It is more common for merchandise inspired by a TV show to bear the names of that show, Ms. Niemi said.
Nothing seemed different: the best and brightest of Sarajevans, dressed up for a stroll, enjoyed their day; an occasional pack of stray dogs trotted by; stores with globally common junk merchandise looked busy, unlike a stand with a fine selection of pirated DVDs; some drunks and beggars asked me for money; a plaque marked the place where a Serbian shell massacred people in a bread line, in 1992.
"Often this is the artist themselves, but also very common is a merchandising company who has been contracted by the artist management to do this on behalf of the artist.
The designer shoe industry, to some extent, relies on the willful suspension of rational thinking, the giving over to a more primal urge (to shop, that is) in order to move merchandise that common sense would suggest is patently, obscenely, even self-destructively overpriced.
The most common involve credit card fraud, merchandise that was paid for but not delivered, and delivery of damaged or shoddy goods that do not live up to their description.
Two or more outlets that have common ownership and control, centralized buying and merchandising operations, and similar lines of merchandise are considered corporate chain stores.
Hong Kong's markets might be rammed full of sham merchandise, but it is more common for China to be the manufacturer rather than the consumer of copies.
But all 10 candidates had one enemy in common: globalization, that perpetual movement of capital, people and merchandise that endangers the French social model cherished by 90 percent of French people even as it threatens to definitively bring them to ruin.
The company has also signed a lease for an outlet store in the Woodbury Common mall near Harriman, N.Y., to sell older slow-moving merchandise.
This isn't very common, but sometimes Pixar does hold contests to either win merchandise, or even tickets to have a tour at the studio!
