Breakthroughs in E-commerce

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Today, Saks.com launched a web video fashion catalog. It's actually a fun time-waster (watch models pose in fancy outfits!), but they've chosen a strangely flat-voiced woman to do the narration. But hey, now we know how to correctly pronounce trompe-l'œil. [Saks.com]