Newsbits ADVISORY/Virtual and In-Store Reality Meet (BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999-- TOPIC: Major retailers are increasingly using in-store Internet kiosks to help customers choose products and make purchases. The technology allows consumers to research and compare store merchandise without the assistance of a salesperson, while blocking software restricts the user to the company's Web site. Some experts predict that eventually every major retailer will have such a system in place. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: E-Commerce consultant Laurence Holt is CEO of Quidnunc, and is an expert in e-business strategy. John-Scott Dixon is director of electronic commerce at Insight, and can comment on electronic commerce and the Web. Ralph Folz is president and co-founder of TVisions, and is an expert in e-commerce and integration technology. -0- ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. Contact: Business Wire, Chicago Christina George, 312/573-0018 [email protected] or Neil Hershberg at 212/752-9600, ext. 235 [email protected]

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