Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 19, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 editor Shane Minkin 6977308 Winnipeg free press december 2000 computers shopping from workplace called great stress Buster by Frances Katz Atlanta you know All that hype about people getting hooked on online shopping because you could shop in your pjs at 3 in the morning As they say in new York City a recent report from web measure ment firm says More and More serious online shopping action is taking place in the Are coming to work staying late and skipping lunch to shop the those of you whole been shopping Only when the Boss Steps into a meeting will be gratified to hear that workplace shopping even has the blessings of time management they say its a great a half hour after work beats two hours in the say the experts at priority a productivity and Tim management consulting firm with offices in Atlanta and around the these experts suggest spending a half hour before or after work shopping on line is a great Tim 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Moor clearance Centre army of online robots waiting to shop for you by Shelley Emlong new York combing the internet for Good deals is like searching for Low Calo Rie foods at a Holiday with so Many online shopping it can be but an army of robots is ready to serve shopping robots or bots Are web Sites that let would be buyers Type in the product they desire get an instant list of web purveyors carrying the item and what each within you can find the lowest online prices for everything from scooters to digital Many internet giants such As Yahoo offer shop Ping even offers a shop Ping tool that helps its customers find out who stocks items that Amazon Doest at the same an array of Startup like myst have raised Money Over the past year in order to make improvements to their such As More customer reviews and other Handy not All Sites Are created and Many folks just dont know about but bots Are growing in popularity with shoppers who enjoy getting a slew of information about a product in a were like your own personal concierge ser said Brian a spokesman for myst one of the largest and bes known online comparative shopping for some shopping bots have become invaluable when trying to find this years must have gift Consumers have been using shopping bots to search for Sony playstation 2 so much that it has slowed some Commerce Sites to a since there shopping bots Are capable of logging on to As Many As seven web Sites at a every 30 in search of an item going on the Bot sends the customer an email when it finds the smarts san Francisco based online suffered a giant Bot attack on when it recorded hits from playstation 2 seekers in a matter of thanks to some tinkering with the Blue Hast suffered any slowdowns but its a problem that could crop up with increasing frequency As More Consumers Start relying on shopping bots to help them find the Best and Many bots Are working hard to increase Consumers familiarity with their owned by san Francisco based net networks has launched an extensive marketing spending nearly million on a radio and television and and has watched its visitor numbers Rise like a hot air bal my Simon also has signed an agreement with for a link from that Sites shopping another shopping is trying to attract More visitors by launching a feature that recommends two or three particular products based on a visitors answers to a series of ques were not just telling you where to but what to said Deborah a spokeswoman for the efforts Are paying for the week ending my Simon boasted visits to its closing the Gap on the bet Ter known Yahoo which reported and other bots also have reported surges in traffic As the holidays these increases Are partly the result of con Sumers becoming More comfortable with online shopping in according to a recent study by Jupiter million americans plan to spend More than half of their Holiday budgets online this a major jump from last years Mil lion but although online shopping is analysts say shopping bots Are still in their and that they have a Long Way to go before there accepted by the younger like those Between the Ages of 16 and seem to be using bots More than older and younger Consumers Are just More familiar with the said Seema a senior analyst at Forrester research in she the online shopping landscape continues to change Consumers must be aware that some Sites list items from advertisers first unless they request that items be sorted in a particular such As by shopping bots raise Revenue through advertising fees paid by merchants and through affiliate fees paid on sales generated through the shopping Cox news service the Advance capturing the special masonic video 8 or camcorder with cd screen 360x digital zoom 20x optical steady shot image Stabilizer super nights Homo Lux still photo Mode super laser Ink wireless playback system ccdto87 Panasonic digital Palm order Colour cd 8x High definition zoom electronic image Stabilizer 1394 interface Builtin digital is camera pad Vook ;