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Next Inc. Ranked Number Fifteen in the Major Collegiate Licensing Program
Wednesday March 22, 1:05 pm ET


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2006--Next Inc. (OTCBB:NXTI - News) today announced that the company's licensed college sportswear program has been ranked as one of the top-selling companies in the Collegiate Licensing Company's rankings dated reported October 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005.

The Collegiate Licensing Company ("CLC"), according to its most recent rankings, announced that Next Inc. has claimed the 15th position among some of the "major distributors" such as Nike USA®, Champion® and Russell®. CLC is the exclusive licensing agent for more than 200 colleges, universities, bowls, and conferences, as well as the NCAA and The Heisman Trophy.

Next has accumulated approximately 200 licenses and agreements to distribute its College Wear line for almost all major college and universities. The collegiate licensed program features infants, toddlers, juvenile and youth size ranges, further enhancing our men's and women's lines and expanding the College Wear program. Next and Lil Fan College Wear licensed products have been well accepted in its national retail and specialty merchants' customer base.

About Next Inc. http://www.nextinc.net

Next, Inc. is a creative and innovative sales and marketing organization that designs, develops, markets, and distributes licensed and branded promotional products and imprinted sportswear primarily through major college and university, motor sports and other major promotional key licensing agreements and the Company's own proprietary designs. Next is one of the dominant companies in the highly fragmented licensed promotional products and imprinted sportswear industries.

The company has expanded its distribution to include e-commerce through which a significant amount of the Company's most popular licensed products is marketed. The most significant are: www.campustraditionsusa.com, www.rpmsportsusa.com, www.americanbiker.com and www.americanwildlifeusa.com.