1.   Also, many shoppers who browse online end up buying the merchandise at a conventional store, Leathern said.

2.   And many parents are asking their co-workers to buy the merchandise.

3.   Are we really buying hot merchandise here?

4.   Although they differ in some ways, both programs reward customers who buy online with airline miles or points they can use to buy other merchandise.

5.   Are the shoppers at that market likely to buy your merchandise?

6.   Baby boomers, notorious for refusing to grow old, will be encouraged to buy middle-aged merchandise like furniture by identifying it with the eternal youth of popular culture.

7.   A typical fence buys merchandise from the thieves and passes it on to different types of low-end merchants.

8.   But ask questions and read labels to avoid buying out-of-date merchandise.

9.   Buying enough merchandise can also be a problem, he said.