(Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B.
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- Blog posts 2008-05-12
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- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
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- Blog posts 2007-11-21
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- Software downloads 2007-09-05
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- Blog posts 2007-07-10
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- Blog posts 2007-06-21
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- Discussion threads 2007-04-12
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- Discussion threads 2007-03-17
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- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
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