But in Japan many buyers of luxury goods have been ordinary middle-class office workers, some of whom save up for years.
As one commentator noted, online selling of digital goods was well underway before the Patent Office issued the Sharing Sound patent.
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These days, you can buy virtually all of your office supplies online and the goods will arrive at your door in a day or two.
The Office for National Statistics has listed the 700 goods selected to work out the official inflation figure.
When Reagan took office, only about a tenth of the manufactured goods consumed in America came from overseas.
Mukhtiar Singh, a Sikh with a trademark passion for sports, ran two successful sporting goods stores in Indonesia and in 1969 opened a small buying office in Singapore to be closer to regional distributors.
Today he is often back in Berkeley Square, in Linde's London office, though he has nothing to do with luxury goods or trendy design.
That echoes a study released in November by the U.S. Government Accountability Office that found that customers end up paying higher prices for goods and services because the cost of interchange fees are built into the retail price.
This study echoes a paper released in November by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which found that customers end up paying higher prices for goods and services because the fees that a seller pays to Visa and MasterCard are built into the retail price.
Yes, there is devolution and it is right we make that work, but Wales also benefits from making sure that the Foreign Office is standing up for Wales, that we are helping sell Welsh goods around the world, that we are taking into account all of Wales' needs.
More airports, more shipping terminals, more office and residential buildings, and the list goes on, fodder for the technologically sophisticated goods and services our exports embody.
Disaster workers use federal credit cards on-scene, and the Government Accountability Office has found in previous cases the cards have been used to buy jewelry, leather goods and entertainment.
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Since he took office, Mr Morsi has done more than Mr Mubarak did to stem the flow of goods (including arms) through the tunnels that connect Gaza and Sinai and that supplied the enclave during the siege Israel imposed after Hamas took over the strip in 2007.
The Office of Fair Trading is appealing to shoppers to think carefully before taking out extended warranties on goods they buy.
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