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Online shopping grows every year as many traditional retailers struggle. But in 1998, online shopping was just taking off. At the time, selling clothing and books on the web was a novelty. Brick-and-mortar retailers saw the Internet as an opportunity to reach tech-savvy customers in a new way and decided to test it out. Amazon was four years old, having launched in Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie's garage in Seattle as an online bookseller.
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Online shopping grows every year as many traditional retailers struggle. But in 1998, online shopping was just taking off. At the time, selling clothing and books on the web was a novelty. Brick-and-mortar retailers saw the Internet as an opportunity to reach tech-savvy customers in a new way and decided to test it out. Amazon was four years old, having launched in Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie's garage in Seattle as an online bookseller.
Vault by CNN is a series that unearths old videos and interviews from CNN at critical moments in tech, media and business. Read more about CNN's first day on air at CNN.com: https://cnn.it/3gHhZaW
Produced by Richa Naik and John General
Supervising Producer: Logan Whiteside
#CNN
#Business
CNN Business brings you the latest news about the companies, personalities, and innovations that are driving business forward.
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