8-K

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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) APRIL 7, 2006


                              E COM VENTURES, INC.
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             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


           FLORIDA                      0-19714                   65-0977964
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(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)               File Number)           Identification No.)

                            251 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY
                             SUNRISE, FLORIDA 33325
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               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE) (ZIP CODE)

                                 (954) 335-9100
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              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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         (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT.)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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following provisions:

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      CFR 230.425)

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                            SECTION 8 - OTHER EVENTS

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

      On April 7, 2006, the Registrant issued the press release attached to this
Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.


                 SECTION 9 -- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)   Not applicable.

(b)   Not applicable.

(c)   Not applicable.

(d)   Exhibits.

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EXHIBIT        DESCRIPTION
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99.1           Press Release, dated April 7, 2006
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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


                                        E COM VENTURES, INC.

Date: April 7, 2006                     By:  /s/ A. MARK YOUNG
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                                             A. Mark Young
                                             Chief Financial Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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EXHIBIT        DESCRIPTION
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99.1           Press Release, dated April 7, 2006
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EX-99.1

Press Release

E Com Ventures, Inc. to Evaluate Rachmil Lekach Letter


Friday, April 7

SUNRISE, Fla., April 7/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E Com Ventures, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ECMV - News) announced today that it received an unsolicited letter from Rachmil
Lekach with respect to the possible acquisition of the Company's common stock by
Lekach. The Company's Board of Directors is in the process of evaluating the
letter. Rachmil Lekach was a consultant to Perfumania prior to 2001.

This press release may include information presented that contains
forward-looking information, including statements. Some of these statements,
including those that contain the words "anticipate," "believe," "plan,"
"estimate," "expect," "should," "intend," and other similar expressions, are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements of those of our industry to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by those forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause
actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially from those
described or implied in the forward-looking statements are our ability to
service our obligations, our ability to comply with the covenants in our credit
facility, general economic conditions, competition, potential technology
changes, changes in or the lack of anticipated changes in the regulatory
environment in various countries, the ability to secure partnership or
joint-venture relationships with other entities, the ability to raise additional
capital to finance expansion, the risks inherent in new product and service
introductions and the entry into new geographic markets and other factors
included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.