Article: Tech Life; Net sales off into a new era.(Features)

AND so that was Christmas and New Year, 1999. The tinsel is put back in the box, anyone who mentions pudding will be stuffed and the `M' word is now banned.

Now we have The Sales. According to the research company BMRB, 21 per cent of the UK population shops on- line and pounds 2 billion was spent over the Internet this year, a lot of it this Christmas.

Net pundits pronounced it a great success, online company shares soared and now the telly is full of ads for online sales shopping, emphasising how you can duck the queues and the hassle and still get to the ...

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