fund general corporate purposes, including our Advance Pay Program. The
revolving credit facility would remain in place after the offering.

We believe that our cash flow from operations together with our revolving line
of credit and the proceeds from our proposed common stock offering will be
sufficient to fund our working capital needs and capital expenditures for the
foreseeable future. However, if the proposed common stock offering is not
consummated, we may need to seek additional debt or equity financing, which may
or may not be available, to fund anticipated growth, particularly of our Advance
Pay Program.

NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," was issued in June 1997.
Comprehensive income is defined as net income plus certain items that are
recorded directly to shareholders' equity, such as unrealized gains and losses
on available-for-sale securities. The Company adopted SFAS No. 130 in the first
quarter of fiscal 1999, but had no "other" comprehensive income items for the
years presented in the statements of income or accumulated as of the balances
sheet dates presented.

SFAS No. 131, "Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information," is effective for financial statements for periods beginning after
December 15, 1997, but interim reporting is not required in 1998. An operating
segment is defined under SFAS No. 131 as a component of an enterprise that
engages in business activities that generate revenue and expense for which
operating results are reviewed by the chief operating decision maker in the
determination of resource allocation and performance. See Note 16.

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SOP 98-5, "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities," requires that the
costs of start-up activities, including organization costs, be expenses as
incurred. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 1998. The Company believes that the adoption
of SOP 98-5 will have no material effect on the financial statements.

In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivatives and
Hedging Activities," which establishes accounting and reporting standards for
derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in
other contracts, (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging
activities. SFAS No. 133 is effective for years beginning after June 15,
1999 and requires comparative information for all fiscal quarters of fiscal
years beginning after June 15, 1999. The Company does not expect the adoption of
this statement to have a significant impact on the results of operations,
financial position or cash flows.

YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE

Most of our services rely on computer technology. Since early 1997, we have been
analyzing all of our information and data systems for possible Year 2000, or
Y2K, problems.

- Our Claims Submission Program software was developed with a third party. The
software has been reviewed and modified for Y2K problems. Initial Y2K compliance
testing was completed in February 1999. All problems detected during these tests
have been corrected. Follow-up testing is expected to be completed by the end of
October 1999.

- Our Advance Pay Program involves transporting data on rebate claims into an
"off-the-shelf" Microsoft Excel 97 software program. Microsoft Excel reformats
the data to determine the amount of the advance payments to our retailer
customers. Microsoft Excel 97 has been declared Y2K compliant by the vendor.
This is consistent with our internal testing results.

- Our PIN Program was developed by our internal programming staff. This system
was developed with Microsoft Visual Foxpro version 6.0, which has been declared
Y2K compliant by the vendor. We have not detected and do not expect to encounter
any significant Y2K problems with this program. Testing of this program is
expected to be completed by the end of October 1999.

- Our ICN website was also developed by an internal programming staff using Web
Connects Software from WestWind Corporation. This software has been declared Y2K
compliant by the vendor. Background databases are programmed in Microsoft Visual
Foxpro version 6.0, which has also been declared Y2K compliant by the vendor.
This system utilizes a 4-digit date field. We therefore do not anticipate any
significant Y2K problems with ICN. Testing of this program is expected to be
completed by the end of October 1999.

- Our Front-end Management Services software was developed by a third party
software developer. The program was developed with MacroMedia Director software,
which has been declared Y2K compliant by the vendor. We have been informed by
the developer that our customized Front-end Management Services software package
is Y2K compliant.

- Our Display Rack Manufacturing subsidiaries were acquired within the past four
months. We are still in the process of collecting data to verify Y2K compliance
issues which may affect these subsidiaries. We intend to complete our Y2K
assessment of our manufacturing affiliates by the end of July 1999 and to then
commence any required remediation work. Our preliminary findings indicate that
at least some of our manufacturing operations are not currently Y2K compliant.
Yeager's accounting software is not in compliance with Y2K, but we intend to
remedy this problem prior to December 31, 1999. In addition, certain of our
manufacturing subsidiaries' payroll and billing software is not Y2K compliant.
We intend to either replace or upgrade this software before the end of 1999. We
will continue to assess the Y2K compliance status of our manufacturing
operations and believe these operations will be substantially Y2K compliant by
the end of 1999. We do not expect any material problems with our manufacturing
operations in the event they are not fully Y2K compliant.

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We completed our Y2K survey of our computer hardware equipment in early 1999 and
we have completed upgrading ,with software provided by vendors at no cost,
equipment that was identified as being noncompliant. We currently do not
anticipate any significant Y2K problem with our hardware.

We are communicating with our outside trading partners in order to assess their
Y2K readiness. While there can be no assurance that such outside parties will be
Y2K compliant, we believe that most of the third parties upon whom we are
dependent expect to be Y2K compliant before the end of 1999. Based on
information already gathered from these parties, we do not presently have reason
to believe that there will be significant Y2K problems with these third parties
that would impair our normal operations. We have also communicated with our
suppliers of non-information technology operations and services (such as
electricity and telecommunications providers). Based on these communications, we
do not presently have reason to believe that there will be significant Y2K
problems involving these third parties that would materially impair our
operations.

We believe that the most reasonably likely worst-case scenario due to our
internal and third party external systems not being Y2K compliant would be the
inability to perform the above-described services in the most time-efficient
manner and thereby meet client deadlines. We depend on data from third parties
(e.g. wholesalers, publishers and retailers) in order to process information
from and for our clients. If the third parties have problems supplying data to
us, then deadlines for our clients may not be met. If our internal systems are
not Y2K compliant, information received from third parties cannot be processed
in a timely manner. This could also lead to missed deadlines, which could have a
negative impact on our relationships with our customers and a material and
adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Currently, we have no Y2K contingency plan. A contingency plan will be developed
upon completion of all system testing and is expected to be finalized by the end
of the third quarter of 1999.

We have incurred expenses of less than $10,000 to date for Y2K testing and
remediation. We do not anticipate incurring any significant additional expenses
in connection with our remaining Y2K compliance efforts, and we have not
included any expenditures for Y2K compliance in our budget. However, there can
be no assurance that our additional expenses, in particular in connection with
our manufacturing operations, will not be significant.

ITEM 7.  CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company are included herein as a
separate section of this statement which begins on page F-1.

ITEM 8.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND 
         FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.



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                                    PART III

ITEM 9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE
WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT.

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the directors and
executive officers of the Company:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                         <C>      <C>                                                 
Name                                        Age      Position

S. Leslie Flegel                            61       Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Richard A. Jacobsen                         43       Director, Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer

William H. Lee                              48       Director,  Chairman of the  Executive  Committee  and
                                                     Chief Administrative Officer

James R. Gillis                             46       President

Dwight L. DeGolia                           54       Executive Vice President, Special Projects

W. Brian Rodgers                            33       Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

Jason S. Flegel                             33       Executive Vice President, Information Services

Stephen E. Borjes                           48       President - Display Group

Robert O. Aders                             71       Director

Timothy A. Braswell                         70       Director

Harry L. "Terry" Franc, III                 63       Director

Aron Katzman                                61       Director

Randall S. Minix                            49       Director
</TABLE>

The Board consists of eight members, each of whom serves in that capacity for a
three year term or until a successor has been elected and qualified, subject to
earlier resignation, removal or death. The number of directors comprising the
Board may be increased or decreased by resolution adopted by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the Board. Our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
provide for three classes of directorships serving staggered three year terms
such that one class of the directors is elected at each annual meeting of
stockholders. The terms of Messrs. Katzman and Minix will continue until the
1999 annual meeting of stockholders, the terms of Messrs. Braswell, Franc and
Jacobsen will continue until the 2000 annual meeting of stockholders and the
terms of Messrs. Aders, Flegel and Lee will continue until the 2001 annual
meeting of stockholders.

Each of the executive officers is a full-time employee of The Source.
Non-employee directors of The Source devote such time to the affairs of The
Source as is necessary and appropriate. Set forth below are descriptions of the
backgrounds of the executive officers and Directors of The Source:

S. Leslie Flegel has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of The Source since its inception in March 1995. For more than
14 years prior thereto, Mr. Flegel was the principal owner and Chief Executive
Officer of Display Information Systems Company, a predecessor of The Source. S.
Leslie Flegel is the father of Jason S. Flegel, The Source's Executive Vice
President, Information Services.

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Richard A. Jacobsen was elected a Director in March 1999 and became Vice
Chairman and Chief Operating Officer in April 1999. Prior thereto, he was
President of Time Distribution Services from 1995 until April 1999; he served
Time Distribution Services in various executive capacities since 1981. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of the International Periodical Distributors
Association, Chairman of the Magazine Publishers Association Retail Advisory
Council and a member of the American Magazine Conference Planning Committee.

William H. Lee has been a director of The Source since its inception in March
1995 and has been Chief Administrative Officer since March 1999. Prior thereto,
Mr. Lee was President and Chief Operating Officer since The Source's inception.
For approximately 14 years prior thereto, Mr. Lee was the principal owner and
Chief Executive Officer of Periodical Marketing and Management, Inc., a
predecessor of The Source.

James R. Gillis has served as President of The Source since December 1998. Prior
thereto, he served as the President of Brand Manufacturing Corporation from
September 1995. Prior to joining Brand, Mr. Gillis was a partner in the
Aders-Wilcox-Gillis Group, which advised supplier companies on industry
retailers worldwide. Mr. Gillis is a member of the Board of Directors of
Broadband Sports, Inc.

Dwight L. DeGolia has served as Executive Vice President of The Source since its
inception in May 1995. For more than ten years prior thereto, Mr. DeGolia served
as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Display Information
Systems Company. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. DeGolia also served as a director of
Advanced Marketing Services, a leading supplier of books to wholesale clubs.

W. Brian Rodgers has served as Secretary and Chief Financial Officer since
October 1996. Prior to joining The Source, Mr. Rodgers practiced for seven years
as a Certified Public Accountant with BDO Seidman, LLP.

Jason S. Flegel has served as Executive Vice President, Information Services
since March 1999. Prior thereto, he served as Senior Vice President of RDA
Operations since June 1996, and since The Source inception in March 1995, he
served as Vice President -- Western Region. For more than two years prior
thereto, Mr. Flegel was an owner and the Chief Financial Officer of Display
Information Systems Company. Jason S. Flegel is the son of S. Leslie Flegel.

Stephen E. Borjes has served as President - Display Group since September 1997.
For more than 20 years, Mr. Borjes held several positions with Dixie News Co.
("Dixie News") and the News Group, which purchased Dixie News in 1994. His
latest position at the News Group was Vice President of Operations for the
distribution centers in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and
Johnston City, Tennessee.

Robert O. Aders was elected a director in March 1999. He is Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Advisory Board, Inc. (an international consulting
organization) and a member of the Board of Directors of Food Marketing
Institute, where he served from its founding in 1976 until his retirement in
1993. He is also counsel to Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott (a Washington, D.C.
law firm). Mr. Aders was the Acting Secretary of Labor in the Ford
administration, is a former advisor to the White House Office of Emergency
Preparedness and has served on the U.S. Wage and Price Commission and as a Vice
Chairman of the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs. From 1970 to
1974, Mr. Aders was Chairman of the Board of the Kroger Company, where he served
in various executive positions beginning in 1957. He is currently a trustee of
the National Urban League. He also is a director of Association International
Distribution Alimentares (Belgium), the Association of Latin American
Supermarkets, a Fellow of the Institute of Grocery Distribution (U.K.) and a
member of the International Self Service Organization (Germany). In addition, he
is a director of Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a company listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, Coinstar, a company listed on Nasdaq and Telepanel, a company
listed on Nasdaq.

Timothy A. Braswell has been a director of The Source since it commenced
operations in May 1995. He established Braswell Investment Company, a consultant
and broker of wholesale magazine businesses in 1994 and is its owner. Prior to
that time, Mr. Braswell was the principal owner and chief executive officer of
City News Co. and Dixie News, each of which is a wholesale periodical company.

