Revenue comes from banner ads, sponsored content and an e-commerce shop.

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"Oriental Motor makes this information available to distributors via the Web so they all can access the same information, " says Peter Mooney, product manager for ThomasNet, a Manhattan-based shop that sells e-commerce technology to industrial companies.

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Hilburn, built by Wall Street alums to straddle e-commerce and in person style consultations for gents to shop for suits, shirts and slacks.

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It seems that although the companies have well-established e-commerce operations and sophisticated websites, people tend to shop for drugstore items and building materials by visiting physical locations.

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Birchbox is an e-commerce company that offers consumers a unique way to discover and shop for beauty, grooming and lifestyle products.

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The idea is that it opens up e-commerce to people without debit cards, and allows people to shop online without some of the requirements of most online shopping.

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With the advent of the Internet and e-commerce, it's now possible to be a complete hermit and still shop 'til you drop (your mouse, that is).

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Thanks to the online explosion of e-commerce sites over the past several years, more Americans have found ways to comparison shop all kinds of consumer goods.

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But the real selling point of the E1 is its role in HTC's new e-commerce strategy in China: while you can get hold of one at an authorized HTC shop, HTC's Chinese "eShop" throws in custom options for the built-in storage (8 or 16GB), main camera (five or eight megapixels, both with only 720p video capture) and one of the six body colors plus patterns.

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