Seeking to redeem himself by good deeds, Noble removes products from shops, "improves" them and returns them to their shelves; his choice of merchandise (Paul McKenna's self-help books, Floella Benjamin's ready meals) reveals a fierce critique of consumerism and celebrity culture.
David was uncompromising in her choice of merchandise; despite its large range of kitchen implements, the shop famously did not stock garlic presses.
From Hyundai's humble econoboxes to Honolulu's choicest penthouses, merchandise made, owned or offered by Asians is also priced to sell.
To capitalize, she suggested that such stores could provide a "cornucopia of choices," offering as broad a selection of merchandise as possible to help make the intangible tangible.
Again, the running commentary of improvements and alterations and merchandise choices.
The number of points of sale will triple, and wider concourses will include themed "neighborhoods" the size of football fields with a wider variety of food and merchandise choices, like those found at the newest N.F.L. stadiums.
But the company has pledged to improve its merchandise choices, and Trudy Sullivan, who took over as chief executive on Aug. 6, has given analysts and investors a reason to be optimistic.
Limiting merchandise choices for customers and shunning IT projects that yield future savings has a way of coming back to bite you once the market turns up again.
Ms. Wagoner fulfilled Dorothy Shaver's marketing concept of "The Signature of American Style" in her choice of designers and merchandise, and her casually elegant looks made her the ideal model for Lord & Taylor's newspaper ads, drawn by Dorothy Hood, and for photographs in leading fashion magazines.
"I wanted to show that football is football and not a battlefield". These are the words of judge Karin Jung, who gave two 1860 Munich fans the choice to buy Bayern merchandise for a fan they attacked - or spend 15 months in jail.