Harry L. "Terry" Franc, III, has been a director of The Source since it
commenced operations in May 1995. Mr. Franc is one of the founders of Bridge
Information Systems, Inc. ("BIS"), a global provider of information services to
the securities industry and of BIS's subsidiary, Bridge Trading Company ("BTC"),
a registered broker-dealer and member of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Franc
has been Executive Vice President of BTC for more than 20 years and for more
than 20 years 



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prior to 1995, served as a director and an Executive Vice President of BIS. Mr.
Franc is a member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals and a
director of P.J. Holdings, LLC.

Aron Katzman has served as a director of The Source since it commenced
operations in May 1995. Until its sale in May 1994, Mr. Katzman served as the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Roman Company, a manufacturer and
distributor of fashion custom jewelry. Mr. Katzman is a member of the board of
directors of Phonetel Technologies and Southern Internet, Inc.

Randall S. Minix has served as a director of The Source since it commenced
operations in May 1995. For more than five years, Mr. Minix has been the
managing partner of Minix, Morgan & Company, L.L.P., an independent accounting
firm headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board has established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a
Finance Committee and an Acquisition Committee. The duties and members of each
of these committees are indicated below.

-   The Audit Committee is comprised of two non-employee directors, presently
    Messrs. Minix and Katzman, and has the responsibility of recommending the
    firm that will serve as our independent auditors, reviewing the scope and
    results of the audit and services provided by our independent accountants
    and meeting with our financial staff to review accounting procedures and
    policies.

-   The Compensation Committee is comprised of three non-employee directors,
    presently Messrs. Katzman, Braswell and Franc, and has been given the
    responsibility of reviewing our financial records to determine overall
    compensation and benefits for executive officers and to establish and
    administer the policies which govern employee salaries and benefit plans.

-   The Finance Committee is comprised of two directors, Messrs. Franc and
    Katzman. The Finance Committee has been given the responsibility of
    monitoring our capital structure, reviewing available alternatives to
    satisfy our liquidity and capital requirements and recommending the firm or
    firms which will provide investment banking and financial advisory services
    to us.

-   The Acquisition Committee is comprised of three directors, presently Messrs.
    Franc, Braswell and Katzman, and has been given the responsibility of
    monitoring our search for attractive acquisition opportunities, consulting
    with members of management to review plans and strategies for the
    achievement of our external growth objectives and recommending the firm or
    firms that will serve as advisors to us in connection with the evaluation of
    potential business combinations.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to
the Company during its most recent fiscal year and Form 5 and amendments
thereto, or written representations that no Form 5 is required, two persons,
Messrs. Gillis and Aders, failed to timely file a Form 3, Initial Statement of
Beneficial Ownership of Securities. Three persons, Messrs. Katzman, Watkins and
Franc, failed to timely file Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership. Six persons, Messrs. Leslie Flegel, Lee, Watkins, DeGolia, Rodgers
and Jason Flegel failed to timely file a Form 5, Annual Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership. All such reports have since been filed.

ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

         The following table summarizes information concerning cash and non-cash
compensation paid to or accrued for the benefit of the named executive officers
for all services rendered in all capacities to the Company and its predecessors.

                                             SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

                                                                 LONG-TERM 
                                                               COMPENSATION 
                                                               ------------

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                SECURITIES                             
  NAME OF PRINCIPAL        FISCAL                               UNDERLYING          OTHER ANNUAL           ALL OTHER
      POSITION              YEAR   SALARY ($)     BONUS ($)     OPTIONS (#)        COMPENSATION($)    COMPENSATION(1)($)
--------------------       -----   ----------    ----------   ------------------  ----------------    ------------------
<S>                         <C>     <C>          <C>             <C>                  <C>                   <C>   
S. Leslie Flegel            1999    $260,857     $  23,795       360,000              $ 16,188              $5,450
  Chief Executive           1998     255,000        96,300        89,256                16,550               9,093
  Officer                   1997     227,500       176,398            --                21,531               9,093
William H. Lee              1999    $246,430     $  23,795            --              $ 12,109              $3,056
  Chief Administrative      1998     245,494        70,382        49,091                 9,573               3,056
  Officer                   1997     224,830        30,000            --                10,888               3,056
Dwight L. DeGolia           1999    $175,000     $      --        40,000              $ 11,699              $3,553
  Executive Vice            1998     150,000        29,200        10,909                10,777                  --
  President,                1997     140,000         4,773            --                11,223                  --
  Special Projects                                                                                     
Stephen E. Borjes(2)        1999    $140,000     $      --        40,000              $  6,790                  --
  President-- Display       1998      26,667         8,333            --                 2,000                  --
  Group                     1997          --            --            --                    --                  --
Jason S. Flegel             1999    $112,500     $      --        10,000              $  7,005              $  381
  Executive Vice            1998     100,000         9,600         9,091                 6,205                 381
  President,                1997      90,000            --            --                 5,266                 381
  Information
  Services
</TABLE>

----------

(1) In fiscal 1999, the estimated incremental cost to The Source of life
    insurance premiums paid on behalf of Messrs. S. Leslie Flegel, Lee DeGolia,
    Borjes and Jason Flegel was $5,450, $3,056, $3,553, $0 and $381. In fiscal
    1998, the estimated incremental cost to The Source of life insurance
    premiums paid on behalf of Messrs. S. Leslie Flegel, Lee, DeGolia, Borjes
    and Jason Flegel was $9,093, $3,056, $0, $0 and $381, respectively. In
    fiscal 1997, such cost to The Source was $9,093, $3,056, $0, $0 and $381,
    respectively.

(2) Since February 1999, Mr. Borjes has been Vice President, Database Operations
    of The Source.


                       OPTIONS GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                                INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                             Number of Securities      % of Total Options           Exercise or
                              Underlying Options      Granted to Employees          Base Price               Expiration
           Name                    Granted #             in Fiscal Year               ($/Sh)                    Date
--------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

<S>                               <C>                          <C>                     <C>                    <C>     
S. Leslie Flegel                  360,000(1)                   35%                     $5.13                   2-01-08
William H. Lee                         -                        -                        -                        -
Dwight L. DeGolia                  10,000(2)                    1                      5.13                    2-01-08
Dwight L. DeGolia                  30,000(3)                    3                      5.00                   10-07-08
Stephen E. Borjes                  20,000(3)                    2                      5.00                   10-07-08
Stephen E. Borjes                  20,000(4)                    2                      6.63                    4-30-08
Jason S. Flegel                    10,000(5)                    1                      5.00                   10-07-98
--------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
</TABLE>

(1) Options were granted February 2, 1998 and vest in four equal annual
    installments.
(2) Options were granted February 2, 1998 and are exercisable immediately.
(3) Options were granted October 8, 1998 and vest in three equal annual
    installments.
(4) Options were granted May 1, 1998 and vest in five equal annual installments
(5) Options were granted October 8, 1998 and vest in five equal annual
    installments.


                 AGGREGATE OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                        AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTION VALUES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Number of Unexercised    Value of Unexercised
                                                                              Options at Fiscal Year    In-the Money Options/
                                    Shares                                     End (#) Exercisable/    at Fiscal Year End ($)
                                  Acquired on                 Value                Unexercisable            Exercisable/
           Name                  Exercise (#)             Realized ($)                                      Unexercisable
--------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------

<S>                                    <C>                      <C>              <C>                     <C>                
S. Leslie Flegel                       0                        0                29,752 / 419,504        251,851 / 2,301,901
William H. Lee                         0                        0                 16,364 / 32,727         122,157 / 244,307
Dwight L. DeGolia                      0                        0                 24,364 / 26,545         134,825 / 152,929
Stephen E. Borjes                      0                        0                 10,666 / 29,334         48,143 / 124,257
Jason S. Flegel                        0                        0                 5,636 / 13,455           38,265 / 83,031
--------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------
</TABLE>

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION.

Under the Company's present policy, each director of the Company who is
not also an employee receives $15,000 annually payable quarterly in either cash
or shares Common Stock valued at 90% of market on the date of grant as of the
payment date. Directors also annually receive options to purchase 3,000 shares
of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to market on the date of grant.
Directors are also entitled to be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in
attending meetings of the Board and its committees.

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS WITH NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

In October 1997, we entered into separate employment agreements with S. Leslie
Flegel, William H. Lee and W. Brian Rodgers, each of which expires January 31,
2000 and are subject to annual renewal thereafter. Under the employment
agreements, Mr. Flegel will serve as the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of The Source in exchange for annual base compensation of
$255,000, Mr. Lee will serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief
Administrative Officer of The Source in exchange for annual base compensation of
$240,573, and W. Brian Rodgers will serve as Chief Financial Officer of The
Source and receive annual base compensation of $100,000, subject to annual
adjustment by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the "Base Compensation").
In the event the employment of any such person with The Source is terminated for
reasons other than for cause, permanent disability or death or there occurs a
significant reduction in the position, duties or responsibilities thereof (a
"Termination") within two years following a "Change of Control" (as defined in
the employment agreement and which does not include this offering), the
discharged person will be entitled to an additional bonus of 300% of his then
current annual Base Compensation. Such person also will agree to refrain from
disclosing information confidential to The Source or engaging, directly or
indirectly, in the rendering of services competitive with those offered by The
Source during the term of his employment and for two years thereafter, without
the prior written consent of The Source.

In December 1998, we entered into an employment agreement with James R. Gillis,
which expires January 31, 2001 (subject to renewal). The employment agreement
provides that Mr. Gillis will serve as President of The Source and receive
annual base compensation of $250,000, subject to annual adjustment by the Board.
In addition, Mr. Gillis is entitled to receive an annual bonus of $50,000 for
each of fiscal 2000, 2001 and 2002 if certain performance goals are met. The
annual bonus amounts may increase if the performance of our front-end display
rack manufacturers exceeds certain thresholds. However, under his employment
agreement, Mr. Gillis is not entitled to an annual bonus of more than $250,000.
In the event the employment of Mr. Gillis is terminated for reasons other than
cause, permanent disability or death, Mr. Gillis will be entitled to receive the
remainder of his base salary and benefits for the balance of the term of the
agreement and a pro rata portion of his annual bonus for the year of
termination. Mr. Gillis agreed to refrain from disclosing information
confidential to The Source during the term of the employment agreement and
agreed not to engage, directly or indirectly, in the rendering of services
competitive with those offered by The Source during the term of his employment
and for two years thereafter.

In March 1999, we entered into an employment agreement with Richard A. Jacobsen,
which expires January 31, 2004 (subject to renewal). Under his agreement, Mr.
Jacobsen will serve as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of The Source
and receive annual base compensation of $235,000 for fiscal 2000, $255,000 for
fiscal 2001 and $275,000 for fiscal 2002. For fiscal 2003 and 2004, Mr.
Jacobsen's salary will be determined by the Board, but it may not be less than
$275,000. Mr. Jacobsen will also be entitled to receive an annual bonus equal to
a percentage of our net income before taxes ranging from 



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0.69% to 2.7% if certain performance goals are met. Mr. Jacobsen will not be
entitled to a bonus if our pre-tax net income is not at least 82% of our
budgeted pre-tax net income. In connection with his employment by The Source, we
made two loans to Mr. Jacobsen in the amounts of $600,000 ("Loan 1") and
$375,000 ("Loan 2"). Loan 1, including interest, will be forgiven over a 5-year
term and Loan 2, including interest, will be forgiven over a 7-year term
provided, in each case, that Mr. Jacobsen remains an employee of the Company.
Under this employment agreement, Mr. Jacobsen also is entitled to receive
payments compensating him for his annual tax liabilities in connection with
forgiveness of the loans. In the event (1) the employment of Mr. Jacobsen is
terminated for reasons other than for cause, permanent disability or death, (2)
there occurs an assignment of duties or responsibilities inconsistent with Mr.
Jacobsen's appointed positions or (3) there is a "Change of Control" (as defined
in his employment agreement) (each of the foregoing being a "Termination"), Mr.
Jacobsen will be entitled to receive his accrued but unpaid base salary, his
base salary for the remainder of the term of the employment agreement,
forgiveness of Loan 1 and Loan 2, immediate vesting of options granted to Mr.
Jacobsen under the employment agreement and payment of a bonus in an amount
equal to the greater of the annual bonus due in the year of termination or the
annual bonus for the prior year. Under the agreement, Mr. Jacobsen agreed to
refrain from disclosing information confidential to The Source or engaging,
directly or indirectly, in the rendering of services competitive with those
offered by The Source during the term of his employment and for two years
thereafter, without the prior written consent of The Source.

