If there is buying after a terrific run in a stock, however, that is a very bullish signal and is my favorite purchasing pattern.

Since the resumption of my mother's upwardbound course in social orienteering, her purchasing patterns had undergone a profound change.

Such tools can spot suspicious purchasing patterns, even as the purchases are being made.

The changing purchasing patterns and emerging consumerism of the time is very evident in the poem, as is the changing moral behaviours and attitudes.

By contrast, Macy's uses a process that feeds merchandise into individual stores based on the past purchasing patterns of their customers.

Most of the advertising will be for books, and it will undoubtedly be targeted on the customer's individual purchasing pattern.

"Businesses are moving back to a scheduled purchasing pattern."

The CPI-W reflects the purchasing patterns of folks who earn at least half of their income from earned wages.

Booksellers told the newspaper that they had seen unusual purchasing patterns, including individuals buying as many as 800 copies of the book at a time.

"For years, they have shown a diversified purchasing pattern," buying planes from Britain, ships from France and, most recently, missiles from China.