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Aussie e-commerce expo kicks off: photos

The Australian Online Retailer Expo 2010 got underway yesterday at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The exhibition runs to the end of the week and brings e-retailers, merchants, web developers and manufacturers together to showcase the booming Australian e-commerce offerings.
By Luke Hopewell, Contributor
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The entry to the 2010 Online Retailers expo.

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eBay and PayPal shared a booth at the front of the expo.

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Google Australia was in attendance, demonstrating its new Commerce Search 2.0, announced yesterday for the Aussie market.

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The IBM stand brought giant coffee, a giant laptop and some big e-commerce ideas.

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Footsteps led the way down the expo hall.

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Compuware used its Gomez technology to test the speed of an attendees website.

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Australia Post flexed its muscle as the largest and fastest postal service in Australia.

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Akamai had an interactive display.

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The ideas theatre played host to a number of free presentations.

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Netstarter had a funky 3D video presentation alongside its shiny green booth. The only issue was that the glasses it provided didn't work.

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PayPal managing director Frerk-Malte Feller predicted a 40 per cent increase in e-commerce by 2012.

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