Tre Milano has an active anti-counterfeiting program that includes buying goods to check if they are counterfeit and sending takedown notices to eBay and Amazon.

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Though this sort of overheating would normally trigger inflation, it's plausible that prices were held in check by a combination of cheap Chinese goods and cheap labor from East European immigrants.

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At the same time, pushing the private label keeps the pressure on manufacturers of nationally branded goods to keep their own price increases in check.

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The US gets a cheap and stable source of funding for its trade deficit, allowing the economy to continue to grow as consumers purchase cheap foreign goods - whose low prices keep inflation in check.

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It allows them to check up-to-the-minute market rates for their goods so devious middlemen can't deceive them.

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And as they stand in line at the checkout, many are certain to double-check that big online store one last time to see if their goods are available with free shipping.

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Those figures include sales from duty- and tax-free stores in three other airports in the country and the duty-free shopping complex in the middle of Bangkok being constructed as a complement to the new airport space (where, without an impending flight or carry-on baggage, shoppers can spend more relaxed time buying duty-free goods, which King Power will have waiting for them at check-in).

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Because it is so easy to participate, Mr Dove thinks that auctions will turn from being events one attends only to buy, into places for analysts to gauge market trends, competitors to see what rivals are selling, manufacturers to check the resale price of their equipment, and potential sellers to see what they might get for their own unneeded goods.

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