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e-tailer noun. An Internet-based retail operation.

Example Citation:
"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 — or e-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

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Subject Categories:
Business - E-commerce
Business - Retail

Posted on May 10, 1997 at 7:49 AM


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