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Online Merchants...Naughty or Nice?

U.S. Newswire, November, 2007

Content provided in partnership with HighBeam Research

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: Julie Basa of EDS, +1-972-605-1862, julie.basa@eds.com

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rising gas prices, a soft economy and sheer convenience will attract a record number of Santa's helpers to online retailers this holiday season. According to the National Retail Federation's 2007 Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, consumers plan to do more than 30 percent of their holiday shopping online.

As more people do their holiday shopping online, the risk of the Grinch stealing holiday cheer -- and identities -- is at an all- time high. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission reported more than 674,000 victims of identity theft and fraud totaling an estimated $1.1 billion in...

 

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