ALEXANDRIA, VA. (Jan. 17, 2001) - The WorldWide Retail Exchange, the leading Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) exchange, announced today that it has selected i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITWO), as its sole provider of collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR®) solutions.

Last July, WWRE selected the B2B Alliance (IBM-i2-Ariba) to power the retail exchange. i2 has been chosen to work with the WWRE to develop and deliver a set of solutions that are designed to enable real-time collaboration between retailers and suppliers to reduce inefficiencies, time to market and costs. With a standards-based collaboration platform that integrates easily with Exchange members' systems, i2's solution will support collaborations for a number of business processes.

"Our goal is to enable more efficient interaction between retailers and suppliers," said Don Norman, WWRE chief information officer. "i2's product development direction is closely aligned with our vision and the needs of our diverse retail membership. A select group of retailers and suppliers will participate in our first CPFR pilots this spring."

i2's current CPFR solution, which was recently expanded to support e-marketplaces, will provide standardized processes, workflows, data models and connectivity mechanisms for WWRE participants to collaborate on strategic plans, sales and order forecasting, and replenishment, allowing participants to more accurately meet consumer needs at lower costs.

About the WWRE
The WWRE (www.wwre.org or www.worldwideretailexchange.org) is an Internet-based B2B retail e-marketplace designed to facilitate and simplify trading between retailers and more than 100,000 suppliers, partners and distributors. Consisting of leading retailers from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, the WWRE is open to all suppliers and retailers who wish to use it. Currently, the Exchange represents 53 retail members with combined sales of U.S. $722 billion or Euro 521 billion.

About i2
i2 is creating real value for its global e-business customers through its i2 TradeMatrix solutions, content, and marketplace platform. i2 TradeMatrix allows businesses to create both private and public marketplaces, while improving the efficiencies of all participants. i2 provides a wide variety of collaborative e-business services for both the early stages and next generation of e-business adoption, with each service supported by decision optimization, transaction management and content management solutions. Founded in 1988, i2's mission is to deliver $75 billion in value to its customers by 2005. i2 is headquartered in Dallas and has more than 5,600 employees and maintains offices worldwide. Visit i2's Web site at http://www.i2.com.

i2 is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies, Inc. i2 TradeMatrix and the i2 logo design are trademarks of i2 Technologies, Inc.

i2 Cautionary Language
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the customer's ability to develop and deliver tools/solutions for this marketplace, the customers' ability to implement i2 solutions successfully or to achieve benefits attributable to i2 products. For a discussion of factors that could impact i2's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, please refer to i2's recent filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-K filed March 22, 2000 and Form 10-Q filed November 13, 2000. i2 assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this news release.

WWRE Members:

• Albertson's (U.S., NYSE: ABS)
• Auchan (France)
• Best Buy (U.S., NYSE: BBY)
• The Boots Company (U.K., LSE: BOOT.L)
• C&A Europe (Belgium) Casino (France, Parisbourse: 12558)
• Coop Italia (Italy)
• Coop Schweiz (Switzerland)
• Cora (France, PSE: 06176)
• CVS/pharmacy (U.S., NYSE: CVS)
• Dairy Farm International (Hong Kong, SES: DAIR.SI/Reuters, DAIRYNEW SP/Bloomberg)
• Dansk Supermarked (Denmark)
• Delhaize Group (Belgium, BSE: DEL)
• Dixons Group plc (U.K., LSE: DXNS)
• Edeka (Germany)
• El Corte Ingles (Spain)
• Galeries Lafayette (France, Parisborse: 12124)
• Gap Inc. (U.S., NYSE: GPS)
• Giant Eagle (U.S.)
• H.E. Butt Grocery Company (U.S.)
• J.C. Penney (U.S., NYSE: JCP)
• John Lewis (U.K., JLH)
• Jusco (Japan, TSE: 8267)
• Kesko (Finland, HEX: KES)
• Kingfisher (U.K., LSE: KGF)
• Kmart Corporation (U.S., NYSE: KM)
• Laurus (The Netherlands)
• Longs Drugs (U.S., NYSE: LDG)
• Makro Asia (Bangkok)
• Marks & Spencer (U.K., LSE: MKS)
• Meijer, Inc. (U.S.)
• Otto Versand (Germany)
• Publix Super Markets (U.S.)
• RadioShack Corporation (U.S., NYSE: RSH)
• REWE (Germany)
• Rite Aid Corporation (U.S., NYSE, PSE: RAD)
• Royal Ahold (The Netherlands, NYSE: AHO)
• Safeway Inc. (U.S., NYSE: SWY)
• Safeway plc (U.K., LSE: SFW.L)
• Schlecker (Germany)
• Seibu Department Stores Ltd. (Japan)
• ShopKo Stores, Inc. (U.S., NYSE: SKO)
• Sobeys Inc. (Canada, TSE: SBY)
• SUPERVALU INC. (U.S., NYSE: SVU)
• Target Corporation (U.S., NYSE: TGT)
• Tengelmann Group (Germany)
• Tesco (U.K., LSE: TSC.OL)
• Toys R Us (U.S., NYSE: TOY)
• Walgreen Co. (U.S., NYSE: WAG)
• Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. (U.S.)
• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (U.S., NYSE: WIN)
• Wooltru Ltd. (South Africa, JSE: WLO)
• Woolworths (Australia, ASX: WOW)

 

Media Contact:
Keri Phifer
WorldWide Retail Exchange
703.234.5056
kphifer@wwre.org

 

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