Similar to an Avon representative who comes to a customer's home with cosmetics to show, try and sell, representatives who handle direct-to-consumer wines arrive with five or six bottles for a tasting.
In the room behind, a second London project was being launched by property group Colliers International, a development called Arden Court, in Bermondsey, SE1: "This weekend we are in Hong Kong, next weekend we will be in Singapore, and by the end of the year we will be launching in London," said one selling representative.
Estelle Croissant, an Avon employee responsible for supporting the direct selling representatives, told the BBC that a workers' council representing Avon staff in France was challenging the company for not following the correct redundancy process.
"I think it's going to be a hard sell," said Representative Ray Merrick, the Republican speaker of the House, who supports the income tax cuts.
We want our offices to sell their representative stamps, and most of us buy stamps in the morning so if you live in North Carolina, how wonderful will that be to buy a sheet of strawberry scented stamps at 9 a.m.? But if you're a resident of New Hampshire, it may be a challenge to see a sheet of pumpkin-flavored stamps as anything other than stamps.
"Hoosier voters aren't buying what Mr. Mourdock is selling," said Representative Joe Donnelly, his opponent.
But then, not everyone attends Frankfurt to buy or sell, and representatives of smaller exhibitors are often shunted off to far corners of the immense fair.
The records indicate that, during meeting in Beijing in mid-July, Chinese arms merchants sought to sell Qaddafi representatives $200 million worth of sophisticated weapons, including portable surface-to-air missiles similar to the American-made Stinger that potentially could bring down certain military aircraft.
Anti-LGBT groups use their PR operations and sell spokespeople as representative of the religious voice - when in reality they speak for a very narrow viewpoint that is becoming progressively narrower within religious circles.
"Some publishers removed the returns, but those books don't sell well," a representative of Goma Books said.
