91.   Internet portals, like Alta Vista, because they can attract large amounts of traffic, could well be attractive for companies including media companies and online retailers.

92.   It plans to use the Boo.com brand to create a high-end site similar to its existing one rather than continue to run the company as an online retailer.

93.   It was the largest online retailer of golf equipment.

94.   Its lockers remain free, but My Play will be assimilated by the BMG collective, which now includes Napster and online retailer CDNow.

95.   Jerry Kaplan, co-chairman of Egghead.com, a Menlo Park, Calif., online software store, said the rise of online retailers was fueled partly by wishful thinking.

96.   Known as reciprocal marketing, it allows companies to offer their paying customers discounts at other online retailers.

97.   Last week, online retailers were predicting everything from dips in sales to massive gains.

98.   Last week I got e-mail from eToys, the online retailer that went out of business last spring.

99.   Like most of online retailers, Seiff says everything this holiday season depends on state-of-the-art technology and customer service.

100.   Lillian Vernon, a catalog and online retailer, plans to redecorate its Web site with Christmas merchandise next month instead of in October.