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To: Mark Fowler who wrote (6852)	6/20/1998 1:50:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Shifts seen in online shopping New types of products are showing rising sales online. While computer software, books and music have traditionally been the strongest categories, New York-based market researcher Organic says sales of gifts, apparel, cars, and food are showing "significant increases." The study also found that women, for the first time, outspent men in certain categories. Twenty six percent of women, for example, purchased gifts online. The report concludes online shopping is beginning to replace traditional retail shopping among consumers. Twenty nine and a half million adults researched product information online. Of those, 15.8 million did their shopping in traditional retail outlets or by mail order. cbs.marketwatch.com; Mark, This is clearly inaccurate. Retail in traditional ways is doing well and is 99.9% of retail sales. Glenn