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For: Shoppers Charge Accounts, Mahwah, NJ
From: Parness & Associates, Aberdeen, NJ

For Immediate Release

SCA INITIATES PRIVATE LABEL CREDIT CARD PROGRAM FOR BEDDING RETAILER BRAGADA

MAHWAH, N.J. (3/19/07) - Bragada, a telephone and online retailer of luxury bedding, has selected Shoppers Charge Accounts (SCA) to develop and administer its private label credit card program.

Headquartered in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Bragada manufactures and distributes mattresses, quilted toppers and pillows made from pressure-relieving viscoelastic material designed to conform to the body, provide support and help alleviate pressure points.

The new Bragada credit card will offer cardholders special privileges, such as 90-days, same-as-cash, six months same-as-cash, and one-year same-as-cash financing options.

About Shoppers Charge Accounts Co.
and TD Banknorth, N.A.
           
Headquartered in Mahwah, N.J., Shoppers Charge Accounts Co. (SCA) ranks among the nation’s largest private label credit card companies. A division of TD Banknorth, N.A., the company launches and administers new credit card portfolios for brick-and-mortar, internet and catalog merchants, and acquires retailers’ existing credit card portfolios.

TD Banknorth Inc. is a leading banking and financial services company headquartered in Portland, Maine and a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD Bank headquartered in Toronto, Canada.  TD Banknorth is one of the 25 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States, with over $40 billion in assets. TD Banknorth's banking subsidiary, TD Banknorth, N.A., operates banking divisions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont. TD Banknorth and TD Banknorth, N.A. also operate subsidiaries and divisions in insurance, wealth management, merchant services, mortgage banking, government banking, private label credit cards, insurance premium financing and other financial services and offers investment products in association with PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc.  For more information, visit http://www.TDBanknorth.com.