Imitation of foreign brand name products and store chains is neither new, nor unique to China.
Perks told CNN an increasing numbers of wealthy consumers in regions such as Asia are driving demand for Europe's most renowned luxury brand name products.
People often buy brand-name products over their generic alternatives for fairly obvious reasons.
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Decisions will be discouraged: let the fridge keep itself stocked full of brand-name products with optimized expiration dates and serving sizes.
But they hurt revenue because they cost less than brand-name products.
Other studies have shown that wearing counterfeit versions of brand-name products makes people feel less authentic, and actually increases their likelihood of both behaving dishonesty and distrusting others.
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Freeshipping.com: Browse through more than a million brand-name products here.
Then there are David Harrold and Bruce Prevost, who set up Palm Beach Finance Partners in 2002 and marketed it as a hedge fund to provide financing of brand-name products to retailers.
Then there are David Harrold and Bruce Prevost, who set up Palm Beach Finance Partners in 2002 and marketed it as a hedge fund to provide financing of brand-name products to investment-grade retailers.
Coupons steer you toward more expensive brand-name products.
Gregg (HGG): This Indianapolis-based specialty retailer sells video products, brand name appliances, audio products and accessories, operating 228 stores in 20 states.
Even more confusing to the consumer is that the phenylephrine is often sold under the same brand name as controlled pseudoephedrine products.
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Eastman Kodak Company and JK Imaging, Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement for JK Imaging to license the Kodak brand name for certain consumer products, including digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and portable projectors.
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Its cosmetics product segment provides various products under the brand name of OHUI, Whoo, ISA KNOX and LacVert.
The Menznau Kronospan factory, which makes wood products under the brand name Kronoswiss, is one of 10 plants in seven countries run by the Swiss Krono Group, according to the company's website.
To do that, Capellas says Compaq will slap its well-known brand name on a wide range of products: from portable organizers to the Himalaya servers that power AOL's e-mail system to products still in development that will blur the lines between computers and electronic appliances like cell phones and stereos.
"Profits and exposure of the brand name as a promoter of good Italian products, " says Trapani.
Prestone uses that brand name on all manner of car care products such as car wax, battery starters, driveway ice-melting salt.
One explanation is that Apple products have become a brand-name accessory, the technological equivalent of another Japanese favorite: a Louis Vuitton bag.
If it is true that Apple products are bought for the brand name (something I think entirely uncontroversial) then by definition they are restricting themselves to that top portion of the marketplace.
Does your marketing department tightly control what products can carry the company's brand name?
In 2005, Haier made a bid to purchase Maytag, to be able to sell its own products under a well-known American brand name.
Cuisinart, the food processor company, and Kohler, the privately held bathroom fixture maker, lend their name to resorts where people can experience their brand and products in style.
The addition of the T-Mobile handset provides 7-Eleven customers with brand-name service at a value price for those who prefer prepaid products.
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Eventually, the availability of biosimilars will spur competition and reduce prices somewhat, and because of advances in technology, some of the follow-on products may even be superior to the original brand-name biologicals.
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It's no surprise that many brand-name companies are shy about the fact that they touch their own products so lightly.
Taking advantage of advances in technology, some of the new products may even be better than the original, brand-name drug.
Honda said it will also grant new licenses for new products which will be produced and sold under the new brand name.
Justices ruled in 2011 that makers of generic drugs cannot be sued for failing to warn consumers of the possible side effects of their products if they copy the exact warnings on the brand-name equivalents of the medicines as required by federal law.
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