This means that transaction volume is the name of the game in online shopping.
Persistence doesn't pay off in the game of online shopping for strangers.
Just as Turntable.fm is as much a social as a music listening experience, Sneakpeeq is also as much a game as it is shopping.
Consider your own family travel for a minute: Imagine you had to go to three events (soccer game, piano lesson, and food shopping) on a Saturday in three different towns with two children.
The brand has lost much of its glamour as the maker of the Walkman portable music player, a pioneering product, as well as the PlayStation video-game console, once a must-have for holiday shopping.
At home in China, Mr. Ma is trying to stay ahead of the game as competition rises for the first time against his massive online shopping sites, Taobao Marketplace and Taobao Mall, which rival eBay.com in terms of transaction value.
Many of the squares for the game's upmarket locations feature sponsorship from banks, radio stations and shopping centers.
Others say fixed-line operators, especially those that have a strong fiber optic backbone in place, are better bets because they are players in the broadband services game -- offering pay TV, video-on-demand, home shopping and banking as well high-speed Internet access.
The new player in this game is Webcertificate.com, a Web site where the gift giving and the shopping are done online.
"Our new fourth generation high-speed satellite Internet service is an industry game changer, allowing customers to do more of what they love online, from shopping and social networking to movies and music, " said Mike Cook, senior vice president, North American Division at Hughes.
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