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Island Pacific, a division of 3Q Holdings (ASX:TQH), announced today that it will exhibit January 12-13, 2009 at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 98th Annual Convention and Expo at Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City in Booth #1965. The company will be demonstrating the latest versions of their best-of-class merchandising, planning, allocation, store operations and decision support solutions. These solutions harness the knowledge and experience of working with retailers for over 30 years to deliver low cost solutions with a high return on investment. Island Pacific has developed and deployed integrated software solutions that enable retailers to manage the entire scope of their operations. The expanded Island Pacific solution that will be demonstrated this year includes the Island Pacific Merchandising solution suite, an integrated retail supply chain solution that provides key retail life-cycle tools such as Item Definition, Purchase Order Management, Merchandise Stock Ledger, Replenishment, Physical Inventory, Price Management and Transfers to name a few. Also being showcased are Island Pacific Planning, Island Pacific Allocation and Island Pacific Store. Island Pacific Planning is a sophisticated, yet easy to use integrated planning tool encompassing Merchandise Planning, Assortment Planning and Multi-channel Planning. Island Pacific Planning delivers a proven track record for return on investment in critical areas such as stock turn, increased mark-ups, lower average inventory, increased gross margins and cash flow. Island Pacific Allocation supports retailers in helping them to ensure the right stock is in the right place at the right time. The tool uses consumer demand science to allocate merchandise to stores. Allocation also extends the functionality of Island Pacific Merchandising to dynamically reallocate inventory. Island Pacific will also be showing the latest version of its Store product, a feature rich POS and store operations solution. This solution is designed to be customizable, scalable, multi-currency capable and PCI compliant. Major features of this release include: Microsoft Windows Vista certification, launching of Gift Card Server in Asia Pacific, multi-language support, multi-tax VAT/GST/PST support, hand-held stock transfer and hand-held price checking. �NRF gives us the opportunity to present our vision and solutions to a broad audience of retailers who have demonstrated their strategic thinking by attending this event in uncertain times,� said Davy Rosen, CEO of Island Pacific. �As a global leader in integrated retail supply chain solutions we look forward to showcasing all our product offerings at this key event.� �We feel that our integrated solution gives retailers a solid foundation for growth,� said Mike Dotson, Vice President of Global Sales. �Retailers will appreciate the low cost of ownership, the ease of implementation our solution provides and the ease of future upgrades and adding additional modules.� About Island Pacific Island Pacific is a global leader in retail merchandising and store operations software solutions. For 30 years, Island Pacific has been a thought leader in retail software solutions, and has developed a reputation for delivering high-quality, high-reliability software to the retail industry. As a result, Island Pacific is a leading resource for scalable, flexible and affordable solutions for retailers around the world. Island Pacific, a division of 3Q Holdings Limited (www.threeq.com.au) was founded in 1978. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.