It offers a extensive range of merchandise similar to trend, electronics, and residential home equipment. Central Online also has a loyalty program for frequent consumers, providing unique discounts and promotions. English entrepreneur Michael Aldrich was a pioneer of online purchasing in 1979. His system connected a modified domestic TV to a real-time transaction processing computer via a home phone line. During the 1980s he designed, manufactured, sold, put in, maintained and supported many online purchasing techniques, utilizing videotex technology. These techniques which also offered voice response and handprint processing pre-date the Internet and the World Wide Web, the IBM PC, …