Dictionary of new words

ETAILER

e-tailer: translation

n.
An Internet-based retail operation.
—e-tailingn.
Example Citations:
Yahoo was part of last year's hot Internet play: search engines. Now, if stock peddlers have their way, it's the turn of Internet retailers — ore-tailers, as they're known.
—Allan Sloan, "You Can Find Lots on the Web, Except Maybe an Operating Profit,"The Washington Post, April 22, 1997
E-tailing: Another one of those dubious "e-" abbreviations.This one is for "electronic retailing."
—Gareth Branwyn, "Jargon Watch",Wired, April 1, 1995
Earliest Citation:
—"Wal-Mart,E-tailersheadline net confab,"Discount Store News, September 18, 1995 .
Related Words:
Amazon
clicks-and-mortar
couch commerce
dot com
dotbam
e-business
e-commerce
e-fence
e-signature
face-to-face sales
netco
new chip
personalized pricing
retail anthropology
showroom
TMT
Categories:
E-commerce
Retail

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