The dynamic executive underscored the shift by putting the runway products of four hot British designers online for customers' instant gratification.
Now, besides taking orders online for customers all over the country, Magnolia's sweet treats can also be found at storefronts in both Chicago and Los Angeles.
Then she heard a radio advertisement promoting a bill aggregator, a term that is coming into use to describe services that receive customers' bills, display them online for their customers to view and pay them from the customers' bank, savings or investment accounts.
There has been a shift to online for everything from customer services to shopping and social security payments, meaning less need for human-to-human contact.
Sites like StreetEasy have free rein to publish listing information online for customers to search, aggregating data from various sources to create fairly comprehensive databases of properties available in New York City, including homes for sale by owner.
Backing up non-browser content like photos and videos would compete directly with service providers who store this information online for customers (Flickr, YouTube, Photobucket, etc).
The second provision: establishment of state health insurance marketplaces (called exchanges in the law) where private insurers compete online for customers.
"My wife goes online for a customer -- she can usually get an item cheaper online for a collector than she can if she buys it locally, even with our commission," Mr. DeWolfe said.
