The last two Olympic Games did require make-goods, since their ratings didn't hit what NBC and CBS promised to advertisers.
That means it probably won't have to offer any "make-goods, " which are free spots for advertisers that don't originally get the audiences they paid for.
However, a return to the Deutschmark would make German-made goods more expensive overseas and within the eurozone which could hurt German exporters.
Any euro strength that would make euro-denominated goods more expensive on world markets would be mitigated by commensurately reduced production, labor and shipping prices.
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It was up to the mills of Pittsburgh and the machine shops of Cincinnati to make the innovative best-quality goods that the world demanded, and that only specific cities knew how to make.
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That, in turn, would make imported goods more expensive domestically and American-made goods cheaper on foreign markets.
In Japan private-label goods make up just 5% of Euromonitor's core grocery products.
Analysts worry that the brand is not yet established enough to stretch easily across new categories, which include houseware and accessories such as perfume and shoes (where most luxury-goods groups make their money).
The strategy is gaining momentum in mobile and has become the standard model for apps, where many developers can make money from the 1% or so of people who make in-app purchases of virtual goods.
"I never thought I could make so much money fighting fake goods -- or that there are so many fakes out there, " says Wang, now 22.
As a 2007 Wall Street Journal article points out, luxury brands often set ridiculously exaggerated price points for a handful of luxury items, in order to make the still-extravagant cost of other goods seem more sane.
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The end goal: to make gaming and virtual goods consumption via its Moba-coin as profitable abroad as it is in Japan.
Packaging disparate goods and cross-merchandising to make products more affordable communicate a desire to help and enable essentials-minded consumers to branch out, she added.
Hirano says sales of add-on game content or in-game virtual goods will help companies to make up for the initial lower price point.
And for failure--like the attempt to make employees negotiate prices for intracompany goods and services as if they were individuals in a market economy.
He started importing frozen foods before launching LuLu during the Gulf War, it went on to make its name as a provider of value-for-money goods.
That appreciation would make the relative cost of Chinese goods much more expensive for Wal-Mart to purchase.
We used to use 30-50% of the population working in factories to make the physical goods we wanted.
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And they will do quite well for at least another decade or two, living off mainstream industries such as autos, consumer electronics, semiconductors and other capital goods as they make a transition to a more investor and consumer-friendly society.
While plenty of big-name athletes make big bucks endorsing products, some who seem to have the goods don't get the chance.
Most goods are aimed at evangelicals, who make up the bulk of the big-spending consumers, according to a recent study by Baylor University in Texas.
China has gotten rich over the last thirty years, in part, from exporting the small mass-market consumer goods that fill the shelves of my local Target before they make their way into my apartment.
Springleaf and OneMain these days make mostly nonreal-estate loans to people who need to fix homes and cars or pay for consumer goods.
Many euro countries will find that high unemployment, stickily inflexible markets in goods and labour, and the absence of cross-border fiscal transfers combine to make living with the single currency's discipline uncomfortable at best.
Wahler's Hunt Valley, Maryland-based firm uses database and Internet technology to track a company's consumption of printed goods -- such as business cards and stationery -- and designs programs to make these purchases less costly.
Although, CVS loses out on the front-door sales of cosmetics and other personal care goods by mail facility, it stands to make higher margins on account of lower costs incurred on servicing the consumer.
Sonnier also said the decision highlights the need to make trademark counterfeiting a crime in Canada and to grant Customs officers in Canada ex-officio authority to seize counterfeit goods at the border.
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We met Jose and Maria Pereira of Sunshine Meats in Milperra, who worked for years to make their wholesale small goods meat business the success it is today, and tasted one of their bestselling products -- a chorizo that Jose perfected as a young man living in Portugal.
The half-dozen expedition ships that also visit each summer provide an opportunity for locals to ply their goods and make an income (and for the kids who managed to commandeer a Zodiac left on shore, a bit of summertime fun).
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