Under the terms of a written agreement with us, Dwight L. DeGolia has agreed to
refrain from disclosing information confidential to us or engaging directly or
indirectly, in any activity which is competitive with our business during the
term of his employment and for two years thereafter.

ITEM 11.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.

The following table sets forth certain information as of April 16, 1999
concerning the beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock by: (i) each
person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent
of the outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each executive officer named in the
Summary Compensation Table contained in this Form 10-KSB, and (iii) all
directors and executive officers of the Company as a group. Each person named
has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated,
except as otherwise stated in the notes to the table:

                            Beneficial Ownership (1)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner                                           Number of Shares                              Percent
-------------------                                           ----------------                              -------
<S>                                                           <C>                                              <C>  
Jonathon J. Ledecky                                           3,140,000(2)                                     23.0%
  800 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1111
  Washington, D.C.  20006

S. Leslie Flegel                                              1,373,774(2)(3)                                   9.9
  11644 Lilburn Park Road
  St. Louis, Missouri 63146

William H. Lee                                                  907,623(3)                                      6.6
  711 Gallimore Dairy Road
  High Point, North Carolina 27265

A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.                                       832,225(4)                                      6.1
  One North Jefferson
  St. Louis, Missouri 63103

Timothy A. Braswell                                             339,644(3)(5)                                   2.5
  711 Gallimore Dairy Road
  High Point, North Carolina 27265

Aron Katzman                                                    212,961(3)(5)                                   1.6
  10 Layton Terrace
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                           <C>                                              <C>  
  St. Louis, Missouri 63124

Jason S. Flegel                                                 139,405(3)                                      1.0
  711 Gallimore Dairy Road
  High Point, North Carolina  27265

James R. Gillis                                                 130,000                                           *
  711 Gallimore Dairy Road
  High Point, North Carolina  27265

Dwight L. DeGolia                                               121,468(3)                                        *
  11644 Lilburn Park Road
  St. Louis, Missouri 63146

Harry L. Franc, III                                              50,157(3)(5)                                     *
  19 Briarcliff
  St. Louis, Missouri 63124

Stephen E. Borjes                                                14,667(3)                                        *
  711 Gallimore Dairy Road
  High Point, North Carolina  27265

Randall S. Minix                                                 13,866(3)                                        *
  5502 White Blossom Drive
  Greensboro, North Carolina 27410

Robert O. Aders                                                   8,000(3)                                        *
  132 S. Delancey Place
  Atlantic City, NJ  08401

All directors and executive                                   3,322,595(2)(6)                                  23.7
officers as a group  (13 persons)
</TABLE>

------------------------

         *Less than 1%

(1)      Under the rules of the Commission, some of the shares of the Company's
         common stock which a person has the right to acquire within 60 days
         after April 16, 1999 in connection with the exercise of stock options
         and warrants are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing
         beneficial ownership and the percentage of ownership of that person.
(2)      S. Leslie Flegel and Jonathan J. Ledecky entered into a Voting
         Agreement on January 7, 1999, under which Mr. Ledecky granted a proxy
         to Mr. Flegel to vote his shares of common stock with regard to certain
         corporate matters. The number of shares shown for Mr. Flegel in the
         table does not include Mr. Ledecky's shares.
(3)      Includes exercisable options to acquire shares of common stock in the
         following amounts per beneficial owner: S. Leslie Flegel - 180,754
         shares; William H. Lee - 16,364 shares; Timothy A. Braswell - 3,000
         shares; Aron Katzman - 3,000 shares; Jason S. Flegel - 5,636 shares;
         and Dwight L. DeGolia - 14,364 shares; Harry L. Franc, III - 3,000
         shares; Stephen E. Borjes - 14,667; Randall S. Minix - 3,000 shares;
         and Robert O. Aders - 3,000 shares.
(4)      This amount, as reflected on Schedule 13G filed on February 11, 1999,
         consists of sole voting power with respect to 455,475 shares, sole
         dispositive power with respect to 832,225 shares and no shared voting
         or dispositive power.
(5)      Includes exercisable warrants to acquire shares of common stock in the
         following amounts per beneficial owner: Timothy A. Braswell - 40,180
         shares; Aron Katzman - 40,180 shares; Harry L.
         Franc, III - 8,929 shares.
(6)      Includes options and warrants to acquire 11,030 shares of common stock,
         excluded in the names indicated in the footnotes above.


ITEM 12. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

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From time to time, we and our predecessors have engaged in various transactions
with our directors, executive officers and other affiliated parties. The
following paragraphs summarize certain information concerning these transactions
and relationships to the extent that they occurred during the past two fiscal
years or which are presently proposed.

PREDECESSOR TRANSACTIONS

S. Leslie Flegel and Dwight L. DeGolia have from time to time received cash
advances from The Source and one of its predecessors. The largest aggregate
amount of advances outstanding at any time since February 1, 1997 was $270,675
and $22,093, respectively. All outstanding advances have been repaid in full.

On June 28, 1991, a predecessor of ours entered into a lease with 711 Gallimore
Partnership in which William H. Lee, is a partner. Under the term of the lease,
711 Gallimore Partnership leases us office space in High Point, North Carolina.
The lease currently provides for annual rent of $290,449 and expires in 2012. In
fiscal 1998 and 1997, we paid 711 Gallimore Partnership $174,888 and $157,498,
respectively, in rent.

We have reached an agreement to purchase the property that we lease from 711
Gallimore Partnership for $1.8 million in cash. Our Board appointed Timothy
Braswell, an independent director, to negotiate this transaction on our behalf
and, based on Mr. Braswell's recommendation, the Board believes the terms of the
proposed purchase are fair to The Source.

COMPANY TRANSACTIONS

2532 Partnership, a North Carolina partnership in which Mr. Lee is a partner,
has occasionally provided us with the use of an airplane. In fiscal 1999 and
1998, we paid 2532 Partnership1,800 and $11,692, respectively, for use of the
airplane.

In July 1997, an affiliated party, along with the other holder of our 1996
Series 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, exchanged all 5,600 outstanding shares
for (1) 186,667 shares of common stock at an exchange price of $3.00 per share
and (2) nontransferable warrants, expiring on July 1, 2002, to purchase 310,709
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.

In September 1997, we issued to Messrs. Katzman, Franc and Braswell
non-transferable warrants, expiring on September 2, 2000, to purchase an
aggregate of 89,289 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per
share.

The terms of the foregoing transactions were not negotiated on an arm's-length
basis, but were ratified by a majority of the independent and disinterested
outside directors who had access, at our expense, to our legal counsel. All
future transactions between The Source and its officers, directors, principal
stockholders and affiliates will be approved by a majority of the independent
and disinterested outside directors who will have access, at our expense, to our
legal counsel.




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ITEM 13. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

(a)      Exhibits.

         See Exhibit Index.

(b)      Reports on Form 8-K.

         A report on Form 8-K dated November 19, 1998 reporting the letters of
         intent to acquire MYCO, Inc and an affiliated real estate holding
         company and Chestnut Display Systems, Inc. ("Chestnut") and an
         affiliate of Chestnut was filed on December 11, 1998.

         A report on Form 8-K dated January 7, 1999 reporting the acquisitions
         of U.S. Marketing Services, Inc. and Yeager Industries, Inc. was filed
         on January 21, 1999.






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                          INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                                 <C>
    AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT  COMPANY                        PAGE

    The Report of the Independent Certified Public Accountants                                                    F-2

    Consolidated Balance Sheet of January 31, 1999                                                                F-3

    Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended January 31, 1999 and 1998                    F-5

    Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity                                                               F-6

    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended January 31, 1999 and 1998                    F-7

    Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                                                    F-9
</TABLE>









                                      F-1
<PAGE>   29


The Report of the Independent Certified Public Accountants


Board of Directors
The Source Information Management Company
St. Louis, Missouri

We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of The Source Information
Management Company as of January 31, 1999 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
two years in the period ended January 31, 1999. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Source
Information Management Company at January 31, 1999 and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended
January 31, 1999 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.



/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
April 16, 1999



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                                                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

                                                                                                   January 31, 1999
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<S>                                                                                                 <C>
ASSETS (NOTE 7)
CURRENT
      Cash                                                                                          $       752,695
      Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $469,658) (Note 3)                    32,593,428
      Income taxes receivable                                                                               262,877
      Inventories (Note 4)                                                                                1,395,699
      Other current assets                                                                                  263,692
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS                                                                                     35,268,391
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Land                                                                                                        120,000
Manufacturing Plant                                                                                         680,000
Office equipment and furniture                                                                            5,713,459
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization                                                          (3,179,359)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT                                                                         3,334,100
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OTHER ASSETS
      Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of $648,600 (Note 5)                                     29,608,254
      Deferred tax asset (Note 8)                                                                             7,000
      Other                                                                                                 789,307
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TOTAL OTHER ASSETS                                                                                       30,404,561
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                                                    $    69,007,052
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</TABLE>

                    See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                                                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

                                                                                                  January  31, 1999
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                 <C>            
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT
     Checks issued against future deposits                                                          $     2,876,922
     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                                                3,727,529
     Due to retailers (Note 6)                                                                            2,737,077
     Deferred revenues                                                                                    3,129,241
     Deferred income taxes (Note 8)                                                                         718,000
     Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 7)                                                           66,057
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES                                                                                13,254,826
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LONG-TERM DEBT, LESS CURRENT MATURITIES (NOTE 7)                                                          3,442,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                                        16,696,826
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITMENTS (NOTES 9 AND 13)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Contributed Capital:
     Common Stock, $.01 par - shares authorized, 16,528,925; 11,751,425 issued, of which                    117,513
       8,000 are being held as Treasury Stock (Note 10)
     Preferred Stock, $.01 par - shares authorized, 2,000,000; outstanding 1,473,281 (Note 11)               14,733
     Additional paid-in-capital                                                                          46,451,971
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       Total contributed capital                                                                         46,584,217
Retained earnings                                                                                         5,767,140
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     Total contributed capital and retained earnings                                                     52,351,357
Less:  Treasury Stock (8,000 shares at cost)                                                               (41,131)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                                                               52,310,226
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                                                    $    69,007,052
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</TABLE>

                                   
                    See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


                                      F-4
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                                              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Years Ended January 31,                                                                1999                1998
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<S>                                                                              <C>                 <C>           
Service Revenues                                                                 $   14,229,072      $   11,803,844
Manufacturing Revenues                                                                6,870,856                   -
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                                                                                     21,099,928          11,803,844
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Cost of Service Revenues                                                              6,658,814           5,860,653
Cost of Goods Sold                                                                    4,608,941                   -
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                                                                                     11,267,755           5,860,653
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                                                                                      9,832,173           5,943,191
Selling, General and Administrative Expense                                           2,949,382           2,350,622
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Income                                                                      6,882,791           3,592,569
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Other Income (Expense)
            Interest income                                                              28,407              21,164
            Interest expense                                                          (331,058)           (714,404)
            Other                                                                      (46,602)            (79,321)
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Total Other Income (Expense)                                                          (349,253)           (772,561)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income Before Income Taxes                                                            6,533,538           2,820,008
Income Tax Expense (Note 8)                                                         (2,667,000)         (1,231,000)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Income                                                                       $    3,866,538      $    1,589,008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Earnings per Share - Basic (Note 12)                                             $         0.42      $         0.23
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Weighted Average of Shares Outstanding - Basic (Note 12)                              9,132,383           6,561,761
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Earnings per Share - Diluted (Note 12)                                           $         0.40      $         0.22
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Weighted Average of Shares Outstanding - Diluted (Note 12)                            9,775,673           6,693,666
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                    See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


