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Michael Aldrich invented online shopping because he was tired of going to the supermarket each week with his small children. He thought the supermarket should deliver his order to his home. He noticed that transportation costs were going up and telecoms costs were going down and he reasoned therefore that many people would buy his shopping system -and they did, during the 1980s mainly in the UK.

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