CommercialWare Bolsters CWDirect and CWStore with Release of Versions 9.5; Streamlining Customer Data Key to Cross-Channel Enhancements.

NATICK, Mass. -- CommercialWare Inc., the leading provider of cross-channel commerce solutions for retailers, today expanded the product features and increased the depth of functionality for CWDirect and CWStore. Delivering a robust set of enhancements, new versions of CWDirect and CWStore will allow retailers an integrated and streamlined 360 degree view of customers.

Focusing on further enhancing many of the existing features of the software, CommercialWare's new versions give retailers the type of intelligence that the direct marketing industry has been using successfully for years - a comprehensive view of every transaction by each customer.

CWDirect 9.5, an integrated order-management and customer service system, allows retailers to lookup, maintain, merge, purge and create a centralized customer history that is visible in CWStore and other third-party POS software solutions. Once a customer is in the system, their complete transaction history is available in real-time across all channels. Updates to each customer record are saved for tracking and auditing purposes. Customer information gathering is streamlined, providing retailers with the opportunity to capture customer details at any point of sale while avoiding any de-duping process.

The 9.5 software releases give retailers a more fully integrated, cross-channel system, that delivers the power to correlate a catalog drop or email promotion to an increase in sales at brick and mortar stores. With increased visibility into specific transactions, the new software also paves the way for customers to return merchandise in multiple locations with automated support. Armed with greater insight into the customer interactions between retail channels, more sophisticated data analysis and new marketing opportunities become possible.

"The newest versions of CWDirect and CWStore continue delivery on our commitment to provide the software tools cross-channel retailers demand," said Donny Askin, founder and CEO, CommercialWare. "The ability to easily access and use customer data across all channels has improved customer relationships for retailers and improves productivity of customer service, ecommerce and merchandising."

Other enhancements to CWDirect include the ability to expand loyalty program details and increase the average order value with discounts and special sales to cardholders. Additionally, the updates provide the ability to copy items across brands and companies, deploy microsites internationally with localized pricing, integrate with additional tax software packages using a new XML-based API, and extend discounts based on quantity and currency and reserve inventory by channel under separate rules.

Both CWDirect and CWStore support the recently announced CWValueCard, a client-branded gift card that enables retailers to offer customers an instantly redeemable card across every retail channel - catalog, web, and retail.

New features in version 9.5 CWDirect and CWStore are available as of January 1, 2006.

About CommercialWare, Inc.

Headquartered in Natick, MA, with offices in Toronto and New York, CommercialWare Inc. develops cross-channel commerce infrastructure solutions that allow retailers and direct marketers to optimize transactions from all customer touch points. CommercialWare's comprehensive portfolio of products seamlessly links all aspects of the transaction lifecycle through point-of-sale, back-office, order management, fulfillment, customer service, collaboration, and analytics applications. CommercialWare offers a confluence of multi-channel solutions that power many of the leading retail brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Party Land, Chico's, J.Jill, Ritz Camera, Jos. A. Bank, and Patagonia. Additional information is available at www.commercialware.com .