                                      F-5
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                             THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                                                                                (dollars in thousands)

                                                                     Additional                              Total
                              Preferred Stock        Common Stock    Paid - in  Retained  Treasury Stock  Stockholders'
                            -----------------------------------------                     ----------------
                              Shares     Amount    Shares    Amount   Capital   Earnings  Shares  Amount     Equity
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                   <C>   <C>              <C>      <C>         <C>          <C>      <C>   <C>
Balance, January 31, 1997             -     $  -  5,727,465  $    57  $   2,757   $   331      -  $     -     $  3,145
Issuance of Common Stock                          2,000,000       20      6,701         -                        6,721
(Note 10)
Directors fees                                        1,811        -          8         -                            8
Exercise of stock options                             2,182        -          5         -                            5
Dividend on Preferred Stock                           6,381        -         19      (19)                            -
Exchange of 7% Preferred                            186,667        2        521         -                          523
Stock to Common Stock
(Note 11)
Redeemable Common Stock                              91,938        1        503         -                          504
converted to Common Stock
Purchase fractional shares                             (77)        -          -         -                            -
from reverse stock split
Net income for the year                                   -        -          -     1,589                        1,589

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Balance, January 31, 1998                                                10,514   $ 1,901                     $ 12,495
                                                  8,016,367  $    80  $

Issuance of Common Stock                          1,538,334       15      8,001                                  8,016
Directors fees                                          993                   3                                      3
Exercise of stock options                           103,542        1        505                                    506
Exercise of warrants                                  1,181                   6                                      6
Warrants issued for                                                          27                                     27
consulting services (Note
10)
Purchase of treasury stock                                                                 8,000     (41)         (41)
Acquisition of US             1,473,281       15  1,926,719       19     26,248                                 26,282
Marketing (Note 5)
Acquisition of Yeager                               164,289        2      1,148                                  1,150
Industries, Inc. (Note 5)
Net income for the year                                                             3,866                        3,866

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Balance, January 31, 1999     1,473,281     $ 15 11,751,425  $   117  $  46,452   $ 5,767  8,000  $  (41)     $ 52,310
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</TABLE>


                    See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

                                       F-6

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                                              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended January 31,                                                             1999                  1998
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                         <C>                  <C>               
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
     Net income                                                             $       3,866,538    $        1,589,008
     Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
       provided by (used in) operating activities:
          Depreciation and amortization                                               713,037               432,632
          Loss on disposition of equipment                                                  -                 1,338
          Provision for losses on accounts receivable                                   8,760                97,311
          Impairment of investment in limited partnership                              20,000                20,000
          Deferred income taxes                                                     (438,000)               470,000
          Services received in exchange for Common Stock                                3,000                 8,000
          Services received in exchange for Common Stock Warrants                      27,012                     -
          Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
             Increase in accounts receivable                                      (2,143,300)           (5,537,689)
             Decrease in inventories                                                3,298,263                     -
             Decrease (increase) in other assets                                      914,666             (421,882)
             Increase (decrease) in checks issued against future deposits           2,528,342           (3,093,479)
                                                                                                      
             (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses           (631,434)              120,614
                                                                                                            
             Decrease in deferred revenues                                        (5,650,890)                     -
             Increase in amounts due customers                                        601,597               794,271
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CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES                                     3,117,591           (5,519,876)
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
     Acquisition of Periodical Concepts                                           (2,500,000)                     -
     Cash acquired in acquisition of U.S. Marketing Services, Inc.                    295,945                     -
     Acquisition of Yeager Industries, Inc.                                       (2,365,433)                     -
     Acquisition of Mike Kessler & Associates, Inc., net of cash acquired                   -              (608,650)
                                                                                                          
     Capital expenditures                                                           (642,514)             (344,847)
     Loans to officers                                                                      -              (10,000)
     Collection on officers notes receivable                                           22,093               221,485
     Proceeds from sale of fixed assets                                                     -                 2,000
     Direct costs of companies acquired subsequent to year end                      (224,112)                     -
     Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance                              (42,272)              (55,333)
     Proceeds from surrender of life insurance policies                                     -                83,959
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CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES                                                 (5,456,293)             (711,386)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


                    See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                                              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended January 31,                                                             1999                  1998
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                         <C>                  <C>      
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
     Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock                                         8,527,870             6,725,882
     Borrowings under credit facility                                              36,483,000            37,777,000
     Principal payments on credit facility                                       (41,879,000)          (36,303,000)
     Repayments under short-term debt agreements                                     (30,997)           (2,221,961)
     Common Stock reacquired                                                         (41,131)                     -
     Other financing activities                                                           200                 (125)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES                                               3,059,942             5,977,796
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH                                                           721,240             (253,466)

CASH, beginning of period                                                              31,455               284,921
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CASH, end of period                                                         $         752,695    $           31,455
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



                    See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

                                      F-8
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                                       THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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1      SUMMARY OF                   Business
       ACCOUNTING
       POLICIES                     The Source Information Management Company 
                                    (the Company) is a provider of merchandise
                                    management information and related services
                                    primarily in connection with the display and
                                    marketing of magazines and other
                                    periodicals. The Company assists retailers
                                    in monitoring, documenting, claiming and
                                    collecting incentive payments, primarily
                                    from publishers of periodicals, and performs
                                    consulting and other services in exchange
                                    for commissions. The Company also obtains
                                    revenues from consulting and other services
                                    rendered to clients on other than a
                                    commission basis.

                                    The Company also designs and manufactures
                                    custom-designed product display units that
                                    are categorized as front-end merchandisers
                                    or point-of-purchase displays used by
                                    retailers and consumer product manufacturers
                                    nationwide.

                                    Principles of Consolidation

                                    The consolidated financial statements
                                    include the accounts of The Source
                                    Information Management Company and its
                                    wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the
                                    Company). The results of operations of
                                    Source-Yeager Industries, Inc. and
                                    Source-U.S. Marketing Services, Inc. and its
                                    subsidiary are included in the accompanying
                                    financial statements as of the date of
                                    acquisition. All material intercompany
                                    accounts and transactions have been
                                    eliminated in consolidation.

                                    Concentrations of Credit Risk

                                    During fiscal 1999 approximately 55% of the
                                    Company's revenues were derived from the
                                    services provided in connection with the
                                    collection of payments owed to the Company's
                                    retailer clients from magazine publishers
                                    under programs designed by the publishers to
                                    provide incentives to increase single copy
                                    magazine sales. The incentive programs,
                                    although part of the publishers' marketing
                                    strategy for over 20 years, are governed by
                                    short-term contracts. If magazine publishers
                                    discontinue or significantly modify the
                                    incentive programs in such a manner which
                                    makes the Company's services incompatible
                                    with the modified programs, the Company's
                                    results of operations and financial
                                    condition may be materially and adversely
                                    affected.

                                    In the Advance Pay Program (Note 3), the
                                    Company assumes the risk otherwise borne by
                                    the retailer that magazine publishers will
                                    refuse or be unable to pay the amount of
                                    incentive payments claimed. Based on
                                    historical experience, the Company maintains
                                    a reserve for claims submitted but subject
                                    to such a refusal or inability to pay.
                                    However, if a prominent magazine publisher
                                    files a petition in bankruptcy, seeks other
                                    protection from its creditors or otherwise
                                    refuses to pay, this reserve may be
                                    inadequate. The results of operations and
                                    the financial condition of the Company could
                                    be materially affected.

                                    In the display rack manufacturing segment,
                                    the Company does have significant client
                                    concentration. Substantially all of the
                                    Company's services are performed under
                                    short-term contracts, thus permitting the
                                    Company's clients to obtain services from
                                    other providers without further obligation
                                    to the Company. If the Company experiences a
                                    significant reduction in business from its
                                    clients, the Company's results of operations
                                    and financial condition may be materially
                                    and adversely affected. 


                                      F-9
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                                       THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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                                    Revenue Recognition

                                    Under both the standard arrangement and the
                                    Advance Pay Program, service revenues are
                                    recognized at the time claims for incentive
                                    payments are substantially completed for
                                    submission to the publishers. The service
                                    revenues recognized are based on the amount
                                    claimed, less an estimated reserve necessary
                                    to maintain an allowance for doubtful
                                    accounts of approximately 2% of trade
                                    accounts receivable. Under the standard
                                    arrangement, invoices for claim processing
                                    services are not issued until the Company
                                    receives settlement of the claim. However,
                                    under the Advance Pay Program, the customer
                                    is not invoiced for the commission, which is
                                    the difference between the claim and the
                                    advance amount.

                                    Revenues from annual PIN contracts are
                                    recognized ratably over a year.

                                    Front-end management revenues are generally
                                    recognized as services are performed, or in
                                    accordance with applicable contract terms.

                                    The Company generally recognizes
                                    manufacturing revenues when products are
                                    shipped. Upon request from a customer, the
                                    product can be stored for future delivery
                                    for the convenience of the customer. This
                                    only occurs when the manufacturing and
                                    earnings processes are complete, the
                                    customer accepts title in writing, the
                                    product is invoiced with payment due in the
                                    normal course of business, the delivery
                                    schedule is fixed and the product is
                                    segregated from other goods.

                                    Inventories

                                    Inventories are valued at the lower of cost
                                    or market. Cost is determined by the
                                    first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

                                    Equipment and Furniture

                                    Equipment and furniture are stated at cost.
                                    Depreciation is computed using the
                                    straight-line method for financial reporting
                                    and accelerated methods for income tax
                                    purposes over the estimated useful lives of
                                    5 to 7 years.

                                    Income Taxes

                                    The Company accounts for income taxes under
                                    an asset and liability approach that
                                    requires the recognition of deferred tax
                                    assets and liabilities for the expected
                                    future tax consequences of events that have
                                    been recognized in the Company's financial
                                    statements or tax returns. In estimating
                                    future tax consequences, the Company
                                    generally considers all expected future
                                    events other than enactments of changes in
                                    the tax laws or rates.

                                    Goodwill

                                    Goodwill represents the excess of the cost
                                    of a company acquired over the fair value of
                                    the net assets acquired which is amortized
                                    over 15 to 20 years.

                                    Stock-Based Compensation


                                      F-10
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                                       THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                    The Company grants stock options for a fixed
                                    number of shares to employees with an
                                    exercise price greater than or equal to the
                                    fair value of the shares at the date of
                                    grant. The Company accounts for stock option
                                    grants in accordance with Accounting
                                    Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting
                                    for Stock Issued to Employees" (APB Opinion
                                    No. 25). That Opinion requires that
                                    compensation cost related to fixed stock
                                    option plans be recognized only to the
                                    extent that the fair value of the shares at
                                    the grant date exceeds the exercise price.
                                    Accordingly, the Company recognizes no
                                    compensation expense for its stock option
                                    grants. In October 1995, the Financial
                                    Accounting Standards Board, issued Statement
                                    of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.
                                    123, "Accounting for Stock-Based
                                    Compensation". SFAS No. 123 allows companies
                                    to continue to account for their stock
                                    option plans in accordance with APB Opinion
                                    No. 25, but encourages the adoption of a new
                                    accounting method based on the estimated
                                    fair value of employee stock options. Pro
                                    forma net income and earnings per share,
                                    determined as if the Company had applied the
                                    new method, are disclosed within Note 13.

                                    Accounting Estimates

                                    The preparation of financial statements in
                                    conformity with generally accepted
                                    accounting principles requires management to
                                    make estimates and assumptions that affect
                                    the reported amounts of assets and
                                    liabilities and disclosure of contingent
                                    assets and liabilities at the date of the
                                    financial statements and the reported
                                    amounts of revenues and expenses during the
                                    reporting period. Actual results could
                                    differ from those estimates.

