Price comparison: Moleskine desk calendar

Since 1997, Moleskine has offered an assortment of notebooks, diaries, and city guides as companions for creative professionals – especially those who travel. Hence, the Asian Wall Street Journal’s weekly Arbitrage column has recently conducted a survey of prices for a Moleskine desk calendars in various cities in Asia and around the world. The survey found that prices varied considerably with Brussels having the highest price, New York the lowest and most Asia cities having prices somewhere in the middle.
Price Comparison*

Brussels	€27	US$39.25
Frankfurt	€25	US$36.34
Shanghai	248 Yuan	US$36.32
Bangkok	970 Baht	US$29.24
Singapore	S$41	US$29.33
Kuala Lumpur	99 Ringgit	US$28.89
Rome	€20	US$28.35
Paris	€19	US$27.64
London	16 Pounds	US$25.98
Hong Kong	HK$198	US$25.53
New York	US$21.60	US$21.60

* For 2010. Prices based upon exchange rates as of December 16, 2009.