Directed by Maneesh Sharma; written by Habib Faisal and Devika Bhagat; director of photography, Aseem Mishra; music by Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant; production design by Wasiq Khan; produced by Aditya Chopra; released by Yash Raj Films.
Merchants can design the virtual storefronts of their shops, and many feature stylized photos and witty descriptions of their offerings.
On the supply side, it allows merchants to design their own sites and use e-mail and social networks to engage directly with customers, which is akin to shopping in a mall.
The documents were filed in a class-action lawsuit -- representing five million retailers led by Wal-Mart Stores; Sears, Roebuck and Safeway -- that accuses Visa and MasterCard of trying to confuse merchants by designing their debit cards to be almost indistinguishable from their credit cards.
A Charleston merchant, Christopher Gadsden, designed the Revolutionary War's famous naval flag with its "Don't Tread on Me" slogan and coiled rattlesnake; some South Carolina militias carried a similar flag into battle during the Civil War.
Mr. Opdebeeck, 30, who was born of Belgian parents in Brazil and has spent adulthood in Switzerland, calls his company Au Bonheur du Vin, roughly Wine Lover's Paradise, a name he picked up from a similar operation in Paris and echoing a Zola novel, "The Ladies Paradisee," about a merchant who designs a dazzling store to overwhelm women into spending.
The most women could hope for was to be cast as victims of an evil system, as in Zola's "The Ladies Paradisee," about a greedy merchant who designs a dazzling department store in Paris to overwhelm women into overspending (a 125-year-old parallel to today's easy credit offers).
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil.
Ceylon was an unusual ship, constructed by the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) in Bombay as an East Indiaman merchant ship designed to operate as a 32 gun frigate during wartime.
The Virginia-based network created its proprietary mobile platform to allow small, local merchants and businesses to design, scale, and monetize their mobile loyalty platforms, while providing their users with quick access to rewards and exclusive promotions.
