Such mobility is clearly the biggest advantage of his Manhattan location: almost all his prime customers are 15 minutes or less away.

"A lot of small businesses have one prime customer," she said.

The jogger would have been a prime customer but all he was carrying was his house key.

The hotel industry's prime customer, the business traveler, who accounts for 60 percent of hotel business, is taking more trips.

Unlike a media or content firm, he explained, a company like SecureAgent.com does not depend on regular face-to-face contact with prime customers.

Computer networking stocks especially benefited because they are seen as thriving in an economy where business executives, prime customers for computers, do not fear inflation.

Users on large networks are prime customers for the module, which has a suggested price of $299 and will be available this month.

I'm here because we've never received a report from you, and yet you speak to prime customers all day long.

While Xerox dominates the corporate market, it has never had more than a toehold among small businesses, the prime customers for used machines.

The prime customers, mostly men, are 30 to 65 years old.