                                    Long-Lived Assets

                                    In March 1995, SFAS No. 121 "Accounting for
                                    the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for
                                    Long-Lived Assets Disposed Of" was issued.
                                    SFAS No. 121 requires that long-lived assets
                                    and certain identifiable intangibles to be
                                    held and used or disposed of by an entity be
                                    reviewed for impairment whenever events or
                                    changes in circumstances indicate that the
                                    carrying amount of an asset may not be
                                    recoverable. Management periodically reviews
                                    the carrying value of property and equipment
                                    and intangibles in relation to the operating
                                    performance and future undiscounted cash
                                    flows of the underlying business to
                                    determine whether impairment exists. No
                                    impairment was identified for the years
                                    ended January 31, 1999 and 1998.

                                    Earnings Per Share

                                    In February 1997, the Financial Accounting
                                    Standards Board issued SFAS No. 128,
                                    "Earnings per Share," which requires the
                                    presentation of "basic" earnings per share,
                                    computed by dividing net income available to
                                    common shareholders by the weighted average
                                    number of common shares outstanding for the
                                    period, and "diluted" earnings per share,
                                    which reflects the potential dilution that
                                    could occur if securities or other contracts
                                    to issue common stock were exercised or
                                    converted into common stock or resulted in
                                    the issuance of common stock that then
                                    shared in the earnings of the entity. The
                                    Company adopted SFAS No. 128 in the fourth
                                    quarter of fiscal 1998 and has restated all
                                    prior period earnings per share data
                                    presented. The adoption of SFAS No. 128 did
                                    not have a material effect on the Company's
                                    previously reported earnings per share
                                    information.


                                      F-11
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                                       THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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                                    Software Capitalization Policy

                                    The Company capitalizes software in
                                    accordance with Statement of Position 98-1
                                    ("SOP 98-1"). The SOP allows capitalization
                                    of costs of computer software developed or
                                    obtained for internal use only for (i)
                                    external direct costs of materials and
                                    services incurred in developing or obtaining
                                    internal-use computer software, (ii) payroll
                                    and payroll-related costs for employees who
                                    are directly associated with and devote time
                                    to the internal-use computer software
                                    project, to the extent of the time spent
                                    directly on the project, or (iii) interest
                                    costs incurred while developing internal-use
                                    computer software.

                                    Reclassifications

                                    Certain 1998 amounts have been reclassified
                                    to conform to the 1999 presentation.

                                    New Accounting Standards

                                    SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive
                                    Income," was issued in June 1997.
                                    Comprehensive income is defined as net
                                    income plus certain items that are recorded
                                    directly to shareholders' equity, such as
                                    unrealized gains and losses on
                                    available-for-sale securities. The Company
                                    adopted SFAS No. 130 in the first quarter of
                                    fiscal 1999, but had no "other"
                                    comprehensive income items for the years
                                    presented in the statements of income or
                                    accumulated as of the balances sheet date
                                    presented.

                                    SFAS No. 131, "Disclosure about Segments of
                                    an Enterprise and Related Information," is
                                    effective for financial statements for
                                    periods beginning after December 15, 1997,
                                    but interim reporting is not required in
                                    1998. An operating segment is defined under
                                    SFAS No. 131 as a component of an enterprise
                                    that engages in business activities that
                                    generate revenue and expense for which
                                    operating results are reviewed by the chief
                                    operating decision maker in the
                                    determination of resource allocation and
                                    performance. See Note 16.

                                    SOP 98-5, "Reporting on the Costs of
                                    Start-Up Activities," requires that the
                                    costs of start-up activities, including
                                    organization costs, be expenses as incurred.
                                    This Statement is effective for financial
                                    statements issued for fiscal years beginning
                                    after December 15, 1998. The Company
                                    believes that the adoption of SOP 98-5 will
                                    have no material effect on the financial
                                    statements.

                                    In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133
                                    "Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging
                                    Activities," which establishes accounting
                                    and reporting standards for derivative
                                    instruments, including certain derivative
                                    instruments embedded in other contracts,
                                    (collectively referred to as derivatives)
                                    and for hedging activities. SFAS No. 133 is
                                    effective for years beginning after June
                                    15, 1999 and requires comparative
                                    information for all fiscal quarters of
                                    fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999.
                                    The Company does not expect the adoption of
                                    this statement to have a significant impact
                                    on the results of operations, financial
                                    position or cash flows.

2.     RELATED PARTY                The Company currently leases certain office
       TRANSACTIONS                 space and from time to time leases an 
                                    airplane from partnerships controlled by
                                    stockholders of the Company. Amounts paid
                                    for the office space were approximately
                                    $278,000 and $223,000 for 1999 and 1998,
                                    respectively. Amounts paid for the airplane
                                    were approximately $1,800 and



                                      F-12
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                                       THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                    $12,000 for 1999 and 1998, respectively.

                                    Certain officers of the Company, have from
                                    time to time, received cash advances from
                                    the Company. The officers executed
                                    promissory notes in favor of the Company in
                                    the aggregate amounts of $295,293. All notes
                                    were paid in full by January 31, 1999.

3.     ADVANCE PAY
       PROGRAM                      The Company has established an Advance Pay 
                                    Program. Under this program the Company
                                    advances an agreed upon percentage of the
                                    incentive payments otherwise due the
                                    retailer from magazine publishers upon
                                    quarterly submission of claims for such
                                    payments. The claims otherwise due the
                                    retailer become due the Company. Included in
                                    trade receivables at January 31, 1999 is
                                    $19,965,882 due the Company under the
                                    Advance Pay Program (net of $6,210,636 due
                                    the program participants). Service revenues
                                    from the program were approximately
                                    $6,668,000 and $4,576,000 during 1999 and
                                    1998, respectively.

4.     INVENTORIES                  Inventories consist of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                    January 31,                                                                    1999
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                       <C>          
                                    Raw materials                                                         $     576,101
                                    Work-in-process                                                             805,932
                                    Finished goods                                                               13,666
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 
                                                                                                          $   1,395,699
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

5.     BUSINESS                     Acquisition of Mike Kessler and Associates,
       COMBINATIONS                 Inc.

                                    On May 30, 1997, the Company acquired
                                    all of the stock of Mike Kessler and
                                    Associates, Inc. (MKA) for $2,500,000 of
                                    which $350,000 was paid upon closing and the
                                    balance was paid on January 5, 1998 with
                                    interest at 6.25%. The seller operated MKA
                                    as a business engaged in the collection of
                                    retail display allowances for retail store
                                    chains. The Company has continued the
                                    operation of such business and has continued
                                    servicing MKA's customer base.

                                    This transaction has been accounted for as a
                                    purchase, and accordingly, the assets and
                                    liabilities have been recorded at fair
                                    market value. Results of operations have
                                    been included as of the effective date of
                                    the transaction. The purchase price exceeded
                                    the fair value of the assets acquired in the
                                    amount of $2,382,900 and is being amortized
                                    straight line over 15 years.

                                    Unaudited pro forma results of operations
                                    for 1998 for the Company and MKA is listed
                                    below (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                    Year Ended January 31,                                                          1998
                                    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                  <C>                                <C>
                                    Total Revenues                   As reported                        $         11,804
                                                                     Pro forma                                    12,304
                                    Net Income                       As reported                                   1,589
                                                                     Pro forma                                     1,637
</TABLE>




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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                 <C>             
                                Earnings Per Share
                                    Basic                        As reported                        $           0.23
                                    Diluted                      As reported                                    0.22
                                    Basic                        Pro forma                                      0.23
                                    Diluted                      Pro forma                                      0.23
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                    Acquisition of Periodical Concepts

                                    On July 27, 1998, the Company acquired all
                                    the assets of Periodical Concepts, a Texas
                                    general partnership doing business as PC2,
                                    for $2,500,000 in cash. Prior to the
                                    acquisition, PC2 provided information and
                                    marketing services to retail stores selling
                                    magazines and other periodicals. The Company
                                    intends to continue the operation of such
                                    business and does not intend to
                                    substantially change the nature of PC2's
                                    operation.

                                    This transaction has been accounted for as a
                                    purchase, and accordingly, the assets and
                                    liabilities have been recorded at fair
                                    market value. Results of operations have
                                    been included as of the effective date of
                                    the transaction. The purchase price exceeds
                                    the fair value of the assets acquired by
                                    approximately $2,400,000 and is being
                                    amortized straight line over 15 years.

                                    Acquisition of Yeager Industries, Inc.

                                    On January 7, 1999, the Company acquired the
                                    net of Yeager Industries, Inc. for $2.3
                                    million in cash and 164,289 shares of the
                                    Company's Common Stock, valued at the time
                                    of the acquisition at $1.15 million. The
                                    purchase price could be increased by up to
                                    $500,000 depending on Yeager's performance
                                    over the next two years. Yeager manufactures
                                    front-end display racks from facilities in
                                    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

                                    This transaction has been accounted for as a
                                    purchase, and accordingly, the assets and
                                    liabilities have been recorded at fair
                                    market value. Results of operations have
                                    been included as of the effective date of
                                    the transaction. The purchase price exceeds
                                    the fair value of the assets acquired by
                                    approximately $1,038,000 and is being
                                    amortized straight line over 20 years.

                                    Acquisition of U.S. Marketing Services, Inc.

                                    On January 7, 1999 the Company acquired all
                                    of the stock of U.S. Marketing Services,
                                    Inc. ("U.S. Marketing") in exchange for
                                    1,926,719 shares of the Company's Common
                                    Stock and 1,473,281 shares of the Company's
                                    Class A Convertible Preferred Stock, valued
                                    at the time of the acquisition at $26.3
                                    million in total. The Class A Convertible
                                    Preferred Stock was converted into an equal
                                    number of Common Shares on March 30, 1999.
                                    U.S. Marketing's subsidiary Brand
                                    Manufacturing Corporation ("Brand")
                                    manufactures front-end display racks from
                                    manufacturing facilities in Brooklyn, New
                                    York and a warehouse and distribution
                                    facility in New Jersey. Through its
                                    affiliates, Brand provides trucking and
                                    freight services and removes and disposes of
                                    display racks no longer required by its
                                    customers.



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                                    This transaction has been accounted for as a
                                    purchase, and accordingly, the assets and
                                    liabilities have been recorded at fair
                                    market value. Results of operations have
                                    been included as of the effective date of
                                    the transaction. The purchase price exceeded
                                    the fair value of the assets acquired by
                                    approximately $23,064,000 and is being
                                    amortized straight line over 20 years.

                                    Unaudited pro forma results of operations
                                    for 1999 and 1998 for the Company and U.S.
                                    Marketing are listed below (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                Year Ended January 31,                                        1999              1998
                                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                              <C>               <C>              <C>
                                Total Revenues                   As reported       $        14,229  $         11,804
                                                                 Pro forma                  33,539            31,405
                                Net Income                       As reported                 3,866             1,589
                                                                 Pro forma                   1,695             3,821
                                Earnings Per Share
                                    Basic                        As reported       $           .42  $            .23
                                    Diluted                      As reported                   .40               .22
                                    Basic                        Pro forma                     .14               .37
                                    Diluted                      Pro forma                     .13               .37
                                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

6.     DUE TO RETAILERS             For the service segment, the Company has 
                                    arrangements with certain of its customers
                                    whereby the Company is authorized to collect
                                    and deposit in its own accounts, checks
                                    payable to its customers for incentive
                                    payments. The Company retains the commission
                                    related to such payments and pays the
                                    customer the difference. The Company owes
                                    retailers $1,235,718 at January 31, 1999
                                    under such arrangements.

                                    For the display rack manufacturing segment,
                                    Due to Retailers represents funds collected
                                    on behalf of the retailers on front-end
                                    racking programs not yet remitted to the
                                    retailer.

