Y2K A NON-EVENT FOR U.S. RETAILERS?

Store shelves are far from empty and many merchants say it's business as usual as Y2K draws near, with few Americans hoarding goods in preparation for possible troubles in the new year. While some Y2K-fearing consumers are buying up baby formula, electric generators and sleeping bags, most aren't purchasing a thing or are just stocking up on basics, such as water and batteries.

71 percent not stockpiling .... http://cnnfn.com/1999/12/29/technology/wires/millennium_hoardin

-- Jean Wasp (jean@sonic.net), December 29, 1999