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To: the Chief who wrote (4248)	1/4/1999 12:41:00 PM
From: waldo	Respond to of 37507

>>The world's largest Internet service provider, Dulles, Va.-based America Online Monday said about 1.25 million of its 15 million subscribers shopped online for the first time ever during the holiday shopping season. ''Online shopping is really becoming a key part of the way people shop,'' AOL spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg said. ''It's a new way for people to shop, and it's really only beginning.'' AOL said the average shopper on its system bought two items online a week during last year's holiday shopping season that ran from the day after Thanksgiving to Dec. 27.<< >>With the holidays over, subscribers can still surf AOL's Mega-Clearance Sale, and the company expects the strong holiday sales to translate into steady business for its retail partners through the year. ''They'll come back to do it not for convenience but because they can and they know how to now,'' AOL's Goldberg said.<< Monday January 4 12:27 PM ET AOL Online Holiday Shoppers Spent $1.2 Billion DULLES, Va. (Reuters) - America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL - news) subscribers spent about $1.2 billion shopping online during the 1998 holiday season as consumers increasingly shifted from mall hopping to 'Net surfing to find that perfect gift. dailynews.yahoo.com W

To: the Chief who wrote (4248)	1/4/1999 12:50:00 PM
From: waldo	Respond to of 37507

>>''It's clear that this past holiday shopping season marks a turning point -- when shopping online really became a key part of consumers' shopping patterns,'' said AOL President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Pittman. ''Though it is a critical time to get new online buyers into the habit, shopping online isn't just a holiday phenomenon.''<< >>''The unbeatable ease and convenience online shopping offers was instrumental in driving an unprecedented number of consumers to try it for the first time this holiday season -- but now that they've tried it and experienced all its benefits, we expect they'll come back and shop again throughout the year,'' said Pittman.<< dailynews.yahoo.com W