Ethel Austin Brings Au Naturale onto Island Pacific
April 07 2009 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
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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