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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (16275)	9/6/1998 1:33:00 PM
From: uptick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Management's Caveat...Straight from 8/98 10-Q MARKET RISKS The online commerce market, particularly over the Web, is new,rapidly evolving and intensely competitive... (ii) a number of indirect competitors that specialize in online commerce or derive a substantial portion of their revenues from online commerce, through which retailers other than the Company may offer products, and (iii) publishers, distributors and retail vendors of books, music and other products, including Barnes & Noble, Inc., Bertelsmann AG and other large specialty booksellers and integrated media corporations, many of which possess significant brand awareness, sales volume and customer bases. COMPETITIVE RISKS Many of the Company's competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, greater brand recognition and significantly greater financial, marketing and other resources than the Company. Certain of the Company's competitors may be able to secure merchandise from vendors on more favorable terms, devote greater resources to marketing and promotional campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing or inventory availability policies and devote substantially more resources to Web site and systems development than the Company. Increased competition may result in reduced operating margins, loss of market share and a diminished brand franchise. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors. TECHNOLOGY RISKS The Company expects that competition in the Internet and online commerce markets will intensify in the future. For example, as various Internet market segments obtain large, loyal customer bases, participants in those segments may seek to leverage their market power to the detriment of participants in other market segments. In addition, new technologies and the expansion of existing technologies may increase the competitive pressures on online retailers, including the Company. For example, "shopping agent" technologies will permit customers to quickly compare the Company's prices with those of its competitors. Competitive pressures created by any one of the Company's competitors, or by the Company's competitors collectively, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.