Auction sites draw deal-seeking shoppers

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Online auction sites in the United States have projected sales of $8.5 billion in 2000, a 102% increase from sales of $4.2 billion in 1999. The auction sites, which include eBay.com, AuctionWatch.com and uBid.com, attributed the sales growth to good prices, rarity of their items and scarcity of supply. eBay.com, the top-rank auction site, registered a 2.5 million average daily unique visitors for the week ended December 17, 2000, up 47% over the same period a year ago.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext Svcs NEC, Internet services, Online information services

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Grocers hope fresh alliances help win back shoppers

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Drugstores and retailers are stealing customers from supermarket chains. Analysts say discounters and drug- stores are luring customers away by offer items such as gift cards for upscale merchants such as Nordstroms, Blockerbuster, and Walden Books and predict supermarkets will soon follow suit.

Strategy & planning, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Grocery stores, Drug stores and proprietary stores, Pharmacies and Drug Stores, Supermarket Chains, Drug Stores, Industry Overview, SWY, Drugstores, Safeway Inc., ABS, Albertson's L.L.C.

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Holiday buying starts hot: Sales, up 5% from '02, tracking for best season in 5 years

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Shopping for cameras, toys, clothes and more has marked the Thanksgiving season of 2003, making it the highest shopping projections since 1998 in the U.S. The heavy purchases amounted to sales worth $7.2 billion for the first day of the season, up 5% from Black Friday in 2002, due to improved economy, low interest rates and an upswing in the stock market.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Retail Stores, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Stores, Christmas business, Industry sales and revenue

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