Mpire.com and Slide.com explore new frontiers in comparison shopping

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“Mpire is certainly one of the most interesting companies in the Web 2.0 shopping space, which has been surprisingly sparse,” Mr. Weiner said. “There’s been a lot done to help people share information about goods, but what most of the new sites lack is that kind of Web 1.0 element of using technology to scour the marketplace.”

Mpire will also add more social networking components to the site, Mr. Weiner noted, by offering users the ability to send items to friends, add product reviews or link to articles about certain products. “This will all give people more information to help them make decisions,” Mr. Weiner said. “It adds another dimension to the comparison shopping experience.”

Slide.com, by contrast, seeks to bring the shopping experience directly to the user’s computer rather than compelling users to go to a particular Web site...

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