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New technologies and ways of buying and selling are transforming the lives of consumers.

New technologies and ways of buying and selling are transforming the lives of consumers. JolYD

K, for example, roughly 12 per cent of all retail trade is conducted on line. While some maintain that the actual impact of the Internet on shopping is negligible, I would argue that it is in fact quite significant for two main reasons. The first main reason is that the development of online shopping has meant that the market for goods available to the individual has grown exponentially. It is possible to buy virtually anything from what has effectively become a world-wide retail market: exotic foods, art works, rare books, adventure holidays; the list is endless. Products that were once only available to those who lived in large cosmopolitan cities with a wide variety of shops can now be bought by those living in small towns with few local amenities.

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some
 maintain that the actual impact of the Internet on shopping is negligible, I would argue that it is in fact quite significant for two main reasons.

The first
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goods
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. It is possible to This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :purchase
buy
virtually
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 become a world-wide retail market: exotic foods, art works, rare books, adventure holidays; the list is endless. Products that were once This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :exclusively
only
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lived
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now
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bought
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small
 towns with few local amenities. 