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Also catching on is Japan's eBay, Rakuten. Cell-phone sales account for 34% of its transactions. "Cell-phone companies realized the potential, so we too started taking cell-phone commerce seriously," says spokeswoman Kuniko Narita. "Our turnover increased drastically...
...Japanese aren't just shopping on cell phones but also with them. A new "wallet cell phone" functions as a credit, debit or ID card, among other things. The handset has a computer chip similar to that found in electronic key cards. Japanese girls are buying mascara, mints and magazines at convenience stores simply by swiping their phones past a scanner near the cash register...
...what's next? "People have started buying big things," says Narita. "You can even buy a helicopter or a $3.2 million tanzanite gem on a cell phone...
...very important to find something light, to combine good taste with free time." So he combined the idea of leather shoes with rubber soles and came up with a soft pebble-soled driving moccasin that he labeled J.P. Tod's (the name came out of the Boston phone book). Through an old friend, he managed to get a pair onto Agnelli's feet. Word of mouth grew. He opened a few stores. By 1997 he had added handbags to the brand. Suddenly everyone from Princess Diana to Cher, Hillary Clinton, Jack Nicholson and the King of Spain were wearing...
...wanted," says Lindy Hemming, the costume designer who has kept 007 looking sharp in his past five films, including the newest installment, Casino Royale. Spies make for demanding customers. "I need 20 suits exactly the same for Bond but also the stand-ins, the stuntmen," she says in a phone interview from the Royale movie set in Prague where filming has just begun with the new Bond, actor Daniel Craig...