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  2. Michael Aldrich - Wikipedia

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    Innovative Information Systems. Michael John Aldrich (22 August 1941 – 19 May 2014) was an English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur. [ 1] In 1979 he invented online shopping [ 2] to enable online transaction processing between consumers and businesses, [ 3] or between one business and another, a technique known later as e-commerce. [ 4]

  3. Online shopping - Wikipedia

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    An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a regular "brick-and-mortar" retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When an online store is set up to enable businesses to buy from another businesses, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping.

  4. Timeline of e-commerce - Wikipedia

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    Electronic shopping is invented by Michael Aldrich. [6] 1982. Major launch, Milestone. Online marketplace. The Boston Computer Exchange, a prominent bulletin board system -based (BBS) marketplace for selling used computers, launches. [7] This is one of the first, if not the first, ever platforms for e-commerce. [8] 1982.

  5. Meet the American who invented the shopping cart, Sylvan ...

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    Oklahoma grocery store magnate Sylvan Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1936 — and went on to become a shopping-cart manufacturer and benefactor of many Oklahoma charities and institutions.

  6. E-commerce - Wikipedia

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    E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling products on online services or over the Internet.E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems.

  7. History of Amazon - Wikipedia

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    History of Amazon. Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in his Bellevue, Washington garage in 1994. Amazon is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", [1] and is one of the world ...

  8. Victor Gruen - Wikipedia

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    Architect. Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum[1] (July 18, 1903 – February 14, 1980), was an Austrian-American architect best known as a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States. [2] He is also noted for his urban revitalization proposals, described in his writings and applied in master plans such as for Fort ...

  9. Sylvan Goldman - Wikipedia

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    Monte Goldman. Alfred Goldman. Parent (s) Michael Goldman. Hortense Dreyfus. Sylvan Nathan Goldman (November 15, 1898 – November 25, 1984) was an American businessman and inventor of the shopping cart. His design had a pair of large wire baskets connected by tubular metal arms with four wheels. [1][2][3]