The TDI engine charges the battery while driving in order to store enough electrical energy for EV operation later in the journey-for instance, in an urban area.

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Ninety-five percent of its products are private label and the store is a strictly no-frills operation.

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The store is a cash-and-carry operation that sells to hotels, restaurants, small stores and other institutions.

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The dates of operation for the pop-up store are significant because it also coincides with Las Vegas Jewelry Week, a series of jewelry industry tradeshows that run roughly from May 28 till June 4.

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It has 15 fully programmable buttons, arranged and tuned for intuitive operation, and on-board flash memory to store macros in up to six profiles that can be switched on-the-fly.

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Opening a store or another public-facing business like a restaurant can be a lucrative operation, but it requires an initial investment.

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Customers are much less forgiving when a company's Web operation runs out of a product than they are when a given store does.

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However, the opportunities presented for enhanced global co-operation are extraordinary if all countries join hands to preserve and protect the world's precious store of integers.

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