Board Appointment

Torex Retail PLC
07 June 2004

7 June 2004



                                Torex Retail plc

                               Board Appointment

Torex Retail plc, a leading pan-European retail solutions business, today
announces the appointment of David Hallett to the board as Non-Executive
Director, with effect from 7th June 2004.

David Hallett has extensive experience in building and managing world-class IT
systems for large retail companies. David is currently Client Services Director
at Sun Microsystems Inc.  Sun Microsystems introduced JAVA, the world leading
platform and operating system independent development language.

He was previously Group IT Director at Littlewoods Retail Group, where he was
responsible for the entire group's IT function. Among his achievements at
Littlewoods was the successful development and implementation of a new, business
focused IT strategy, which improved the overall stability and reliability of the
company's core IT services.   Prior to this, David was Group IT Director at both
Argos plc, from 1996-1998, and Dixons Stores Group Ltd where he was responsible
for overall IT management from 1992-1996.



Commenting on this appointment, Rob Loosemore, Executive Chairman of Torex
Retail said;

'We are delighted to welcome David to the board of Torex Retail plc. His recent
appointment to the UK Board of Sun Microsystems is strategically important with
the forthcoming UK launch of LUCAS, our Java based EPoS product.

David's wealth of IT experience within the retail sector will also be key in our
overall objective of positioning Torex Retail as one of the largest independent
retail software companies in Europe'.


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Enquiries

Torex Retail plc
Mark Pearman, Chief Executive Officer             [phone]
Rob Loosemore, Executive Chairman                 [phone]


Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Ginny Pulbrook / Seb Hoyle                        [phone]







Note to Editors

Torex Retail, a leading pan-European retail solutions business, floated on AIM
in March 2004. The business is an independent supplier of electronic point of
sale ('EPOS') software, systems and services and productivity tools to high
street, convenience and petroleum retailers and has some 50,000 EPOS licences
across Europe. It has a broad base of blue-chip clients and employs 700 staff in
UK, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Eire.


Save as disclosed below, there is nothing further to disclose in relation to
David Hallett's appointment under schedule two, paragraph (f) of the AIM Rules:


Current directorships:

The Home Shopping Channel Limited

Past directorships:
Cannons Group Limited
Credit and Data Marketing Services Limited
J & C Moore (Direct) Limited
JCM Media Limited
CDMS Limited
The Littlewoods Pension Trust




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