7.     LONG-TERM DEBT               Long-term debt consists of:
       AND REVOLVING
       CREDIT FACILITY



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                 January 31,                                                                    1999
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                    <C>          
                                 Revolving Credit Facility                                             $   3,202,000

                                 Unsecured note payable to former owners of
                                 acquired Company, non-interest bearing, payable
                                 in five equal annual installments beginning in November 1999                300,000

                                 Term note payable in monthly installments of $629
                                 through November 1999, collateralized by an automobile                        6,057
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Total Long-term Debt                                                      3,508,057

                                 Less current maturities                                                      66,057
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Long-term Debt                                                        $   3,442,000
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                    Annual maturities of long-term debt are as
                                    follows: 2000 - $66,057; 2001 - $3,262,000;
                                    2002 - $60,000; 2003 - $60,000; 2004 -
                                    $60,000.

                                    The Company has an agreement providing for
                                    revolving loans up to $15,000,000. The bank
                                    has the right to terminate the agreement
                                    upon not less than thirteen months prior
                                    written notice. Borrowings bear interest at
                                    a rate related to the monthly LIBOR index
                                    rate plus a percentage ranging from 2.5% to
                                    3.5%, depending upon the ratio of funded
                                    debt to earnings before interest, taxes,
                                    depreciation and amortization (effectively
                                    8.4727% at January 31, 1999). Borrowings are
                                    secured by a security interest in
                                    substantially all the Company's assets
                                    including receivables, inventory, equipment,
                                    goods and fixtures, software, contract
                                    rights, notes, and general intangibles.

                                    The revolving loan agreement requires the
                                    Company to maintain certain ratios and a
                                    specified level of net worth, restricts
                                    payment of dividends, and limits additional
                                    indebtedness. The Company was in compliance
                                    with such ratios at January 31, 1999.

                                    On March 31, 1999 the Company entered into a
                                    new credit agreement with Wachovia Bank,
                                    N.A. See Note 17, Subsequent Events.

8.     INCOME TAXES                 Provision for federal and state income taxes
                                    in the consolidated statements of operations
                                    consist of the following components:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                 Year Ended January 31,                                     1999             1998
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                    <C>              <C>         
                                 Current
                                     Federal                                           $   2,473,000    $    606,000
                                     State                                                   632,000         155,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Total Current                                             3,105,000         761,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Deferred
                                     Federal                                               (349,000)         376,000
                                     State                                                  (89,000)          94,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Total Deferred                                            (438,000)         470,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Total Income Tax Expense                              $   2,667,000    $  1,231,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax
                                 effects of temporary differences between the
                                 carrying amount of the assets and liabilities
                                 for financial reporting purposes and the
                                 amounts used for income tax purposes. The
                                 sources of the temporary differences and their
                                 effect on deferred taxes are as follows:
<CAPTION>

                                 January 31,                                                              1999
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                <C>
                                 Deferred Tax Assets
                                     Net operating loss carryforward                               $       1,082,000
                                     Allowance for doubtful accounts                                         185,000
                                     Deferred compensation                                                    52,000
                                     Other                                                                    73,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                           1,392,000
                                 Less:  Valuation allowance                                              (1,137,000)
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Deferred Tax Asset, Net                                                     255,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Deferred Tax Liabilities
                                     Book/tax difference in accounts receivable                              849,000
                                     Income not previously taxed under cash
                                         basis of accounting for income tax purposes                          72,000
                                     Depreciation                                                             43,000
                                      Other                                                                    2,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Total Deferred Tax Liabilities                                              966,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Net Deferred Tax Liability                                             $    711,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Classified as
                                     Non-current asset                                                         7,000
                                     Current liability                                                       718,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Net Deferred Tax Liability                                             $    711,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



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                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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                                 The deferred tax asset in the accounts of
                                 Source-U.S. Marketing Services, Inc.
                                 ("Source-U.S. Marketing") totaling $1,137,000
                                 is fully offset by a valuation allowance of the
                                 same amount due to uncertainty regarding its
                                 ultimate utilization. At January 31, 1999,
                                 Source-U.S. Marketing had net operating loss
                                 ("NOL") carryforwards of approximately
                                 $1,800,000 expiring through 2018. Brand, a
                                 wholly owned subsidiary of Source-U.S.
                                 Marketing, had NOL carryforwards at January 31,
                                 1999 of approximately $880,000 expiring through
                                 2018.

                                 All of the valuation allowance for deferred tax
                                 assets for subsequent recognized tax benefits
                                 will be allocated to reduce goodwill.

                                 The following summary reconciles income taxes
                                 at the maximum federal statutory rate with the
                                 effective rates for 1999 and 1998:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 Year Ended January 31,                                       1999           1998
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                      <C>            <C>         
                                 Income tax expense (benefit) at statutory rate          $  2,221,000   $    960,000
                                 State income tax expense (benefit), net of
                                    federal income tax benefit                                379,000        200,000
                                 Non-deductible meals and entertainment                        37,000         30,000             
                                 Non-deductible officers' life insurance                       (6,000)         7,000
                                 Non-deductible goodwill amortization                         134,000         61,000             
                                 Utilization of NOL carryforwards                                   -        (19,000)
                                 Other, net                                                   (98,000)        (8,000)
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Income Tax Expense                                      $  2,667,000   $  1,231,000
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

9.     COMMITMENTS               Leases

                                 The Company leases office and manufacturing
                                 space, an apartment, computer equipment, and
                                 vehicles under leases that expire over the next
                                 five years. The Company also leases an
                                 administrative facility from a related party
                                 under an operating lease that expires in 2012.
                                 The Company has reached an agreement to
                                 purchase this property for $1.8 million in
                                 cash. The value of the property was appraised
                                 at $1.6 million in August 1998. The Board
                                 appointed Timothy Braswell, an independent
                                 director, to negotiate this transaction on the
                                 Company's behalf and, based on Mr. Braswell's
                                 recommendation, the Board believes the terms of
                                 the proposed purchase are fair to the Company.
                                 In most other cases, management expects that in
                                 the normal course of business, leases will be
                                 renewed or replaced with other leases. Rent
                                 expense was approximately $622,000 and $462,000
                                 for the years ended January 31, 1999 and 1998,
                                 respectively. Amounts paid to related parties
                                 included in total rent expense were
                                 approximately $278,000 and $223,000 for 1999
                                 and 1998, respectively.

                                 Future minimum payments, by year and in the
                                 aggregate, under noncancelable operating leases
                                 with initial or remaining terms of one year or
                                 more consisted of the following at January 31,
                                 1999:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                         Operating
                                 Year Ending January 31,                                                   leases
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                          <C>    
                                 2000                                                                        959,299
                                 2001                                                                        589,357
                                 2002                                                                        330,035
                                 2003                                                                        299,711
                                 2004                                                                        292,449
                                 Thereafter                                                                2,563,865
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 Total minimum lease payments                                         $    5,034,716
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                 Litigation

                                 The Company has pending certain legal actions
                                 and claims incurred in the normal course of
                                 business and is actively pursuing the defense
                                 thereof. In the opinion of management, these
                                 actions and claims are either without merit or
                                 are covered by insurance and will not have a
                                 material adverse effect on the Company's
                                 financial condition, results of operations or
                                 liquidity.

                                 Employment agreements

                                 The Company has entered into employment
                                 agreements with certain officers and key
                                 employees. These agreements expire at dates
                                 ranging from January 2000 to January 2004, are
                                 subject to annual renewal, and require annual
                                 salary levels and termination benefits, should
                                 a termination occur.

                                 Consulting agreements

                                 On May 31, 1997, the Company entered into a
                                 three year consulting agreement with a company
                                 owned by the former shareholder of Mike Kessler
                                 and Associates, Inc. The agreement requires the
                                 Company to make payments aggregating $75,000,
                                 $65,000 and $50,000 annually for the first,
                                 second and third years of the agreement.

                                 The Company entered into a consulting agreement
                                 with Herbert A. Hardt commencing on August 31,
                                 1998 and ending November 25, 2000. The
                                 agreement requires the Company to issue a
                                 warrant, expiring January 31, 2001, to purchase
                                 150,000 shares of Common Stock, which was
                                 independently appraised at $37,500.

                                 Union Contracts

                                 At January 31, 1999 approximately 265 of the
                                 Company's 497 employees were members of a
                                 collective bargaining unit. The Company is
                                 party to two collective bargaining agreements,
                                 which expire on September 30, 1999 and December
                                 31, 2000.

                                 Company contributions to the Union funds
                                 charged to operations were approximately
                                 $64,000 for the period ended January 31, 1999.


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10.    COMMON STOCK              In September 1997, the Company issued to Aron 
                                 Katzman, Harry L. Franc, III and Timothy A.
                                 Braswell, each a director of the Company,
                                 non-transferable warrants, expiring in 2000, to
                                 purchase an aggregate of 89,289 shares of
                                 Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per
                                 share. These warrants will vest at a rate of
                                 25% on August 1, 1998, 25% on November 1, 1998,
                                 25% on February 1, 1999 and 25% on May 1, 1999.
                                 The related cost as determined by independent
                                 appraisal of approximately $54,000 will be
                                 recognized ratably over those periods.

                                 In October 1997, the Company sold in a public
                                 offering (the "Offering"), 2,000,000 shares of
                                 the Company's Common Stock. Concurrent with the
                                 Offering, the Company effected the 1 for 1.21
                                 reverse stock split previously approved by the
                                 Company's shareholders. The weighted average
                                 number of common shares presented in the
                                 financial statements have been retroactively
                                 restated to give effect to such reverse stock
                                 split.

11.    PREFERRED STOCK           The Company has authorized 2,000,000 shares of 
                                 $.01 par Preferred Stock. On March 13, 1996,
                                 65,000 shares were designated as 1996 Series 7%
                                 Convertible Preferred Stock. Rights and
                                 restrictions on the remaining shares will be
                                 established if, and when, any shares are
                                 issued.

                                 Each share of the 1996 Series 7% Convertible
                                 Preferred Stock entitles its holder to receive
                                 an annual dividend, when and as declared by the
                                 Board of Directors, of $7 per share payable in
                                 shares of the Company's Common Stock; to
                                 convert it into shares of Common Stock; to
                                 receive $100 per share in the event of
                                 dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the
                                 Company, whether voluntary or involuntary; and
                                 subject to certain conditions in the
                                 Certificate of Designations, Preferences and
                                 Relative Rights of 1996 Series 7% Convertible
                                 Preferred Stock, may be redeemed at the option
                                 of the Company at a price of $100 per share
                                 within 30 days following the effective date of
                                 a merger or consolidation in which the Company
                                 is not the surviving entity.

                                 Each share of the 1996 Series 7% Convertible
                                 Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the
                                 option of the holder thereof, into shares of
                                 the Common Stock of the Company, at the
                                 conversion price equal to 80% of the current
                                 market price of the Common Stock, provided,
                                 however, the conversion price shall not be less
                                 than $4.24 nor more than $6.66 per share of
                                 Common Stock. For purposes of such conversion,
                                 each share of the 1996 Series 7% Convertible
                                 Preferred Stock shall be accepted by the
                                 Company for surrender at its Liquidation Amount
                                 of $100 per share.

                                 On February 28, 1997, the Company issued a
                                 Common Stock dividend to investors who held the
                                 Company's 1996 Series 7% Convertible Preferred
                                 Stock. At this date there were 5,600 shares of
                                 such stock outstanding. The 7% dividend
                                 resulted in a Common Stock dividend of 6,381
                                 shares based on an issuance price of $3.06 per
                                 share.

                                 In July 1997, the Company exchanged all 5,600
                                 outstanding shares of the Company's 1996 Series
                                 7% Convertible Preferred Stock for an aggregate
                                 of 186,667 shares of Common Stock and
                                 non-transferable warrants, expiring in 2000, to
                                 purchase 310,709 shares of Common Stock at an
                                 exercise price of $3.00 per share. Such
                                 exchange resulted in a constructive dividend,
                                 based on the independently appraised value of
                                 the non-transferable warrants, of $109,937
                                 which was reported in the fiscal quarter ended



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                                 July 31, 1997.

