The final tally of equipment, which included an industrial sewing machine and a plasma cutter, became the definitive inventory list for TechShop, a 15, 000 square-foot tinkerer Toyland.
Not surprisingly, the cutover was a month late and still failed, triggering massive shipping delays, a pile-up of excess inventory, a list of angry customers who refused to pay, millions of dollar in losses and a full-blown liquidity crisis.
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In the conflict-resolution segment, each spouse chooses an area of grievance from a list called the Inventory of Marital Problems, developed by psychologists in 1981.
We don't take the word of just any retailer at face value, but when a big player like eXpansys decides that it's time to list a new phone in its inventory, that usually means something's afoot.
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While the national foreclosure rate has waned this year, certain markets continue to work through a large overhang of shadow inventory, such as the Georgia cities on our list.
"After we reassessed the market, and the current inventory it made sense to reassess the list price to fit more with something that is commensurate to the property, " Mr. Lavey adds.
Even Clear Channel is keeping Google on a tight leash, initially allowing the company access to less than 5% of its total ad inventory and drawing up what essentially amounts to a black list of existing advertisers that Google is prohibited from contacting.
The inventory is likely to rise in coming months, as more homeowners list their properties in time for the spring selling season.
Any delay will give Samsung time to clear the old inventory and help stores stock alternative products that are not on the ban list.
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The data will likely be used to compile a national emissions inventory, similar to the Toxic Release Inventory, potentially resulting in similar repercussions for companies that fail to stay off the list.
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The reservation list closed on Oct. 31 because the company wanted to be able to guarantee inventory.
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In Manhattan, lower inventory levels helped four ZIP codes crack the top 10, while 19 in total made the list.
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The challenge for her company, the Oakland, California-based Mannequin Madness, was keeping track of an ever-changing inventory of heads, torsos and limbs, so it could meet the varied needs of a diverse client list of clothing boutiques and department stores.
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