New York City, which is certainly one of the highest in the U.S. (Hoover's Handbook of World Business, 1993).
In socioeconomic terms, France is a highly developed modern industrialized country in which most of the population is educated and monocultural. Although there has been an influx of immigrants, this is still not a large percentage of the population. On the other hand, there is considerable racism in France in contemporary times, and the immigrant population tends to be at the low end of the socioeconomic scale.
Nonetheless, much of the population is receptive to high end high tech equipment, with demand particularly high in the cities. Distribution systems involve use of both specialty stores and discount suppliers, and that distribution is in place and well utilized by citizens. Although the French market is well
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