ALEXANDRIA, Va. (May 28, 2002) - The WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE), the premier business-to-business exchange for retailers, manufacturers and suppliers, today announced the launch of its e-learning powerhouse, WWRE® University. This is the first on-line education initiative for the retail industry - designed exclusively to fast-track adoption of WWRE® applications and solutions. It puts learning and interactive knowledge sharing into the hands of the members, for them to manage and control on their own terms.

"Each JC Penney associate, who requires training and refresher materials on any WWRE® solution, can customize their personal site according to their particular needs and availability," said Pat Adams, manager of business-to-business at JC Penney. "This is a true added-value business solution that will bring participating members a faster return on their investment in the WWRE."

"The WWRE® University will enable our employees and their trading partners to take advantage of multilingual training materials, access to WWRE experts on-line, chat rooms and a point of contact, all available whenever they want it, and aimed at delivering a consistent educational experience across all audiences," said Cenk Gurol, B2B strategic initiative manager at AEON Group.

The WWRE® University offers users online course registration, career development tools, training materials and logistics for instructor-led training events, tracking of student progression, "Ask the Expert" capabilities and quick reference guides for each WWRE® solution - all so that continued learning is as accurate and individualized as possible.

Donna Dibartolomeo, Director of Customer Support for the WWRE, further explained, "This total web based solution is guided by basic principles of adult education and offers an interactive, self-paced, personalized site for each user. Web-based materials and solutions enable members to use existing hardware to avoid installation time as well as minimize non-instructional costs such as travel and lodging. The globalization of content, applied consistently across a member organization, will significantly reduce usage errors and increase the speed of adoption."

Supported by Click2learn's Aspen Enterprise Learning Platform, WWRE members are allowed to register an unlimited number of users to the University. All programs are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The University's next phase of functionality, expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2002, will include interface translation, prioritization of training materials for translation and the conversion of current manual-based courses into self-paced, interactive e-learning.

About Click2learn
Click2learn (NASDAQ: CLKS) is a provider of enterprise software for Global 2000 organizations seeking to capture, manage and disseminate knowledge throughout their extended enterprise. Using Click2learn's Aspen Enterprise Learning Platform, organizations can deploy highly interactive, personalized learning initiatives to achieve strategic business objectives. Many of the world's best-known corporations use Click2learn's technology and award-winning content development services to improve workforce performance, educate customers, and publish large volumes of learning content. Click2learn's clients include Microsoft, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, Symantec, Prudential, American Airlines, ADC Telecommunications, Ernst & Young and the New York Stock Exchange. Based in Bellevue, Wash., Click2learn [www.click2learn.com, 800.448.6543] operates offices in the United States, Europe and Australia.

About the WWRE
The WWRE is the premier Internet-based business-to-business exchange in the retail e-marketplace. The Exchange was created with the fundamental purpose of reducing costs and improving efficiencies throughout the supply chain, employing product and service solutions typical of a global procurement and supply operation. Designed to facilitate and simplify trading between retailers, suppliers, partners and distributors, the WWRE currently consists of 61 members from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America with combined sales of approximately U.S. $900 billion. To date, the WWRE has saved its members approximately $450 million with an average savings per member of $6.7 million. For more information, visit the website at www.wwre.org or www.worldwideretailexchange.org.

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For more information:

Laura Battle
Edelman Worldwide
312/233-1374
laura.battle@edelman.com

Cynthia Rogers
Edelman Worldwide
312-233-1390
cynthia.rogers@edelman.com