Optimises Supplier Interactions; Eliminates Mistakes; Maximises Supply Chain Efficiency

Guildford, UK — 9 June 2008 — House of Fraser, one of the most prestigious names on the UK high street, today announced it will be revolutionising its supply chain capabilities with the implementation of the Inovis Data Synchronisation service. The service will allow House of Fraser to synchronise product data with a single point of communication through which data and images for millions of seasonal products are captured from their suppliers. Working with Inovis, House of Fraser and its suppliers will significantly increase efficiency by eliminating costly mistakes caused by poor data quality and reduce the time taken to capture information by as much as 50 percent on hundreds of thousands of items every year.

The Inovis Data Synchronisation service will provide all House of Fraser suppliers with a collaborative platform that delivers complete and consistent data on all product attributes such as price, colour, size and even multiple electronic images associated with individual items. This information is captured and managed by Inovis and distributed to House of Fraser in a single format, eliminating the need for staff to spend time manually finding, formatting and re-keying data for every product stocked.

John King, CEO of House of Fraser, said, "The need to streamline electronic communication with all of our suppliers has been clear for some time. By synchronising product data and images we can increase communication efficiency and decrease errors. This will lead to improved sales by avoiding costly mistakes for both House of Fraser and for our suppliers. I'd like to see the communication traffic between House of Fraser and our suppliers to be about sales, new store openings, exciting new products and our joint customers rather than about data related issues."

John Redfern Managing Director of Inovis EMEA, said, "The addition of House of Fraser to our Data Synchronisation platform is an important step in expanding our footprint in the general merchandise and fashion market here in the United Kingdom, and an equally significant move for the industry."

"The platform that we have built offers tremendous opportunities to customers in the general merchandise market and will help them to focus their highly-skilled and commercially-minded staff on driving new business, improving service for customers and improving the bottom line. At the moment, they are too often distracted by the administrative burden created by inefficient exchange and use of product data and the time has come for this to change."

Colin Porter, Commercial Director of House of Fraser, said, "Inovis is the ideal partner to launch product data and image synchronisation here in the UK. We have spent considerable time on finding a solution that improves our data collection efficiencies but also benefits our suppliers. Because Inovis Data Synchronisation is a third party collaborative service, other retailers can use the system to access data across suppliers, and suppliers will have a single place to automatically update their other retail customers with product information. This is a service we could not have offered our suppliers alone."

About House of Fraser:
House of Fraser has long been one of the best known names on the UK high street, an acknowledged home to many of the world's most famous brands, from Chanel and Estee Lauder to Prada and Max Mara. With 61 locations across the country, House of Fraser has presented customers with an unrivalled national department store for more than 150 years.

About Inovis
Inovis is a leading provider of on-demand Business Community Management solutions that empower companies to transact, collaborate and optimize communications with their entire trading community. By standardizing and automating mission-critical business interactions, companies can dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of supply chain communication. This foundation of high-quality, reliable and secure connectivity provides real-time visibility across the order-to-payment lifecycle. The resulting actionable intelligence enables users to proactively address supply chain issues before they impact profitability, shortening cycle times, improving productivity and increasing customer satisfaction.

With more than 20 years of expertise, Inovis delivers its products and services to more than 20,000 companies over a wide range of industries and markets across the globe. For more information, visit www.inovis.co.uk, or visit the Inovis UK Community Blog.

About Inovis Data Synchronisation:
Inovis Catalogue™ is the retail industry's leading product data synchronisation application, allowing marketers, manufacturers and suppliers to share with retailers their latest product information, such as price, style, color, size and over 540 additional product attributes.

Inovis Catalogue offers a complete solution for item setup and synchronisation, supporting the latest EAN.UCC System global standards and initiatives so that companies can move forward with confidence in a standards-based technology when they are ready.

Home to more than 115 million current and unique items from more than 5,000 vendors, manufacturers, suppliers and their retail customers, Inovis Catalogue has the retail industry's largest database of product information. With its unsurpassed breadth and reliability, Inovis Catalogue is the cornerstone for global retail product synchronisation.

With a proven track record for enabling retail supply chain automation, Inovis ensures fast, reliable product catalog setup and support to reduce time to market and drive increased sales immediately.

Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc.