BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 12, 2000 ISSUE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Using Clicks to Get inside Bricks It's the next wave in e-retailing--letting customers use the Net to find and buy products in brick-and-mortar stores. Here's a sampling: CIRCUIT CITY Its Express Pick-up lets users search real-time inventories at up to three stores at once. OFFICE DEPOT Customers can check in-store availability of an item over the Net--but the most recent listing is for 8 a.m. By yearend, the retailer will feature up-to-the-minute product availability. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP It's assembling a system that allows users to do Web searches for products at retailers inside the company's 257 malls. GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES In June, the company will let online shoppers select in-store items in a given shopping mall, and arrange for pickup or delivery. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Shop Online--Pick Up at the Store TABLE: Using Clicks to Get inside Bricks INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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