                                 On January 6, 1999, 1,500,000 shares of
                                 Preferred Stock were designated as Class A
                                 Convertible Preferred Stock. The shares of
                                 Class A Convertible Preferred Stock carry no
                                 voting rights; however, the Company shall not,
                                 without the approval of at least a majority of
                                 the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, (i)
                                 amend the Articles of Incorporation or any
                                 other document to alter or change any rights,
                                 preferences or privileges of the Preferred
                                 Stock or to materially and adversely affect the
                                 Preferred Stock, (ii) increase or decrease the
                                 authorized number of shares of Preferred stock
                                 or effect a stock split or reverse stock split
                                 of the Preferred Stock, or (iii) authorize
                                 another class or series of shares senior to or
                                 pari passu with the Preferred Stock with
                                 respect to distribution of assets on
                                 liquidation. The holders of Preferred Stock are
                                 entitled to receive dividends at the same rate,
                                 on the same conditions at the same time and to
                                 the same extent dividend are paid or declared
                                 by the Company on the Common Stock. In the
                                 event of any voluntary or involuntary
                                 liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
                                 Company, the holders of the Preferred Stock
                                 shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the
                                 assets of the Company, before any amount shall
                                 be paid to the holders of the Common Stock, a
                                 liquidation preference amount of $7.73 per
                                 share plus any dividends previously declared
                                 but unpaid (the "Liquidation Preference
                                 Amount"). Upon approval by the holders of a
                                 majority of the shares of Common Stock voting
                                 at a Special Meeting , each share of Preferred
                                 Stock shall be converted automatically into one
                                 share of Common Stock. If shareholder approval
                                 is not obtained on or before June 30, 1999, the
                                 Company shall, at the election of any holder of
                                 the Preferred Stock, convert all of the shares
                                 of the Preferred Stock held by such holder into
                                 a demand note of the Company with a principal
                                 amount per share equal to the Liquidation
                                 Preference Amount. For the shares of Preferred
                                 Stock which are to be converted, the Company is
                                 obligated to deliver to the holder thereof a
                                 note in a principal amount equal to the
                                 Liquidation Preference Amount times the number
                                 of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted.
                                 Such note shall be payable on demand with 30
                                 days notice and shall bear interest at the
                                 Prime Rate (as announced from time to time by
                                 J.P. Morgan) plus 1% from the date of
                                 conversion.

                                 On January 7, 1999, 1,473,281 shares of Class A
                                 Convertible Preferred Stock were issued in
                                 connection with the acquisition of U.S.
                                 Marketing Services, Inc. On March 30, 1999 the
                                 Preferred Stock was converted to 1,473,281
                                 shares of Common Stock.

12.    EARNINGS PER SHARE        In calculating earnings per share, Net Income 
                                 for the year ended January 31, 1998 was reduced
                                 by a constructive dividend of $109,937, which
                                 resulted from the exchange of all 5,600
                                 outstanding shares of Preferred Stock for
                                 186,667 shares of Common Stock and
                                 non-transferable warrants.

                                 A reconciliation of the denominators of the
                                 basic and diluted earnings per share
                                 computations are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                 YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31,                                             1999        1998
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                            <C>         <C>      
                                 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding          9,132,383   6,561,761

                                 Effect of dilutive securities - stock options and warrants      643,289     131,905
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                            <C>         <C>
              
                                 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - as
                                 adjusted                                                      9,775,673   6,693,666
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

13.    EMPLOYEE                  Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan
       BENEFIT PLANS
                                 The Company has a combined profit sharing and
                                 401(k) Plan. Annual contributions to the profit
                                 sharing portion of the Plan are determined by
                                 the Board of Directors and may not exceed the
                                 amount that may be deducted for federal income
                                 tax purposes. There were no profit sharing
                                 contributions charged against operations for
                                 the years ended January 31, 1999 and 1998.

                                 Under the 401(k) portion of the Plan, all
                                 eligible employees may elect to contribute 2%
                                 to 20% of their compensation up to the maximum
                                 allowed under the Internal Revenue Code. The
                                 Company matches one half of an employee's
                                 contribution, not to exceed 5% of the
                                 employee's salary. The amounts matched by the
                                 Company during the years ended January 31, 1999
                                 and 1998 pursuant to this Plan were
                                 approximately $63,000 and $63,000,
                                 respectively.

                                 Deferred Compensation Plan

                                 During fiscal year 1997, the Company
                                 established an unfunded deferred compensation
                                 plan for certain officers, who elect to defer a
                                 percentage of their current compensation. The
                                 Company does not make contributions to the plan
                                 and is responsible only for the administrative
                                 costs associated with the plan. Benefits are
                                 payable to the participating officers upon
                                 their death or termination of employment. From
                                 the deferred funds, the Company has purchased
                                 certain life insurance policies. However, the
                                 proceeds and surrender value of these policies
                                 are not restricted to pay deferred compensation
                                 benefits when they are due.

                                 Stock Option Plan

                                 In August 1995, the Company established its
                                 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan ("the Plan")
                                 for key employees and reserved 520,661 shares
                                 of Common Stock for the Plan. At a Special
                                 Meeting of Shareholders on March 30, 1999, the
                                 shares reserved for issuance under this Plan
                                 were increased by 1 million shares to
                                 1,520,661. Under the Plan, the Stock Option
                                 Committee may grant stock options to key
                                 employees at not less than one hundred percent
                                 (100%) of the fair market value of the
                                 Company's Common Stock at the date of grant.
                                 The durations and exercisability of the grants
                                 vary according to the individual options
                                 granted.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                      Weighted
                                                                                  Range of            Average
                                                                Number of         Exercise            Exercise
                                                                 Options           Prices              Price
                                                             --------------------------------------------------------
 
<S>                                                                <C>          <C>                     <C> 
                                Options outstanding at
                                  January 31, 1997                   165,288    5.30 - 5.60             5.45

                                Options granted                      327,275    1.66 - 5.60             2.97
                                Options expired                       92,554    2.42 - 5.60             5.26

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                                <C>           <C>                    <C> 
                                Options exercised                      2,182        2.42                2.42

                                                             --------------------------------------------------------
                                Options outstanding at
                                  January 31, 1998                   397,827     1.66 -5.60             3.47

                                Options granted                    1,036,820    5.00 - 10.88            7.09
                                Options expired                       56,047    2.42 - 5.60             4.36
                                Options exercised                    103,542    2.42 - 5.60             4.88

                                                             --------------------------------------------------------
                                Options outstanding at
                                  January 31, 1999                 1,275,058    1.66 - 10.88            6.26
                                                             --------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                    The following table summarizes information
                                    about the stock options outstanding at
                                    January 31, 1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                   Remaining
                                                               Number             Contractual          Options
                                    Exercise Price           Outstanding         Life (Months)       Exercisable
                                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                 <C>                                          <C>
                                         1.66                          89,256          40                      29,752
                                         2.42                          45,455         101                     18,182
                                         2.42                          16,445         101                     10,963
                                         2.66                          49,091         41                      16,363
                                         5.00                          70,000         116                     23,333
                                         5.00                          58,347         116                     19,449
                                         5.00                          50,000         116                     10,000
                                         5.13                          10,000         108                          0
                                         5.13                         360,000         108                          0
                                         5.30                          42,644         100                     42,644
                                         6.13                             910         113                        303
                                         6.63                          20,000         111                      4,000
                                         6.63                             910         111                        303
                                         7.38                           5,000         118                      1,000
                                         7.81                         202,000         118                          0
                                         10.88                        155,000         119                     31,000
                                         10.88                        100,000         119                     33,333
                                                                      -------                                 ------

                                                                    1,275,058                                240,625
                                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                 Options exercisable at January 31, 1999 totaled
                                 245,673 with a weighted average exercise price
                                 of $5.80. Options exercisable at January 31,
                                 1998 totaled 131,922 with a weighted average
                                 exercise price of $4.82. The weighted average
                                 fair value of each option granted during the
                                 year was $1.34 and $.61 (at grant date) in 1999
                                 and 1998, respectively.

                                 The options above were issued at exercise
                                 prices which approximate fair market value at
                                 the date of grant. At January 31, 1999, 26,879
                                 shares were available for grant under the Plan.
                                 As of January 31, 1999, 527,000 options had
                                 been granted 



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                                      NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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                                 by the Stock Option Committee that were subject
                                 to approval of the proposal to increase the
                                 authorized shares of the Plan by 1 million. The
                                 proposal was approved at a Special Meeting of
                                 the Shareholders on March 30, 1999. Had
                                 shareholder approval not been obtained, the
                                 options issued would have been treated as
                                 non-qualified options.

                                 As discussed in the Summary of Accounting
                                 Policies, the Company applies APB Opinion No.
                                 25 and related interpretations in accounting
                                 for this plan. Accordingly, no compensation
                                 cost has been recognized for its incentive
                                 stock option plan. Had compensation cost for
                                 the Company's stock-based compensation plan
                                 been determined based on the fair value at the
                                 grant dates for awards under the plan
                                 consistent with the method of SFAS No. 123, the
                                 Company's consolidated net income and
                                 consolidated income per share would have been
                                 reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated
                                 below:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 Year Ended January 31,                                            1999         1998
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                    <C>             <C>               <C>       
                                 Net income                            As reported      $     3,866,538   $1,589,008
                                                                       Pro forma              3,766,441    1,575,534

                                 Basic earnings per share              As reported                  .42          .23
                                                                       Pro forma                    .41          .22

                                 Diluted earnings per share            As reported                  .40          .22
                                                                       Pro forma                    .39          .22
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                 The pro forma amounts reflected above are not
                                 representative of the effects on reported net
                                 income in future years because in general, the
                                 options granted typically do not vest for
                                 several years and additional awards are made
                                 each year. The fair value of each option grant
                                 is estimated on the grant date using the
                                 Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
                                 following assumptions:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                Year Ended January 31,                                         1999             1998
                                -------------------------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------
<S>                                                                                   <C>                <C>
                                Dividend yield                                                   0%               0%
                                Range of expected lives (years)                          1.0 - 2.05          3.6 -10
                                Range of expected volatility                            0.30 - 0.40      0.40 - 0.60
                                Risk-free interest rate                               4.11% - 5.66%            5.90%
                                -------------------------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------
</TABLE>

                                 Stock Award Plan

                                 In September 1996, the Company adopted its
                                 Stock Award Plan for all employees and reserved
                                 41,322 shares of Common Stock for such plan.
                                 Under the plan, the Stock Award Committee,
                                 appointed by the Board of Directors of the
                                 Company, shall determine the employees to whom
                                 awards shall be granted.

14.    SUPPLEMENTAL CASH 
       FLOW INFORMATION          Supplemental information on interest and income
                                 taxes paid is as follows:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                 Year Ended January 31,                                    1999                 1998
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                    <C>          
                                 Interest                                       $       357,000        $     700,000

                                 Income Taxes                                   $     2,222,000        $   1,081,000
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                 On February 28, 1997, 6,381 shares of Common
                                 Stock were issued as a dividend to the
                                 preferred shareholders as of that date.

                                 As part of the acquisition of Mike Kessler &
                                 Associates, Inc. the Company entered into a
                                 short-term debt agreement for $2,150,000. The
                                 obligation was paid in full at its due date in
                                 January 1998.

                                 As part of the acquisitions in January 1999,
                                 the Company issued 2,091,008 shares of Common
                                 Stock and 1,473,281 shares of Class A
                                 Convertible Preferred Stock.

15.    FAIR VALUES OF            The following methods and assumptions were 
       FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS     used to estimate the fair values of each class 
                                 of financial instruments for which it is
                                 practicable to estimate that value:

                                 Trade Receivables

                                 The carrying amounts approximate fair value
                                 because of the short maturity of those
                                 instruments.

                                 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses, and
                                 Amounts Due to Retailers

                                 Carrying amounts are reasonable estimates of
                                 fair value due to the relatively short period
                                 between origination and expected repayment of
                                 these instruments.

