Cary, NC — January 10, 2007 — Confero Inc. of Cary, NC received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council – Southeast, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Confero Inc remains a leader intent on surpassing their competitors in customer service experience measurements and customer satisfaction research. With their fifth consecutive year being recognized, Confero Inc. continues to promote the importance of women-owned businesses.

WBENC’s national standard of certification is intended to verify that a business is at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by a woman or women. The certification process includes a site inspection and an in-depth review of the business.
Corporations and government agencies, by including of women-owned businesses among their vendors, demonstrate their commitment to supporting diversity and the constant expansion of their supplier/vendor diversity programs.

About Confero:
Confero, Inc. is a customer experience measurements firm specializing in mystery shopping services and customer satisfaction surveys for retail, automotive, banking and food service businesses. Formed in 1986, Confero conducts mystery shops in the U.S., Canada and Japan using its over 130,000 independently contracted mystery shoppers. The firm is a charter member of the Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA), is certified by WBENC as a Woman-Owned business and is accredited by the Better Business Bureau.

About WBENC
The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC’s certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.