Island Pacific Systems, Inc. (Island Pacific), a 100% owned subsidiary of 3Q Holdings Limited (ASX: TQH) announced today that UK based retailer Ethel Austin, has brought Au Naturale, its new home-wares offering onto the Island Pacific platform.

The retailer, which has 270 stores across the UK, took over Au Naturale (which has 40 stores), in May 2008. The main aim of the purchase was to complement Ethel Austin�s overall offering, and to roll out the new product across 30 of its stores. Following on from this, Ethel Austin will be introduced into Au Naturale shops.

The first store to undertake the transfer is based in Eccles, Greater Manchester. As well as introducing Au Naturale onto the platform, the company has also opened a joint Ethel Austin and Au Naturale shop.

A customer of Island Pacific�s since 1993, Ethel Austin uses all modules including merchandising, warehousing, sales audit and finance. The company has taken every technology upgrade released since then.

Au Naturale was brought onto the Island Pacific platform because of its multi-company approach. The technology includes enough flexibility to combine the product files, order and warehousing, but enables separate sales information to be processed.

Martin Draper, group head of IT at Ethel Austin, commented: �We were keen to bring everything onto one platform, so needed to use Island Pacific across the 30 stores that Au Naturale was being introduced to. This was purchased at no additional cost, because of the way our existing license works. Not only has this saved purchasing costs, but it has also created real efficiencies with merchandising and buying work flow.

�We have an excellent relationship with Island Pacific, and hope to expand upon this, as we continue to develop the business.�

Mike Dotson, managing director, Europe for Island Pacific, added: �Transferring Au Naturale onto the Island Pacific platform was a seamless process, which we completed before September 2008. The IT team at Ethel Austin was able to complete the transfer internally, with no interruption to the business.

�And, at the same time, the retailer took the latest upgrade of Island Pacific � the 3.2 release.�

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.

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