At the same time, a growing number of grocers are providing both online shopping with home delivery.

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Serco moved to a new office in Cardiff in 2011 to provide services for organisations including online and home shopping retailer Shop Direct Group.

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By offering fast ananlysis of large amount of data, ScaleOut Software has won clients in such disparate uses as finance, online dating and home shopping.

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The company cited an increase in online shopping, gave a boost to home delivery and SmartPost Services.

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Apfel has recently designed collections for online retailer Yoox and the Home Shopping Network, and is a model for MAC cosmetics, with a namesake range of makeup.

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Not only has the ease of online shopping persuaded people to stay at home, but the recession and stagnation of the UK economy has left people with less money to spend when they do hit the shops.

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My first online buying spree has taught me that shopping at home in your pajamas can be as exhausting as elbowing your way around the malls.

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But let's say the Internet sales-tax bill becomes law, and Senator Cruz is sitting at home in Houston, doing some online shopping.

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The deal would have brought together Lycos, USA Networks' Home Shopping television Network and Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, a ticketing and online entertainment agency.

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Shopping for a car, vacation or home is much easier online than simply comparing two surgeons.

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