Best Buy, Stride Rite Lead Impressive List of Life-Friendly Companies Participating in Worklinks' Launch.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 7, 2000

Employees have anytime, anywhere access to the tools,

products and services they need to get their hectic 

business and personal lives in sync.

Worklinks (www.worklinks.com), the leading provider in the emerging Business-to-Business-to-Employee market, has been chosen by Best Buy Co., Inc. and Stride Rite Corporation to implement an employee-focused workplace portal. Worklinks Workplace Portal(TM) is the only portal designed to integrate employee-centric tools and services for Working, Learning, and Living.

Best Buy, Stride Rite and a number of other recognized organizations will participate in the Pilot phase of Worklinks' launch. The portal is scheduled to be officially launched in early Fall, 2000.

"At Best Buy, our most important asset is our people and we place a high value on their learning and growth. We encourage our 54,000 employees to excel in their fields, and we know that helping them balance all aspects of their work and personal lives will help them achieve that goal," says Tom Bauer, Director, HRIS, of Best Buy. "We fully expect the Worklinks pilot in our Minneapolis headquarters to be a success, and look forward to making this cutting-edge offering available to all our employees."

Stride Rite will launch the Worklinks' pilot in its Lexington, MA headquarters. "For more than 30 years, Stride Rite has been a leader in developing initiatives that help employees balance careers with personal lives and after-work interests," notes Janet DePiero, Vice President, Human Resources, of Stride Rite. "We chose Worklinks because the depth and breadth of their service far surpasses that of other portal solutions we looked at. We know that providing this comprehensive program will help us extend our reputation as an employer-of-choice, and will enhance our ability to recruit and retain the best talent in the industry."

Unlike sites focused only on shopping and concierge services, the Worklinks Workplace Portal(TM) delivers the most comprehensive and customizable Work/Life solution available today. Its suite of web-based products and services is divided into three easy-to-navigate sections--Working, Learning, and Living. Worklinks extends the content of existing Intranets by identifying, organizing, and delivering best-in-class tools and services that save time and money, enhance productivity, enable learning, and foster community within the workplace.

Founded in 1999, Worklinks, based in New York, has created the only Workplace Portal(TM) designed to help employees fully integrate Working, Learning, and Living. Worklinks delivers a network of best-in-class tools and services that enhances productivity, enables learning, and fosters community within an organization. Worklinks' ASP-architecture provides simple, low-cost, outsourced solutions that extend the content of existing Intranets. Worklinks is privately held.

Additional information about Worklinks is available at www.worklinks.com. Or, contact Ann Gildea, Executive Vice President, at 212-228-4027, x15 or via email at: [e-mail]