By Sonya Rabbitte, 27 November 2000 14:29
NEWS New members include Italian chain Coop Italia, French department store group Galeries Lafayette and retail giant Toys R Us. Existing UK members include Tesco, Safeway, John Lewis, Boots and Marks & Spencer. The WWRE provides a global online e-procurement service through which retailers can source supplies from over 100,000 suppliers and distributors. The marketplace, which began trading in August, already handles sales of $722bn. A US-based corporate headquarters is due to open in January 2001.

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