Some are written by small shops, some, like the Business Objects application, are produced by big companies.
His firm faces competition from small shops such as England's Biotica Technology and giants like Novartis.
Most perish almost instantly in the relentless battle for scarce shelf-space in Japan's small shops.
But he said it was important to look after the future of the small shops.
Paris also derives charm and intimacy from the small shops that populate its neighborhoods.
As many small shops were engulfed by the sea, coddling them is hardly a pressing matter.
This would matter little if small shops could force supermarkets to pull up their socks.
In particular, the small shops simply lack the sales networks developed over decades by the big shops.
Graff closed his two small shops and in 1974 opened up a bigger one close to Harrods.
Opposition parties say allowing foreign supermarket chains will put small shops out of business and hurt the poor.
They pledge to look beyond economic growth and worry more about well-being and the survival of small shops.
Some entrepreneurs, like 38-year-old Michael Taus, are already setting up such small shops, some of them in their homes.
Importing from 55 countries--at least 80% of inventory comes from small shops abroad--is slower than going to a wholesaler.
Crazy Bones may not knock Beanie Babies off the shelf, but it's catching on, and not just with small shops.
The 550ml desserts, made by Nestle in Germany, were sold in small shops, garage forecourts, newsagents and not large supermarkets.
But although small shops compete vigorously with one another on price and quality, their influence on big supermarkets is negligible.
But the Chinese firms were chipping away in the smaller towns and villages, building direct-sales armies to work with small shops.
The former chief executive of Tesco has described the rise of supermarkets and closure of small shops as "part of progress".
Big video-rental chains have been kicking small shops in the teeth for years--which makes Christine Kim's feat all the more impressive.
Opposition parties say allowing foreign supermarket chains to set up will put small shops out of business and hurt the poor.
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Yet the brief relaxation of Sunday trading restrictions appears to have encouraged shoppers to move from small shops to bigger ones.
In the U.S. there are now at least 20, 000 informal remittance businesses working out of 24-hour convenience stores, restaurants and small shops.
One of those blind alleys, letting small shops sell books on the company's website, now accounts for a third of its sales.
The programme had been administered chiefly by the Iraqi government, which delivered food through 44, 000 outlets, mainly small shops, across the country.
Most restaurants and small shops were closed, with hand-written notes on the door: "For technical reasons closed on 10 and 11 November".
Some small shops also believe they would be less able to absorb the cost of the tax compared to the big supermarket.
In Russia, for example, large supermarkets, which have no choice but to obey the tax inspectors, have a 5% cost advantage over small shops.
Health Minister Lesley Griffiths told AMs that childminders, leisure centres and small shops selling only packaged sweets and drinks would be exempt from the legislation.
MPs and an alliance of green organisations, small shops, charities and farmers called for a new regulator to police supermarkets and their dealings with suppliers.
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