Administration of consumer loyalty programs which provides coupons, gift cards, and loyalty rewards using interactive advertising and social media through retailer websites; administrative processing of purchase orders; advertising and publicity services; business management assistance; business inquiries; business research; providing business information; providing business information via a web site; provision of commercial and business contact information; compilation of information into computer databases; compilation of statistics; demonstration of goods; design of advertising materials; distribution of samples; economic forecasting; interim business management; invoicing; marketing services; provision of an on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; promotion of goods and services through sponsorship of sports events