Maginus appoints Angela Tivnan to head expanding e-commerce business

Manchester, February 7, 2007 - Maginus, a leading provider of software solutions for retail and distribution companies, has announced the appointment of Angela Tivnan to the position of E-commerce Consultant. She joins Maginus after several years with Littlewoods Shop Direct Group, the UK's largest mail order company, and brings a wide range of experience to her new role - including online promotion, content management and e-commerce site development, and new media marketing.

As E-commerce Consultant, Angela Tivnan heads a dedicated Maginus team that provides expert business and technology advice, website development and software implementation services for online retail and distribution companies. Maginus has also recently appointed a number of other new specialists to its e-commerce team, including Jonathan Fox, who has worked on visual design for a number of high-profile digital media projects, including NHS Direct and campaigns for BMW, SKY, NTL and Phones 4U.

Maginus is expanding its e-commerce services in response to growing customer demand. The company recently launched a new e-commerce solution, Maginus Storefront, which offers customers greater e-commerce flexibility and functionality than ever before. Working with customers and the Maginus team, Angela Tivnan will advise on all areas of e-commerce site development, including usability, search engine optimisation, affiliate marketing and back office integration.

"Maginus is a really exciting company to join," said Angela Tivnan. "We're working with some of the UK's leading retailers and distributors, at a time when there's real change in the industry. E-commerce is still growing fast in the UK, but the real emphasis for our customers is how to make their online activities a seamless part of the whole 'multi-channel' customer experience, across the web, mail order and high street stores. I'm looking forward to working with our customers to help them realise these benefits."

Before joining Maginus, Angela Tivnan was Online Marketing Manager for Littlewoods Shop Direct Group, where she was responsible for online promotional activities across nine Shop Direct websites in a business that targeted some £200 million in online sales.

About Maginus:
Maginus solutions enable retail and distribution companies to drive revenue and increase customer satisfaction by providing comprehensive control over multi-channel selling and fulfillment. The company's integrated suite of powerful CRM, Financials and Supply Chain software helps organisations to market, sell and deliver the products their customers want via a broad range of channels including catalogue and mail order, telesales, the Web, trade counter and store operations. Originally founded in 1972, Originally founded in 1972, Maginus brings over 30 years' of in-depth customer experience to the retail and distribution sector whilst it's innovative eXtensible Architecture gives a flexible, customisable technology platform that can adapt to meet changing business requirements. Find out more about the company at www.maginus.com

For more information, please contact:
Janice Mawhinney
Maginus Software Solutions
Floats Road
Manchester
M23 9PL
Tel: 0161 946 3816
janice.mawhinney@maginus.com

Manuela Whittaker
IBA - PR for Maginus
Tel: 01780 721433
mwhittaker@iba-europe.com

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