But export-dependent Germany is relying heavily on global trade to pick up in order to get its economy going again.
"Once I drove ten hours to go pick up an order and then found out that it was coming the following week instead, " says Purkayastha.
While Amazon's customers punch in their credit card details and wait for the postman's knock, eS-Books' literary surfers will pick up their order from the nearest of the 8, 000 7-Eleven stores nationwide - and pay in cash.
Walmart already offers in-store pick up and just expanded its test of a locker system where shoppers can order online and pick-up in the store without waiting in line.
My oldest daughter is handicapped, so I decided to run back in order to pick up her wheelchair.
In order to pick Ireland's best food and household product stocks, Goodbody Stockbrokers' Liam Igoe looks far beyond the island.
He is talking about the risks that many investors face as they pile into bonds with longer durations, in order to pick up extra yield.
Conventional wisdom says that it's important to choose a vice president based on his or her home state in order to pick up electoral votes.
New York state's attorney-general accused the stockbroker of a conflict of interest in recommending shares that it slighted in private in order to pick up investment-banking business.
Cari Donaldson, a 37-year-old freelance writer who home-schools four of her six children, created a bracket of 64 past pontiffs in order to pick the best pope ever.
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Revlon, which acquired Bari Cosmetics in July, is still in the pool of potential buyers, and we saw Markwins outbid Swander Pace Capital in order to pick up Physicians Formula in September.
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Now, the firm is hoping to catch a second wind with a tool that mines Twitter, Facebook, and the whole of social media in order to pick up clues about the public's view on a stock.
You pick up your phone and order a large pizza as you take off your tie and prepare to relax for evening.
But then he didn't have the advantage of living, like Ms Ephron, in Manhattan, where something was almost bound to happen to you if you simply stepped outside, and if it didn't happen you could pick up the phone and order it.
If you haven't placed a pre-order, you can pick one up at the source link below.
At the moment Amazon has only begun to marry its talents in computerized shopping to traditional retailing (example: You can order something on Amazon and pick it up at Circuit City).
Another risk is that a proliferation of measures could be a gift to interest groups, letting them pick numbers that amplify their misery in order to demand a bigger share of the national pie.
The latter never dug into the old ways but has long been willing to evolve when it comes to delivery (call and pick up later in store, mail order whether in a store or via web, and, of course, its having jumped into e-reading).
Seattle-based Zipwhip's Textspresso can send and receive, allowing coffee drinkers to text their order directly to the machine to pick up later.
To lessen the temptation for teams to lose games in order to secure the top draft pick, the NBA in 1985 instituted a "lottery" system.
In the case of a partnership like Preti, the simple solution would seem to be to allocate its Maine income to its Maine partners and its New Hampshire income to its New Hampshire partners with one or the other group having to pick up some out of state income in order for it to balance out.
These consumers are usually the first to pick up the new games and even pre-order the titles.
Some had been hoping the economy would get better faster and in turn tried to maintain their headcounts in order to be at capacity when things pick up again.
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Apple's application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office describes a process for placing an order and then notifying customers when an order is ready to grab at a pick-up station.
These larger companies generally do not sell direct and often sell only frames, so you go to an authorized bike shop and get fitted, then they order the frame for you and you pick the components and have the bike built.
Customers can order a PC-based system and pick from licensed game packs from companies like Atari, Midway, Sega, and Capcom, or plus in their own Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and use the cabinet and its large screen and durable controls for a retro gaming experience.
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Pick a photo from the screen, and you can order a copy from your printer.
This particular home goods store allows you to scan the items, place your order at the register, and then choose the pick-up date.
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And he says the company has some new ordering technology that will allow people to order their meals over the Web, and then pick them up from any restaurant, at any time, and receive their food hot and fresh within two minutes of arriving.
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