Abracat - Searchable database of classified ads of over 700 newspaper affiliates. You can search by zipcode or in indvidual newspapers.

A La Vieille Russie - Jewelry, snuff boxes, Faberge, silver, Russian icons and works of art.

AddALL: Book Searching and Price Comparison which allows you to search and compare book price at 41 bookstores. Other book comparison services include DealTime, a comparison shopping engine for books, music and video, Best Book Buys, which searches 22 online stores and A1 BookMall. Used, rare and out-of-print bookstore comparison services include BookFinder, Used Book Search, Bibliofind and Advanced Book Exchange. European resources include Antiqbook from the Netherlands Antiquarian Booksellers' Network and Libri@ntichi. On ABAA Booknet, the homepage of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, you can find dealers by specialty. In Worldbookdealers "top antiquarian booksellers have come together under one banner to present over 200,000 expertly catalogued books." Provides "search engine, a wide selection of participating dealers' stock, dealer profiles, highlights of latest activities, acquisitions and catalogues, general news items and notices of events." And of course there's always Ebay.

Abercrombie & Fitch

Adidas

Aeropostale

Agnes B.

Airwalk

Alain Gauthier - Chemises, Paris

Alapage - French online book and music store

Alden Shoes of Carmel

Allders - UK department store

Alessi

Alexander McQueen

Allen Solly - Relaxed formal wear

Amanda Wakeley - London

Amazon.com - They also have stores for Toys, a Music, Videos and DVDs.

American Eagle Outfitters

American Girl - Pleasant Company, the manufacturer of the American Girls Collection of dolls.

Andrew Marc

Anichini - Tunbridge, Vermont. Luxury textiles

Anita's Ocarinas - Anita Feng makes these ancient folk instruments from a smooth, high-fire clay.

Ann Taylor

Anthropoligie - Clothing, accessories, home decor and furniture.

April Cornell - Women's clothing, housewares, linen

Aquarius Records - Oldest independent record store in San Francisco

Arche Shoes

Ariat

Armani Exchange

Art and Craft Shows - Searchable database of arts and crafts events.

Arthur Price of England - Silversmiths

Asprey - London

Asprey & Garrard - Jewelry

A.T. Cross Co. - Pens

Avventura - Men's shoes, boots & leather goods

Austin Reed - Designer garments, U.K.

Banana Republic

Barclay-Crocker - Fine soaps and toiletries

Barnes & Noble - "World's largest bookseller online"

Barneys New York

Armand Basi

Bass Pro Shops

Bates Mill Store - Bedspreads (Lewiston, Maine)

Baume et Mercier - Fine watches, Geneva

Beatties - UK department store

Bebe - Women's clothing

Become - Search engine for shopping research is in beta. You need to register to try it out.

Benneton

Bentley & Skinner - Jewellers

Best Book Buys - Bookstore comparison service searches 22 online bookstores.

Best Buy Online

Betsey Johnson

Betty Barclay

Bexley - "Fine [French] shoes for men."

Bibliopoly - Beta version of multilinqual online database of rare books for sale from the stock of leading and specialised dealers.

Birkenstock

Bisou-Bisou

Biz Rate - Shopping comparison service also evaluates and rates stores by category.

Blockbuster Video

Bloomingdale's

Bluefly - "Outlet store in your home" sells Prada, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Gucci at a discount

Blue Willi's

Blundstones - Boots, footwear (Tasmania)

Boda Nova

Bodega Chocolates

Bodleian Library Shopping Arcade - University of Oxford

Body Shop - Skin and hair care

Bol.com - "World's most international media and entertainment store." Offers books, music, dvd/video and gifts.

Bolle - Eyewear, sunglasses

Le bon marché - Paris

Bon-Ton

BookSense - National marketing campaign on behalf of the independent bookstores of America. Book Sense Bestseller List is based on sales from over 350 independent bookstores across America. Book Sense 76 Picks is a bi-monthly selection of eclectic new books chosen by independent booksellers.

Bose - "Acoustic wave music system"

Botegna Veneta

Brigatti - "Tutto per tutti gli sport" (Milano)

Brio - Swedish toy manufacturer

Brioni - Italian menswear

Brookstone

Brooks Brothers

Bruno Magli - Shoes

Buffalo Boots - (Requires Shockwave)

Bugatti - Leather goods

Bulgari - Contemporary Italian jewellers

Burberry

Burlington Coat Factory

Burpee Seeds & Plants

Buy.com

Buyer's Index - "Search 20,000 Web shopping sites and mail order catalogs with over 300 million product offerings."

