These patterns are things such as the quality of leadership decision in a company, details of internal operations, etc.

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They soon focused on a much smaller bank, also well-run and having similar financial characteristics in such areas as return on equity, interest margin, loan quality, etc.

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This intentional myopic approach ignores powerful marketplace evidence that consumers value other things than just speed in broadband service, like mobility, price, reliability, quality of service, etc.

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Do their shoppers come looking for hotter deals on a product, a brand, or most anything else in that store, etc.? Or do they come expecting sustained high quality, good service, products that are durable and reliable, and for which they are willing to pay a bit more.

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But overseas, cell phones are sold at a wide range of kiosks, which is part of the reason why cell phones have a relatively low level of retail quality in many emerging countries and regions, such as India, Russia, southeast Asia, etc.

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Try before you buy - qualities like the shutter lag, LCD screen quality, general handling and button placement etc can only be determined by trying the camera out in a shop.

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