In a nationwide survey, Mercer found that about half its sample shopped the Internet for computer gear, books, plane tickets, hotel rooms and recorded music.
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP) Another general web site that offers hundreds of international links to climbing, trips, gear, books/videos/magazines, regional resources, and clubs and associations.
A newer competitor in the online consignment space, Swap.com, has raised $4 million in Series A funding for its e-commerce shop where parents can buy secondhand kids' clothing, gear, books, toys, games and more.
In addition, the company accepts all brands instead of limiting itself to more high-end apparel, and allows customers to sell non-clothing items like baby gear, books, toys, games, decor, movies and music, sport equipment, and also maternity clothes.
However, the editors quickly realised they were missing something of a trick: by gearing books toward a working class youth audience – something American pulp merchants had been doing for some time with great success – they would be all but guaranteed a higher circulation.
However, the editors quickly realized they were missing something of a trick: by gearing books toward a working-class youth audience something American pulp merchants had been doing for some time with great success they would be all but guaranteed a higher circulation.
A former Air Force "brat" who has rebelled against her parents' conservatism, this woman is now a staunch Obama supporter who works in one of the more unusual shops here (its selection of merchandise ranges from pink flamingos to swords, pirate gear, and books with titles like "Death Warmed Over: Funeral Food, Rituals and Customs").
There are special exhibitions of the fort's expansive fine art and historical artifact collection (including rare paintings, weapons, head gear, antique books and a vast store of engraved powder horns), part of which the board nearly put up for sale in 2008 to cover the fort's operational costs.
Inside the hangarlike, cinder-block space, folding tables are piled with mountains of yarn, looming gear and books with titles like Knitting with Dog Hair.
Totspot — Totspot is a mobile marketplace for savvy moms to discover, buy and sell new and like-new kids items such as toys, clothes, baby gear and books.
The company's catalog currently offers over 50,000 baby products, including feeding supplies, gear, toys, books, clothing, nursery items, and of course, diapers.
