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NEWS ABOUT: product

product stories: 2 news summaries

 Now Driving 
 Innovation 
 in India: 
 the Poor 

As developed economies slump, it markets directly to the lower class

Oct 20, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And... More »

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India • consumer • outsourcing • innovation • market • poor • engineers • developing countries • rural area • product

culture clash

 Japanese 'Bust Up Bra' 
 an Overnight Sensation 

Japanese product latest in long line of often-wacky breast solutions

Oct 15, 09 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - All sorts of Japanese products, from “biscuits and beverages to rather bizarre rack rearranging rollers,” claim to give women larger or more pleasingly shaped breasts, Lee Chapman blogs for Tokyo Times. But those probably all take effort, you cry. Enter the “Sleeping Bust Up Bra,”... More »

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sleep • Japan • women • clothing • Japanese • bra • breast augmentation • product

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