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Move totally works

29. February 2016 clyde@kudos.net.au General (3)

Bigger premises allows ambitious retailer to keep growing

WORKWEAR retailer Totally WorkWear has expanded its Nerang store, doubling its size

and the number of Counter Intelligence Pos counters, to meet demand.from the Gold Coast's

business and trades communities.

Totally WorkWear Gold Coast, headed by Jason and Carey DeBoer, has relocated its Nerang outlet

from a 150sqm tenancy at Hinkler St to 2/50 Spencer Rd, in the heart of the Nerang commercial and

industrial precinct.

The couple, through company Carson Holdings, which trades as TWW Gold Coast, have leased the

370 SQ m premises from Foremost Properties for five years, with the option to extend for a further five years.

TWW Gold Coast has been using Counter Intelligence Software from its early inception.

Totally Workwear Gold Coast is part of the TWW national buying group, and has four stores across the Gold

Coast region, with others at Southport, Oxenford and Tweed Heads. The Kudos Communicator application links

these stores in real time to a Cloud based Data Centre, hosting the SQL Server and Counter Intelligence Office

database and Software.

Mrs DeBoer said an increase in construction activity on the Gold Coast and the growing confidence in the city

had prompted the expansion. A former finalist in the New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year awards, Mrs DeBoer

also said the 2018 Commonwealth Games was boosting confidence and excitement across the Gold Coast region

"I have seen it and have been through it before" said Mrs DeBoer.

"While with Drake International in Auckland I had the privilege of helping to attract and co-ordinate more than 1500

volunteers for the Auckland Commonwealth Games.

"The Games brought a huge boost in confidence as well as a boost to the Auckland economy and we expect the Gold Coast

experience will be much the same"

Mrs DeBoer also said Carson Holdings has been investing in its equipment, buying a third embroidery machine at a cost of $80k

to increase its production capabilities.

Totally WorkWear Gold Coast's major clients include Gold Coast District Health, National Tiles, Australian Industry Trade College

Masonic Care QLD, boatbuilder Telwater, Gold Coast TAFE, schools St Hildas and TSS, light-rail system operator KDR

Gold Coast council, Mr Rentals and Victory Ford.

It also has produced clothing for entertainment companies including set uniforms for I am a Celebrity, Get mu Out of Here

and for the movie San Andreas

TWW Gold Coast also provided gifts for the crews including handmade slippers for actor Dwayne Johnston and Kylie Minogue.

Kudos Cloud Based Reporting (KPI) well recieved

21. December 2015 clyde@kudos.net.au (1)

George Vakis, IT Manager at W M Ritchie in Sydney, Importer, Distributor and Retailer of famous shoe brands including Sandlers, reports they are extremely pleased with the new range of KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and Stock by Location, now available on any Mobile Device, Tablet or PC using a Browser and Internet connection. Sandlers have 21 Stores which are located in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. Each Store has CI POS, the dedicated Point of Sale software, and all Stores Communicate in real time to Head Office, where an SQL Server is located that runs the CI Office Retail Management Software. Sandlers also have a number of web sites, that utilise the eRetailer CMS which is provided by Kudos, and integrates with the Counter Intelligence Office Software. George has made the observation that the features found in CI Office are normally only found in much more expensive software.

Kudos release embedded blog in e-retailer

4. November 2015 clyde@kudos.net.au General (1)

Businesses who regularly blog get 55% more website visitors than those who don’t blog!

A number of e-retailer customers have blogs which are running on site independent of their main site. The benefit of the SEO enrichment is not shared with their main e-retailer site.   Following numerous requests Kudos have now completed the task of embedding a blog facility into e-retailer. We have based this on the open source "BlogEngine” – see http://www.dotnetblogengine.net/.

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