The shops now include offshoot high-end specialist boutiques.
The military was always going to be involved - providing high-end specialist capabilities like flying RAF Typhoons and Lynx Helicopters or being on stand-by as bomb disposal teams - most of these capabilities have barely been used.
On the other hand, under the adverse conditions of the economic downturn, NHS hospitals are dis-incentivised from employing physician-scientists because they take time off from their clinical work to do academic work, and the NHS inadequately reimburses hospitals for innovation and high-end specialist services that are usually provided by physician-scientists.
All three are scrambling to poach high-end pediatric specialists from among the limited number at other hospitals around the country.
No attempt either to explain that Theresa May's one-third reduction in net immigration is probably down to student exclusions and the visa squeeze on high-end IT specialists which so annoys big business.
There were also some firsts this week: high-end knitwear specialists Orley showed for the first time presenting not only knits but a full-scale collection in a venue that demonstrated the benefits of New York's great architectural spaces.
As for the old IBM's and Oracle's: if they don't adapt, they will be reduced to becoming niche, high-end data specialists.
"George and the team at Amazing are the perfect partners for BBC Worldwide as their slate delivers exactly what we're looking for right now – that is non-scripted aspirational lifestyle content, male-skewing factual entertainment, access driven documentaries, and high-end accessible specialist factual," said Mark Reynolds, genre director for factual at BBC Worldwide.
Last year Dell snapped up high-end PC specialist Alienware, and HP bought its rival Voodoo in an effort to increase the margins for their PC businesses.
And yes, there are some who will use their smartphones instead, but there are others who will still want to buy a high-end device from specialists like TomTom or do away with dangling cables and go for a reasonably priced in-dash solution".