Byblos

Cabela's - Hunting, fishing and outdoor gear

Cacharel

Camper

Campmor - "Gear for camping, backpacking, mountaineering, hiking, trekking, canoeing, kayaking, in-line skating, and bicycling."

Cappellini

Carhartt - "Original equipment for the active worker."

Carolina Herrara

Carson Pirie Scott - Regional department store chain (Chicago, Milwaukee, and central Illinois)

Carter's - Clothes for infants

Cartier

Caswell-Massey - Soaps, toiletries, gifts

Catalog City - Umbrella site for catalogue retailers

CatalogSite

CDBaby - Online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians. Allows you to listen to generous portions of music (try Deb Talan's Forgiven from her Something Burning CD).

CDnow - Online music store

CD Universe - Online music and video store.

Celine - Paris

Chanel

Charles Jourdan - Women's shoes, Paris

Charles Tyrwhitt - Makers of fine shirts, Jermyn Street, London

Chelsea Premium Outlets - Woodbury Common in Central Valley, New York, off the NY State Thruway (I-87) in Harriman, has 220 outlet stores, including Eileen Fisher, Fendi and Oilily.

Chinaberry - Online book store for families.

Chopard - Watches & jewellery (Geneva)

Christian Dior

Christian Lacroix - Couturier

Christie's - New York & London auction gallery

Christofle - Paris

Church's English Shoes

Cinzia Rocca

Circuit City - Computers, electronics

Clarks - Shoes

Clinique

The Clog Store - Located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it claims to be the largest clog store in the world. Other sources for clogs include Cool Shoes, Dansko and Solvang.

Clovis Backpack Co. - Custom backpacks

Coach - Leathergoods, including handbags, briefcases, footwear, men's and women's accessories, business and travel items.

Coldwater Creek

Collette - 213 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris

Company Store - Home products

CompUSA

Conran

ConsumerSearch - Excerpts of product reviews from various publications

Cotswold Woollen Weavers - Filkins, Gloucestershire, UK

Country Curtains - Stockbridge, Massachusetts

CourierWare

Coveside Conservation Products - "Handcrafted habitats for threatened and endangered species."

Crabtree & Evelyn

Crane - Stationery, invitations.

Crate & Barrel

Critics' Choice Video

Danish Furniture Online - Homepage of the Association of Danish Furniture Industries. The Manufacturers' Index provides more than 120 links to Danish furniture manufacturers and exporters, listed alphabetically and by type.

D. Porthault - Fine linens. Paris.

David Dart

David Linley - "We concentrate on subtle details - hints of colour, contrasting textures and fine marquetry." (Son of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon.)

Debenhams - "Britain's favourite department store"

DealTime - "Free, independent, comparative shopping service that scours the entire Web, including online retailers, auctions, and classifieds, for products consumers want at the prices they are willing to pay."

Dean & Deluca - Gourmet foods

Decorating Studio - Offers a number of home decorating, home improvement & interior design links.

Dehillerin - Eric Dehillerin, located in Paris, has been selling copper cookware since 1820.

Delias

DeLorme - Maps

Denby Pottery

Descarga Online! - "Source for hard to find tropical Latin compact discs, videos, books, instructional material and percussion instruments."

Dewey Trading Company - Collection of Pendleton blankets.

Dexter Shoe Company

Diesel

Dior

Dockers

Dolce & Gabbana

Donna Karan

Dooney & Burke - Leathergoods

Dragons of Walton Street - London. Hand-painted children's furniture.

Drugstore.com

DVD Discounts - "Lowest cost DVD Movies anywhere."

eBay - Online auctions

Eastern Mountain Sports

L'Eclaireur - Paris

Ecco - Shoes

Eddie Bauer

Edwards Ham - S. Wallace Edwards and Sons

Eileen Fisher

Ellen Tracy - Women's clothing in natural fabrics

Ellington Leather Goods

Emma Hope - London. "Regalia for Feet".

Ermenegildo Zegna - Menswear

Erotokritos - Paris

Ertl Toys

Escada

Esprit

Ethan Allen Inc.

EthnicGrocer - Sells ingredients for ethnic foods. (See also Chefshop)

Etienne Aigner - Handbags, footwear, fashion accessories.