                                 Long-term Debt and Revolving Credit Facility

                                 It is presumed that the carrying amount of the
                                 revolving credit facility is a reasonable
                                 estimate of fair value because the financial
                                 instrument bears a variable interest rate.

                                 The carrying amount of long-term debt has been
                                 discounted to its present value.

                                 The estimated fair values of the Company's
                                 financial instruments are as follows:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     Carrying              Fair
                                 January 31, 1999                                       value             value
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                               <C>               <C>             
                                 Financial Assets
                                        Trade receivables                         $    32,593,428   $     32,593,428

                                 Financial Liabilities
                                        Accounts payable and accrued
                                           expenses                               $     3,727,529          3,727,529
                                                                                                    $
                                        Due to retailers                          $     2,737,077          2,737,077
                                                                                                    $
                                        Long-term debt                            $     3,508,057          3,442,958
                                                                                                    $
                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

16.    SEGMENT FINANCIAL         The reportable segments of the Company are 
       INFORMATION               claims submission and other information 
                                 services and display rack manufacturing. The
                                 accounting policies of the segments are the
                                 same as those described in the Summary of
                                 Accounting Policies. Segment operating results
                                 are measured based on income before taxes.
                                 There were no intersegment sales during 1999 or
                                 1998.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Claims
                                                                        Submission
                                                                         and Other
                                                                       Information   Display Rack
                                                                         Services    Manufacturing          Total
                                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                 <C>             <C>               <C>
                                1999
                                -----------------------------------
                                Revenues from external customers    $    14,229,072 $     6,870,856    $  21,099,928           
                                Depreciation and amortization               622,110          90,927          713,037
                                Income before taxes                       4,776,949       1,756,589        6,533,538
                                Total Assets                             33,026,229      35,980,823       69,007,052
                                Capital Expenditures                        640,573           1,941          642,514

                                1998
                                -----------------------------------
                                Revenues from external customers         11,803,844              -        11,803,844      
                                                                                        
                                Depreciation and amortization               432,632               -          432,632

                                Income before taxes                       2,820,008               -        2,820,008      
                                                                                                  
                                Total Assets                             23,807,857               -       23,807,857    
                                                                                                
                                Capital Expenditures                        344,847               -          344,847
                                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

17.    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS         Acquisitions

                                 On February 26, 1999 the Company acquired the
                                 net assets of MYCO, Inc. ("MYCO") for $12
                                 million in cash and 134,615 shares of the
                                 Company's Common Stock, valued at the time of
                                 acquisition at $875,000. The Company also
                                 assumed MYCO's industrial revenue bond
                                 indebtedness of $4 million and repaid MYCO's
                                 indebtedness of $1.5 million. The purchase
                                 price may be increased by up to an additional
                                 250,000 shares of Common Stock depending on
                                 MYCO's performance in the twelve months
                                 following the acquisition. MYCO is a Rockford,
                                 Illinois manufacturer of front-end display
                                 racks.



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                                 On February 26, 1999 the Company also acquired
                                 the net assets of Chestnut Display Systems,
                                 Inc. and its affiliate Chestnut Display Systems
                                 (North), Inc. for $3.6 million in cash and
                                 285,714 shares of the Company's Common Stock,
                                 valued at the time of acquisition at $1.8
                                 million. The purchase price for Chestnut may be
                                 increased to a value (including the amounts
                                 already paid) not to exceed $9.5 million if
                                 Chestnut meets certain performance goals during
                                 fiscal 2000 and 2001. Any increase in the
                                 purchase price will be paid 50% in cash and 50%
                                 in shares of Common Stock. The shares will be
                                 valued using a formula contained in the
                                 acquisition agreement, subject to a minimum
                                 value of $5.00 per share and a maximum value of
                                 $7.00 per share. Chestnut manufactures
                                 front-end display racks from facilities in
                                 Greenville, South Carolina and Jacksonville,
                                 Florida.

                                 On March 23, 1999 the Company also purchased
                                 the net assets of 132127 Canada, Inc., known as
                                 ProMark, for $1.5 million Canadian. ProMark is
                                 a Canadian corporation headquartered in Toronto
                                 which provides rebate and information services
                                 to retail customers throughout Canada.

                                 In March 1999 the Company signed a letter of
                                 intent to purchase the stock of Aaron Wire for
                                 approximately $2.4 million Canadian. Aaron Wire
                                 manufactures front-end display racks from its
                                 facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia.

                                 Credit Facility

                                 On March 31, 1999 the Company entered into a
                                 new credit agreement with Wachovia Bank, N.A.
                                 The new credit agreement enables the Company to
                                 borrow up to $15 million under a revolving
                                 credit facility and $15 million under a term
                                 loan. The term loan matures in May 2002. The
                                 revolving credit facility has no termination
                                 date, although, Wachovia Bank has the right to
                                 terminate the revolving credit facility upon
                                 not less than 13 months prior written notice.

                                 Borrowings under the revolving credit facility
                                 bear interest at a rate equal to the monthly
                                 LIBOR index rate plus a percentage ranging from
                                 2.0% to 3.5% depending upon the Company's
                                 ration of funded debt to earnings before
                                 interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
                                 The term loan bears interest, at the Company's
                                 election, at either (i) the London Interbank
                                 Offered Rates for periods of 30, 60, 90 or 180
                                 days, at our option, plus a percentage ranging
                                 from 2.0% to 3.5,%, depending upon the
                                 Company's ratio of funded debt to earnings
                                 before interest, taxes, depreciation and
                                 amortization or (ii) the higher of the prime
                                 rate or the federal funds rate plus .5%. The
                                 credit facility is secured by an interest in
                                 substantially all of the Company's assets.
                                 Under the credit agreement, the Company will be
                                 required to maintain certain financial ratios.

                                 Registration Statement (unaudited)

                                 Subsequent to year end, the Board of Directors
                                 approved a plan in which the Company would sell
                                 additional shares of its Common Stock. The
                                 Company will be required to file a registration
                                 statement for the sale of these securities. It
                                 is anticipated that the aggregate selling price
                                 of all of the securities will approximate
                                 $56,350,000. The proposed issue date of these
                                 securities is expected to be June 1999.



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                                      F-28



<PAGE>   56

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                    THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY
<TABLE>
<S>                                                           <C>
Date:  ________, 1999                                         /s/ W. BRIAN RODGERS
                                                              --------------------
                                                              W. Brian Rodgers
                                                              Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.


________, 1999                                                /s/ S. LESLIE FLEGEL
                                                              --------------------
                                                              S. Leslie Flegel
                                                              Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                                              Officer and Director
                                                              (Principal Executive Officer)

________, 1999                                                /s/ W. BRIAN RODGERS
                                                              --------------------
                                                              W. Brian Rodgers
                                                              Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
                                                              (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

________, 1999                                                /s/ RICHARD A. JACOBSEN
                                                              -----------------------
                                                              Richard A. Jacobsen
                                                              Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and
                                                              Director

________, 1999                                                /s/ WILLIAM H. LEE
                                                              ------------------
                                                              William H. Lee
                                                              Chief Administrative Officer and
                                                              Director

________, 1999                                                /s/ ROBERT O. ADERS
                                                              -------------------
                                                              Robert O. Aders
                                                              Director

________, 1999                                                /s/ TIMOTHY A. BRASWELL
                                                              -----------------------
                                                              Timothy A. Braswell
                                                              Director

________, 1999                                                /s/ HARRY L. "TERRY" FRANC, III
                                                              -------------------------------
                                                              Harry L. "Terry" Franc, III
                                                              Director

________, 1999                                                /s/ ARON KATZMAN
                                                              ----------------
                                                              Aron Katzman
                                                              Director

________, 1999                                                /s/ RANDALL S. MINIX
                                                              --------------------
                                                              Randall S. Minix
                                                              Director
</TABLE>


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            EXHIBIT            
            NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION
            ------                          -----------
              3.1             Articles of Incorporation(1)
              3.2             Bylaws(1)
              3.3             Amendment to Articles of Incorporation(2)
              3.4             Amendments to Bylaws(2)
              3.5             Amendment to Articles of Incorporation(3)
              3.6             Amendment to Articles of Incorporation*
              4.1             Form of Common Stock Certificate(2)
              4.2             Form of Representative's Warrants(2)
              4.3             Form of Privately Issued Warrant(2)
              9.1             Voting Agreement dated January 7, 1999 between S. 
                              Leslie Flegel and Jonathan J. Ledecky.(4)
             10.1             Form of Indemnity Agreement with Officers and 
                              Directors(1)
             10.2             Lease Agreement dated June 22, 1991 with 711 
                              Gallimore Partnership(1)
             10.3             Addendum to the Lease Agreement, dated as of 
                              January 1, 1994, with 711 Gallimore Partnership(3)
             10.4             Addendum to the Lease Agreement, dated as of 
                              January 1, 1996, with 711 Gallimore Partnership(3)
             10.5             Addendum to the Lease Agreement, dated as of 
                              April 1, 1996, with 711 Gallimore Partnership(3)
             10.6             Addendum to the Lease Agreement, dated as of 
                              April 25, 1996, with 711 Gallimore Partnership(3)
             10.7             Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of 
                              March 31, 1999 among The Source Information 
                              Management Company, its subsidiaries and Wachovia 
                              Bank National Association(4)
             10.8             The Source Information Management Company Amended
                              and Restated 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan (5)
             10.9             The Source Information Management Company Stock 
                              Award Plan(6)
            10.10             Form of Employment Agreement with S. Leslie 
                              Flegel, William H. Lee and W. Brian
                              Rodgers(2)
            10.11             Employment and Non-Competition Agreement with 
                              James R. Gillis dated as of December 14, 1998*
            10.12             Employment Agreement with Richard A. Jacobsen 
                              dated as of March 24, 1999.*
            10.13             Agreement with Dwight L. DeGolia(2)
            10.14             Form of Financial Consulting Agreement with Donald
                              & Co. Securities Inc.(2)
            10.15             Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of July 10, 1998
                              by and among The Source Information Management 
                              Company, PC-SUB, Inc. and Periodical Concepts.(7)
            10.16             Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of 
                              January 7, 1999 by and among The Source 
                              Information Management Company, Source-U.S. 
                              Marketing Services, Inc., U.S. Marketing
                              Services, Inc. and U.S. Marketing Shareholders.(8)
           10.17              Asset Purchase Agreement dated as January 7, 1999
                              by and among The Source Information Management
                              Company and Yeager Industries, Inc.(8) 
           10.18              Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 1, 
                              1999 by and among The Source Information 
                              Management Company, Chestnut Display Systems, Inc.
                              and Chestnut Display Systems (North), Inc.(9)
           10.19              Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 26, 
                              1999 by and among The Source Information 
                              Management Company, MYCO, Inc. and RY, Inc.(9)
           10.20              Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of 
                              February 26, 1999 by and among The Source 
                              Information Management Company, MYCO, Inc. and 
                              RY, Inc.(9)
           10.21              Asset Purchase Agreement dated March 19, 1999 
                              between The Source Information Management Company,
                              The Source-Canada Corp. and 132127 Canada Inc.*
           10.22              Real Estate Sale Contract dated as of April 20, 
                              1999 by and between 711 Gallimore Partnership and
                              The Source Information Management Company*
           10.23              Consulting agreement dated August 31, 1998
                              between Herbert A. Hardt and The Source 
                              Information Management Company*
            21.1              Subsidiaries of the Company*
            23.1              Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP*
----------

*  Filed herewith.

(1) Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form 10-SB 
    (File no. 0-26238)


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(2) Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 
    (File no. 333-32733)

(3) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended 
    January 31, 1996

(4) Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-2 (File No.
    333-76979)

(5) Incorporated by reference to Schedule 14A filed on March 9, 1999

(6) Incorporated by reference to Form S-8 (File no. 333-16059) filed on 
    November 13, 1996.

(7) Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 10,
    1998.

(8) Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 22,
    1999

(9) Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12,
    1999