At this time, SVI had operations based in the US and Australia.
SVI Holdings Inc. had previously acquired Divergent Technologies Pty Ltd Propriety Limited in Sydney, Australia in October 1996, Applied Retail Solutions in San Diego, California to enter the point of sale market in the USA in July 1998 and Island Pacific Systems in Irvine, California, a leading retail applications' software group in the USA candour in July 1999.