Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 28, 2001 - Dakota Worldwide today announced that it has developed a Proprietary Network Planning and Site Location System for Pharmacy Retailers. The new software systems benefits include optimizing sales, dollars per square foot, market share and return on investment.

Today, developing a retail business strategy requires accurate information and knowledgeable data interpretation. The stakes are higher, markets change faster and competition is keener. And while intuition is still an important part of retailing, you need the best available tools at your command when you make your moves. The software is geared to Drug Retailers, Mass Merchandisers, and Supermarkets.

Dakota Worldwide Corporation is the nations foremost authority in market analysis and is the number one provider of gravity modeling software for the supermarket industry. LOCUS™ is so highly regarded that the nation's top retailers use it to forecast sales for their stores. It was designed by analysts to best simulate the actual competitive retail environment of a trade area, so that the highest levels of accuracy in site location sales projections can be achieved.

Further information is available on the company's web site at http://www.dakotaww.com or by calling Elliott W. Olson at 1-800-475-4505

Dakota Worldwide Corporation
4801 West 81st Street, Suite 105
Minneapolis, MN 55437