Some 200 companies advertising everything from tractors to paint, concrete, cars and banks put their goods on display here.

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As for makeup, despite the vast array of goods on display at stores, the type of New Yorkers I am writing about wear very little.

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Only an eye-witness can give an account of the sudden effect which currency reform had on the size of stocks and the wealth of goods on display.

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Five years ago Best Buy's managers realized that too many potential customers were walking out of its stores empty-handed because its salespeople couldn't explain the goods in the display cases.

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Facebook makes its money primarily through display advertising, but also facilitates the purchase of virtual goods in games and applications running on its platform through Facebook Credits, a virtual currency.

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The promise of American manufacturing, the power of producing tangible goods that people want to buy, was on full display at the Washington Auto Show, where the President stopped by last Tuesday.

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