"A few really important things to know about this new law:
1) It only applies to merchants whose NY affiliate-driven sales aggregate to $10,000 over the previous (rolling) year."
"FYI--I have an Op-Ed on this in today's Newsday:
[www.newsday.com]
The law isn't only targeted at Amazon; it targets all online retailers who use affiliate programs and have quarterly sales of greater than 10,000."
"As an alum of the first season of Remote Control (I was the big winner of my show, although I missed the Subaru Justy, which in retrospect was probably for the best), I love your choice of image!
What was the question again?"
"Interesting article about nexus (that's what the connection is called), particularly with regard to commissioned salespeople:
[www.catalogsuccess.com]
Personally, I think this is a non-starter, particularly once the retailers get wind of it, since pay-for-performance referrals are so important to online retailing, but we'll see."
"Back in the day (early-to-mid '70s), our family had a dark blue Pontiac Grand Safari and our friends had the sister white-and-wood trim Chevrolet Grand Caprice, similar monster wagons with the clamshell tailgates (they went up and down into the body of the car)."
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