The company has a difficult comparison with last year when there were many clearance sale events as goods bought under the previous management were sold off.
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"How we open up borders for the free flow of people, or workers, as well as goods - that is being discussed as well as infrastructure, " he said.
One of General Motors' first ventures, a factory making pick-up trucks, failed because the company did not realise that such vehicles in China are used to carry people as well as goods.
Costa Rica's government has sent bills to congress that would tax money earned abroad, levy the sales tax on services as well as goods, and introduce a single form for income tax.
Comparing 20 general merchandise categories with roughly 480 items at Target and Wal-Mart, he finds Amazon.com offers 78x the assortment of the brick-and-mortar stores, while Target.com has 3.5x as many goods as the stores, and Walmart.com 5.6x the selection of the stores.
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The GDP deflator thus gives more weight to goods (such as capital goods) whose prices are falling the fastest.
She wants to receive as much value as possible in Japanese goods while paying as little as possible with her goods.
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Outside of the cities, farm-related growth jumped 13% as production of goods such as beef and wheat started getting back to normal.
The weak-dollar advocates seem to be in the thrall of 16th-century mercantilist ignorance, believing that prosperity comes from moving as many economically valuable goods as possible to foreign lands.
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia have oil and gas, as well as agricultural goods.
Mr. Rao said shipments of key exports, such as engineering goods, are performing well.
Lots of others produce higher-grade stuff, such as electronics goods or branded sportswear for Western companies.
The Uruguay round brought both of these under the same trade rules as other goods.
In a market as fiercely competitive as white goods, this was a sure recipe for trouble.
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Exports rose in January, the first jump in eight months, as its goods became more affordable to foreign buyers.
Even if Mr Bolton's nomination is confirmed, he is likely to arrive at the UN as damaged goods, our correspondent adds.
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Whenever stock markets around the world crater, investors scramble to find safety in so-called defensive stocks such as consumer goods companies.
Known as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), it would replace a tangle of state levies with a single, national one.
As imported goods become more expensive, local producers of dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables will find greater demand for their goods.
Cruise ships, like their foreign-based crew members, are treated as fungible goods.
As hard goods become commoditised, companies turn to services to add value.
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In its wake foreign firms piled into industries such as consumer goods and carmaking, drawn by a big pool of labour and customers.
Still worse, as the unofficial face of NBC's latest prime time troubles, Leno risks being perceived as damaged goods by viewers and guests alike.
The controversy is yet another to arise in the philanthropic world over the valuation of gift-in-kind, as donated goods going to charity are called.
Wal-Mart said that it plans to focus on buying more in areas such as sporting goods, fashion basics, storage products, games and paper products.
China pushed hard to make sure the government took into consideration the needs of the food service industry as well as packaged goods manufacturers.
That's why Lafley has spent a lot of time thinking about beauty brands, particularly hair-color products, a category growing twice as fast as household goods.
Those with cash head north to movie-famed Fifth Ave and 59th Street, gateway to the Garden of Eden as far as luxury goods are concerned.
Sir Paul took the top job in British policing knowing full well that his predecessor, Sir Ian Blair, had come to be seen as damaged goods.
That's why Lafley has spent a lot of time thinking about beauty brands, particularly hair-color products, a category that's growing twice as fast as household goods.
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