Major Retailer, Urban Outfitters, Takes On The Cornerstone Product In Island Pacific's Solution Suite

Island Pacific recently advised that the Company had signed an agreement to upgrade its Island Pacific Merchandising software to its latest version 4.0 at Urban Outfitters, a global retailer with locations in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Island Pacific Merchandising Suite (IPMS) is a key product in the suite of 3Q Holdings' wholly owned US and European based subsidiary, Island Pacific. Island Pacific will be implementing several new features included in its latest Release 4.0 including a Web 2.0 user interface and a new Deals and Promotions module which will provide Urban Outfitters the capability to deliver more complex pricing schemes to deliver the best value proposition to their customers.

Davy Rosen, Chief Executive Officer of Island Pacific commented: "Not only will our solution allow Urban Outfitters to continue to grow and expand its brands internationally, but we also believe the new user interface will enable a better, and hence more productive, user experience. We are very pleased to be extending our partnership with Urban as they expand across the globe and across channels."

John Devine, Executive Director of IT at Urban said "We have been using Island Pacific's merchandising software from when we had only five stores and it has been a stable and functional platform for us in a time of tremendous growth. We are delighted that looking ahead Urban Outfitters can remain confident in Island Pacific as an innovative service provider and reliable core merchandising system."

Island Pacific continues to develop and deploy high value and innovative software solutions that enable retailers to manage the entire scope of their operations and to understand, create, manage and fulfil consumer demand. These operations include core merchandising, point-of-sale, customer relationship management, vendor relationship management, demand forecasting, planning, replenishment, allocation, promotional and event planning.

About Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters, Inc. is an innovative specialty retail company which offers a variety of lifestyle merchandise to highly defined customer niches through Urban Outfitters stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe, two web sites and a catalog; Anthropologie stores, a web site, catalog and Leifsdottir, Anthropologie's newly launched wholesale concept; Free People Wholesale, which sells its product to approximately 1,700 specialty stores and select department stores; Free People stores, a web site and catalog; and Terrain garden center.

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 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. For more information, visit www.threeq.com.au.

SOURCE: Island Pacific Systems Inc.