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Positive Vibes

Nevertheless, I got a fairly positive vibe from Internet Retailer as well even though the topics du jour at the two conferences were considerably different.

But if you think the catalog/multichannel business is dominated by smaller, entrepreneurial companies with sales averaging in the double-digit millions, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. According to one source, 36 percent of Internet Retailer attendees were from companies with annual sales of $10 million or less. Many were from Internet-based companies, some of which serve a middleman function between Web site host company and customer. A few were from dedicated retailers and there were hardly any catalogers.