The supply did not change with the demand, and a shortage of poultry arose. Demand is greater than supply, which puts pressure on the price to go up.

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It is evident that the demand for IKEA in China is enormous due to the growing wealth of the average citizen. In fact China is an ideal market for basically any consumer product. Why especially western goods are sought for is easily explained. One factor is the luxurious image they bear, the other is that China's economy is built upon manufacturing more or less simple goods that are then exported, like toys, ect, meaning that Chinese companies have very little experience in producing modern goods, such as furniture, at high qualities.
The success of IKEA in China is therefore also based on the fact that the new middle class is more willing to spend money and they lack choice to do so.

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Ollie, you have a point in that Sony's timing was not the best in releasing the PS3. At the same time, though, PS3 sales still are not higher than the console counterparts. Naturally, because the PS3 is the most expensive console, demand will be lower than for, say, the Nintendo Wii, which has a lower price point and thus greater quantity demanded (according to the law of demand). In fact, the Wii outsells the PS3 by 3 to 1.
Another issue here is the strategy that Sony decided to pursue. The PS3 is a very advanced, high-tech console. When the PS3 came out, Sony's costs for producing it were so high they made a $250 loss on each unit. On the other hand, Nintendo decided to make a less powerful console, but which would offer new ways of playing games (e.g. pointing with the controller). Thus, one might wonder if, perhaps, Sony's strategy was not as successful as that of Nintendo. Nintendo is selling more consoles and making a large profit, compared to Sony, with fewer units and, at least initially, some losses.

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http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029

As technology developes in our world, everything seems to get better and smaller. While now we have CDs and MP3s to listen to music, there seems to be a boom in demand for vinyl records. DJs have always prefered Vinyl records to play music from on parties, and these DJs are increasing greatly. The problem is, that these records are getting rarer because there are not many factories that still produce them.

"The Consumer Electronics Association said that only 100,000 turntables were sold in 2004. Numark alone sold more than that to pro DJs that year," said Chris Roman, product manager for Numark."

As turntables increase in production and are sold, more vinyl is demanded to be played on them. It seems that more and more teenagers dig up their parent's records from back in time, and get inspired. Experts even say that the sound is much better played by vinyl than cd's, which got many people to buy turntables for home use, and Ipods for travel.

"Turntables are hot again as well. Insound, an online music retailer that recently began selling USB turntables alongside vinyl, can't keep them in stock, according to the company's director, Patrick McNamara."

This proves that there is a higher demand for turntables right now than Vinyl, but over time, this will change in the opposite direction, because records take longer to be produced, which decreases their efficiency. Records are brought back by a great hype and are in fashion again now, as history seems to repeat itself all the time...

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