Retail.Com And Celarix Team Up To Provide ShopKo With E-Logistics  Solution

Minneapolis, MN - March 14,  2000 Retek  Inc.'s (Nasdaq: RETK) business-to-business collaboration network retail.com, and  Celarix, Inc. announced today that ShopKo has selected retail.com logistics  solutions, provided through a strategic partnership with Celarix. ShopKo is a  Fortune 500 retailer operating over 300 stores across the United States.

"We were looking for the best solution that would help us further optimize  the management of our supply chain, interface with our existing internal systems  and allow us to communicate with all of our external vendors," said ShopKo  Senior Vice President and CIO Paul Burrows. "ShopKo has worked with Retek for  several years and seen great success using their solutions. We like the joint  retail.com/Celarix solution because it offers us the opportunity to continue  building on our existing relationship with Retek, while leveraging a new  solution truly designed for logistics and the Internet."

Retailers rely on retail.com for a state-of-the art solution that enables  professionals to manage the movement of goods through the supply chain - from  sourcing, to shipment, to delivery - in real-time, via the Internet. Through its  partnership with Celarix, Inc., a provider of web-based, transportation  procurement and logistics management services, retail.com offers logistics-based  data for analysis, trending and alerting. retail.com and Celarix announced their  partnership on January 18, 2000.

"retail.com is the perfect complement to our solution for the retail  industry," said Graham Lubie, executive vice president of Celarix. "With our  expertise in logistics and transportation, combined with Retek's established  industry presence, we have the most comprehensive solution available to  retailers on the market."

"We are thrilled to have ShopKo sign on with retail.com," said Retek's CEO  and chairman John Buchanan. "ShopKo has a strong reputation in the industry and  is moving quickly to take advantage of the alliance with Celarix to build a  solid foundation for its web-strategy. ShopKo is the first of many customers in  the pipeline wanting a proven web-based solution -- retail.com and Celarix are  100 percent committed to working together and delivering the most effective,  comprehensive solution in the retail industry."

Retail.com customers include AnnTaylor, Kohl's Department Stores, The Wet  Seal, Finlay Jewlers, Selfridges, BHS, Gander Mountain and The Home Shopping  Network.

About Retek Inc.

Retek Inc. (Nasdaq:RETK) is the world's dominant provider of retail business  solutions. The company operates retail.com (http://www.retail.com), the retail  industry's leading e-commerce platform for business-to-business collaboration.  Through retail.com and Retek's operational and predictive retail intelligence  software, Retek delivers improved decision-making capabilities and operational  efficiencies throughout the entire supply chain, spanning both the B2B and B2C  realms. Retek customers include AnnTaylor, Brooks Brothers, BHS, Selfridges,  Family Dollar Stores, Kohl's Department Stores, Eckerd Corp., The Home Shopping  Network and Fogdog Sports.

For more information, visit Retek's web site at http://www.retek.com or call.  1-877-362-2532. Retek can be contacted in Europe at +44 171 872 5795.

About Celarix

Based in Boston, Mass., Celarix, Inc., was founded in August 1998 by experts  from the supply chain, logistics, technology and transportation industries.  Celarix provides shippers and transportation service providers with  comprehensive, integrated applications that combine the ability to  procuretransportation services and manage the logistics process on-line. By  uniting the power of web-hosted software applications with the speed and  accessibility of the Internet, Celarix empowers professionals responsible for  the logistics and transportation process to make informed decisions with  measurable results.

For more information on Celarix and its solutions, access the company's  Website at www.celarix.com. For editorial information, contact Colleen Minton,  Public Relations Manager for Celarix, at 404-822-0276.

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made under the  Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause  actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such factors are  described from time to time in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and  other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.