Torex Retail(R) to Launch Robust Java(R) Application, Retail-J(TM) at NRF 2007.

Company to Give Retailers a Demonstration of Their New Retail Java Application, Retail-J at NRF 2007

CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Torex Retail, a global retail solutions provider, will launch its new Retail-J application at Booth #2605, NRF 2007, January 14-17th, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York. Booth hours are open Monday, January 15th, and Tuesday, January 16th, 10:30am - 6:00pm.

Retail J, a feature rich retail Java[R] application, provides an integrated Point of Service for sales, orders, cash management, time and attendance, and inventory and reporting. It is validated on IBM's Store Integration Framework, giving the retailer a complete standards based framework to enable real time connectivity from the store to the enterprise. Retail J's configurability sets it apart from the competition, with many store based (POS, inventory, gift card, manager portal, etc.) and enterprise (data maintenance, system monitoring, sales audit, etc.) application choices. It enables customer services, assisted sales, and multi-media all at the Point of Sale.

Torex Retail will demonstrate how retailers can improve their customers' shopping experience with Retail-J. The NRF demo will highlight the following capabilities of the Retail-J solution: web enablement, network centricity, platform independence, web forms usage, flexibility, scalability, and reduced cost of ownership.

"The solution is designed to enable network-centric retailing through its real-time visibility of sales & inventory, thus enabling managers to respond faster to replenishment & optimize their profitability." - Michael Hess, Chief Executive Officer, Torex Retail Americas

Although Retail-J is just being launched in the Americas, the solution has many successful customer implementations across the globe. Since the initial launch four years ago, 28 retailers have deployed or are implementing Retail-J software today, representing over 5,600 stores and 32,500 POS terminals. The retailers deployed on Retail-J include the French Connection, Jaeger, Matalan, Russell & Bromley, Tie Rack, Bhs, and The Outdoor Group.

About The Ready for IBM Retail Store Innovations - Store Integration Framework initiative

The Ready for IBM Retail Store Innovations - Store Integration Framework initiative brings together platform-independent software vendors that deliver proven solutions designed and built for the retail industry. Through this initiative, IBM works with select IBM Business Partners to validate solutions that meet a rigorous assessment of next-generation, open-standards-based store environments. For more information on IBM Retail solutions, please visit www.ibm.com/retail.

About Torex Retail Americas

Torex Retail Americas, a division of Torex Retail PLC, headquartered in Banbury, Oxfordshire, provides store and enterprise retail solutions for the Specialty, Grocery and Hospitality segments. Torex Retail PLC is a global company serving over 6,500 customers in 70 countries. Torex Retail's offerings include solution software, a highly skilled professional services team and strategic partnerships with the world's leading hardware and middleware vendors. Torex Retail enables retailers to assemble a total IT solution for virtually any part of their retail organization, bringing together hardware, software and middleware to support enterprise systems, store systems and mobile and pervasive computing. And, with Torex's extensive professional services offerings, the company can handle all aspects of a retail solution deployment - from needs analysis and solution planning through testing, deployment and long-term operational support. www.torexretailna.com