Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Close, but No Guayabera

Online retail giants like Amazon.com closely track customer behavior. Based on this stored information, these stores use this data to predict consumer behavior.

For example, Amazon often displays an item juxtaposed with items bought by customers who seem to shop like you.

Smaller online retailers are eager to follow Amazon's example, although there's evidence that they're learning slowly.

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