21.   It will not be long, he predicts, before retailers routinely offer online auctions as an alternative format for holding sales.

22.   Look for discount coupons offered by retailers.

23.   New York recently passed a law requiring retailers to offer such certificates.

24.   Not only are musicians selling their own CDs online, but three rival Internet retailers now offer custom CD compilations.

25.   On purchases of big-ticket items such as DVD players, consumers carefully check prices and the levels of service that retailers offer, he said.

26.   One reason U.S. catalog retailers can offer such bargains is because regulations make it costly for Japanese retailers to get merchandise to their stores.

27.   Other retailers offer credit toward future purchases too, including Kmart Corp., which recently rolled out a private-label credit card.

28.   Rather, the wired pumps will attempt to mesh with their surroundings by allowing local retailers to offer discounts for goods and services.

29.   Retailers can offer imported colas like Virgin at lower prices thanks to the strong yen, which makes imports cheaper.

30.   Retailers offered something at full price, and customers bought it in droves.