Nike has moved from a transactional product catalog to a website that sustains a long-term collaboration with their customers.

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Last May, Topin posted its product catalog on the Internet website of Asian Sources, a Hong Kong trade magazine publisher.

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Sony is no stranger to head mounted devices and counts several virtual reality headsets among its vast product catalog.

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They do not simply pick a finished product out of a contract manufacturers product catalog and put their logo on it.

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People can flip through Etsy products as they would a product catalog.

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Whatever Apple's secret philosophical attitude about a 7-inch tablet, it must bring a product to its catalog that is bigger than a phone and less expensive than a flagship iPad.

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The photorealistic jacket that Midcoast produced in under a week appeared in the catalog alongside the photographed product line.

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The catalog, out April 1, will feature five main product categories: entertainment, meals, grocery, drugstore and gift shop.

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Putting together a catalog is a massive task, taking about 10 months from concept to finished product.

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