The efforts of the WWRE have been paying off for its members for quite some time, and that success is now winning recognition from industry experts. In the past month, the company has been the recipient of two distinguished mentions.

First, the September 10 special Business to Business issue of Forbes cited the WorldWide Retail Exchange as a Forbes Best of the Web 2001 Honoree in the retailing category. The entire list of honorees can be viewed here.

The WWRE has also been named a 2001 CIO-100 honoree and placed on CIO magazine's "CIO-100" list, which recognizes organizations around the world that excel in positive business performance through innovative practices and products. This year the list of honored companies include those that have "demonstrated innovation to improve products, services, and relationships with partners and clients." A complete list of honorees can be found. Kudos to Best Buy and IBM, who also received the honor. A complete list of the honorees can be found here.