Unlike most flash sale sites, Fab does not sell retailers' excess inventory, but rather sells new, in-season items at discount prices.
Written and directed by Dan Fogelman, Danny Collins does something similar with Al Pacino, except that the Pacino character here hasn't failed, but rather sold out lucratively and soul-destroyingly; even so, he's way tackier than Depardieu's singer.
That is, the effects on the real economy are the same.In practice, the alternative to raising interest on reserves is not a massive sale of Treasury bills (which the Fed does not possess) but, rather, selling off a large portion of the assets accumulated since August 2008.
Her point was that those companies' bigger priorities are not how to make money for musicians and the music industry, but rather selling devices (Apple), selling advertising (Google, Facebook) or selling memberships (Amazon), with music likely to be a loss-leader.
Amazon's end game doesn't involve besting Apple, Samsung or Motorola in the tablet game, but rather selling more wares.
Benjamin Moore doesn't have its own storefront, but rather sells its product through big and small local retailers.
Bib + Tuck doesn't charge any membership fees, listing fees, or transaction fees, but rather sells the virtual "bucks ($1.00 = 1 buck) to members.
As with the Kindle Fire tablets, the Amazon smartphone is not about dominating the market, but rather selling content through its digital storefronts.
It's not that Microsoft is jacking up prices (though some may, of course, debate this), but rather selling all the work that goes into making its software run.
