85). Newly independent countries joined in the shipping industry as a way of demonstrating their economic independence, leading to an increase in the number of open registers as owners in the traditional maritime countries could now register in countries with less demanding tax laws and lower costs for workers. Shipbuilding, which had long been dominated by Europe and North America, moved instead to East Asia. Other changes also took place

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The use of some of mobile technologies will reduce the cost of advertising the products and will provide avenues of communication that are safe and reliable. The increasing number of organizations using multiple-channels builds the pressure for organizations to comply or risk going out of business. It is evident that customers that multiple-channel shoppers spend more that customers that use a single channel (Warrington, et al., 2004). Consumer demographics and

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