... help retailers interested in using the Internet by providing them with information concerning their target market as well as other possible markets. Whilst it is more convenient to purchase from home, the coining of the term "Internet rage" (Lynch, 2002) is an indicator of some of the inconvenience and disappointments with suppliers that buying on the Web can ... Detailed product descriptions, product usage suggestions, product presentations in different angles and in various types of usage, and complete outfits help consumers make purchase decisions. A quantitative study of shopping for...

• Word Count: 2008
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... offered to its customers. In January, Krause's announced it would deploy a comprehensive technology platform that is based upon visualization tools developed for GoodHome.com, which was an Internet-based home-decorating destination. The visualization technology enables customers to click on a piece of furniture, search the Web site for a fabric choice, and instantly view an image of the upholstered item ... Kozmo. Kozmo currently serves nine major metropolitan areas with its one-hour delivery of on-line retail purchases. In New York City, the retailer's distribution facilities double as ...

• Word Count: 1051
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... Promo staff, Promotion Research: Good Measures) There are companies that have already begun input research into their own promotions where "sweeps entrants are asked for household information, prize preferences, shopping behavior, and other insights easily aggregated and analyzed online." (Promo staff, Research: Reaching Beyond Scanners) The companies entering into BtoB (business-to-business) or BtoC (business-to- ... , reinforce, remind, and build customer loyalty. Bob Petisi, president-ceo of the Marketing Agency from Wesport CT, believes that "planned purchase brands like computers, au...

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... Abacus, DoubleClick began compiling profiles that linked an individuals actual name and address to the complete records compiled by Abacus of their on-line and off-line purchases. This turned shopping that was once thought to be anonymous, into personally identifiable records. The American Management Association conducted a survey of nearly a thousand large companies and found that more than half the large ... information. Marketers utilize this data to develop highly targeted lists of online users with related likes and behaviors. It is possible for online services to interfere with th...

• Word Count: 1991
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... Abacus two months later, DoubleClick began compiling profiles that linked an individual's actual name and address to Abacus's complete records of their on-line and off-line purchases. This turned shopping that was once thought to be anonymous, into personally identifiable records. The American Management Association conducted a survey of nearly a thousand large companies and found that more than half the large ... information. Marketers utilize this data to develop highly targeted lists of online users with related likes and behaviors. It is possible for online services to interfere wit...

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... by existing channels, thus increasing their profits. As regards benefits for the consumer, there is the convenience and time saving associated with researching and booking a holiday or business trip from home - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as well as the opportunity to obtain immediate cost comparisons. People can easily conduct research on fares, timetables, tour offers, hotel availability and holiday destinations ... most visible form of online tourism is the online provision and online purchasing of either individual or group travel packages. Typical online tourism Web sites offer ...

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... the globe accessible via a PC and modem. There are many web sites devoted to tourism such as the British Tourist Authority's www.visitbritain.com site. The number of Internet users shopping online for travel and leisure services doubled in 1999 to 27 million. Travel has beaten computer software to the number one spot as the preferred product to buy on the ... activities and signs which locate the particular tourist practices, not in terms of some intrinsic characteristics but through the contrasts implied with non-tourist social practises, particularly those based within home and paid w...

• Word Count: 1602
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate