[5] The world's first recorded Business-to-Business [B2B] Online Shopping system was Thomson Holidays [1981] [6] The world's first recorded Business-to-Consumer [B2C] online shopping system was Gateshead SIS/ Tesco [1984] [7] The world's first recorded online home shopper was Mrs Jane Snowball,72, of Gateshead, England in May 1984. [8] Aldrich's systems changed