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= Michael Aldrich
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Michael Aldrich (1939-2014) was a British entrepreneur and a pioneer in online shopping. He is best known for developing one of the first online shopping systems in the late 1970s. Aldrich's system connected a television to a computer via a telephone line, allowing consumers to make purchases from the comfort of their homes. This innovation laid the groundwork for what would become modern e-commerce.