31.   Shoppers also can buy a knockoff of Russian nesting dolls that include the figures of Paula, Gennifer, Monica and Kathleen.

32.   Shoppers bought bananas, bread, crackers, cooking oil, cheese and processed meats.

33.   Shoppers cannot buy cars, but they can exchange e-mail with dealerships, schedule test drives and apply for financing.

34.   Shoppers were buying anything that would let them breathe, she said.

35.   So online shoppers buy safe products, those without risk of color, fabric, style, complexity.

36.   Some shoppers are buying with abandon, but others seem cautious as they browse.

37.   Spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg says AOL shoppers are buying toys, apparel, flowers and sporting goods.

38.   Tax foes insist that shoppers will buy enough food, and pay for enough transportation, to more than make up the difference.

39.   U.S. retailers posted some of their worst December sales gains in a quarter century after fierce price-cutting during the holiday season failed to get shoppers to buy.

40.   U.S. retailers posted their worst December sales gains in at least a decade after fierce price-cutting during the holiday season failed to get shoppers to buy.