A gadget to match every outfit

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The consumer electronics industry has become extremely fashion conscious, with many products such as PCs and mobile phones being marketed on the basis of their image. Manufacturers are seeking to make their products visually inspiring, and are placing strong emphasis on styling. This could be a negative trend, as it is diverting manufacturers' attention away from improving the functionality of their products. Mobile phones, for example, have become colourful and sleek, but are no more useful or usable than they were in the late 1980s.

Author: Jones, Matt, Marsden, Gary
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
Household audio and video equipment, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Marketing, Consumer electronics industry

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Professor George Peters

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Agricultural economist George Peters was born in Buckley, Wales, in 1934. He gained a First in Economics from the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth in 1955 and undertook postgraduate work at King's College, Cambridge, England. He joined the Agricultural Economics Research Institute at Oxford, England, in 1959.

Author: Harvey, David
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
Executive changes & profiles, Wales, Economists, Obituary, Agricultural economists, Peters, George Henry

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The virtue of virtual libraries

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Many large libraries around the world are looking at the potential of digital library technology. Important research in this area has been undertaken by a group based at Waikato University in New Zealand. This group's Greenstone system is now available in a fully documented version.

Author: Jones, Matt
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
Library & Information Science, Information management, Libraries

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