Meanwhile, our concept of product origin also weakens.

同时，我们也因此淡化了产品原产地的概念。

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Most buyers outside of Japan expect new products to be simple and intuitive, and they are less concerned about a product's point of origin.

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Historically, says Alex Carpenter of Interbrand, brands were used in financial services in their most basic form: to denote the origin of a product.

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It did not enter the food chain and investigations into the origin of the meat product are continuing.

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