Eureka Camping Center - Binghamton, New York, factory outlet sells tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, canoes, kayaks and camping accessories. They have an annual tent sale in March.

ExOfficio

Fashion Designers: agnès b., Akris, Giorgia Armani, Balenciaga, Armand Basi, BCBG, Dirk Bikkembergs, Lie Sang Bong, Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Esteban Cortazar, Cacharel, Ally Capellinio, Robert Cavalli, Celine, Chanel, Franco Ciambella, Jimmy Choo, Claudia Ciuti, Emma Cook, Costume National, James Coviello, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Duckie Brown, Etro, Tracy Feith, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carolina Herrera, Iceberg, Elspeth Gibson, Gina Shoes, Marithe and Francois Girbaud, Givenchy, Gucci, Douglas Hannant, Anne Valérie Hash, Hermes, Carolina Herrara, Anya Hindmarch, Lisa Ho, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson, Charles Jourdan, Donna Karan, Kenzo, Sophia Kokosalaki, Michael Kors, Christian Louboutin, Christian Lacroix, Derek Lam, Helmut Lang, Lanvin, Nanette Lepore, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Catherine Malandrino, Marcel Marongiu, Joanna Mastroianni, Roland Mouret, Angelo Mozzillo, Hiromichi Nakano, Nat Nast, Bruno Pieters, Zac Posen, Paco Rabanne, Prada, Emilio Pucci, Lilly Pulitzer, John Ribbe, Rochas, Alice Roi, Elie Saab, Behnaz Sarafpour, Yves Saint Laurent, Jil Sander, Fausto Sarli, Proenza Schouler, Paul Smith, Franck Sorbier, Anna Sui, Vivienne Tam, Olivier Strelli, Ellen Tracy, Philip Treacy, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, Carmen Marc Valvo, Dries Van Noten, Versace, Viktor & Rolf, Louis Vuitton, Vera Wang, Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, Gaspard Yurkievich, Ronit Zilkha

FTD

FAO Schwarz

Federated Department Stores

FedEx

Fendi

Fila

Fingerhut

Fiorelli - Leather goods

Fisher-Price

Fiskars - Tools, home & garden

Flax

Flax Art & Design - San Francisco art supply store.

Floris of London - Perfumers to Her Majesty the Queen

Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD)

FNAC - French book, music and video retailer. Provides interviews, reviews and a daily cultural "newspaper"

Fogdog Sports

Foot Locker

Fortnum & Mason - London store "supplying gourmet and quality goods to the world since 1707."

Fortunoff

Fossil

Fratelli Rossetti - Italian shoes

Fred Leighton

Frette - Italian linens.

Frontgate - "Enhancing your life at home...needs for the home, pool, patio, and garden."

Frye Boots

Fuller Brush Company

G. H. Bass - Shoes

Gadget Guru Online - Andy Pargh

Galeries Lafayette

Gap

Garnet Hill

Gayle Warwick - Hand embroidered bed and table linens.

Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot - Paris auction house.

General Trading Company - London

Georg Jensen

Giorgio Armani

German Marketplace

Ghurka - Norwalk, Connecticut firm sells travel gear, handbags and accessories

Gieves and Hawkes - Savile Row, London

Gieves & Hawkes - London

Givenchy

Global Electronic Music Marketplace (GEMM) - Over 3,200.000 new & used cds and vinyl. Specializes in hard-to-find titles. For example, try a search for Godiva Chocolotier

Golfsmith - Custom-built golf clubs

Gore-Tex Outerwear

Great Barrington Pottery

Gucci

Gumps - "Legendary San Francisco house-and-home store"

Gymboree - Children's clothing and gifts

H&B Recordings Direct - Classical

H.S. Trask - Men's shoes

Hacker Boat Company - Silver Bay, New York (on Lake George)

Hackett - Menswear, Jermyn Street, London

Hamilton & Inches - Edinburgh. Jewellery and luxury goods.

Hamleys of London - "Finest toyshop in the world"

Hammacher Schlemmer

HandsOnToys, Inc. - Toobers&Zots, Flashball, & Wiggly Giggly

Hanna Andersson - "Soft clothes of the nicest European quality for kids and their families"

Harden Furniture

Harrods - London

Harry Winston - Jewelry

Hart, Schaffner & Marx - Clothing for men

Harvie & Hudson - London firm known for their broad striped shirts. (They made shirts for Rudolph Valentino.)

Hasbro - Toys

Havlick Snowshoe Comp