The bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods from an Internet site, and Intranet site or any other computer network; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods from a virtual retail or wholesale store or outlet; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods in a retail or wholesale store or outlet, department store, through a television shopping channel, by mail order, by means of telecommunications or from a factory-based retail or wholesale outlet; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, a variety of household goods, including ceramic articles, pottery, chinaware, porcelain, earthenware, tableware, cookware, dinnerware, ornaments, figurines, crockery, glassware, models, statuettes, giftware, domestic utensils and containers, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods from an Internet website, an Intranet site or any other computer network, from a virtual retail or wholesale store or outlet, a retail or wholesale store or outlet, department store, through a television shopping channel, by mail order, by means of telecommunications or from a factory-based retail or wholesale outlet