How To Use Consumer In A Sentence

Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
A horizontal merger may enable the new entity to set price and output in the same manner as a single-firm monopolist, with the same consequences for consumer welfare.
Before that I was the sales manager with a Bombay consumer electricals company.
More and more security experts are lining up against the use of static passwords for e-banking; in part because the technique makes consumers easy prey for phishers.
But the consumer magazine also noted that people rated the no-frills carriers slightly worse than two years ago.

Packed with the same computing power as some laptops, wearables are still too expensive for average consumers.
Stocks spent most of the day in positive territory, buoyed in part by the University of Michigan's report showing consumer confidence rose in March to 95.8 from 94.4 in February.
Their preferences ultimately shaped the place of worship that Warren built, and the result of that consumer-driven approach to creating Saddleback is a deliberately contemporary, highly professionalized operation with a carefully orchestrated feel-good atmosphere. American Grace
And while ferrous metals are certainly not out of the picture, even from a consumer's perspective, it's hard not to notice the increased use of aluminum and plastic.
If you're a consumer and you get spam from a "legitimate" company, call them up and let them know how angry you are.
Let's use what power we have as consumers, then, to prevent a dangerous cycle from repeating itself.
The stores, usually located in suburban shopping centers, target middle-class consumers with brand-name clothing, accessories and furniture.
But consumers should be aware that secured loans are listed alongside safer unsecured loans. Times, Sunday Times
That'sbad for consumers, and it's bad for the vast majority of bankers andfinancial service professionals who do the right thing. State of the union 2012: full transcript of President Obama's speech
The place has its own state-of-the-art winery, its own cooperage to ensure flavour and complexity, its own chef to educate consumers on the perfect blend of food and wine. It's all part of a worldwide trend.
In an interesting July 30th post on Off-Grid.net, Alex Benady repots that "advanced industrial countries like the US and UK are moving toward a post-consumer era -- less materialist and more spiritual. The Greenwash Brigade: August 2008 Archives
Experience can contribute to connoisseurship, but only if the consumer tastes with attention and an open mind.
But sure, they could be more "anti-consumerist" by having a druidical gathering of eight friends in the middle of the forest and a picnic lunch. Love on a farmboy's wages
Internet loan companies are booming at the expense of hard-pressed consumers. The Sun
If a manufacturer guarantees its product, consumers may claim on this instead. Times, Sunday Times
We believe that eventually every major consumer-oriented company will need interactive programming - sticky content - for their Web sites.
Millions of consumer electronics devices - mobile phones, PDAs, PVRs, and DVD platers - are already running on stripped-down embedded versions of Linux.
The only way to keep that behavior in check is for an informed consumer to not buy their products when a business crosses the line. Apple has a serious transparency problem. : #comments
They currently have up to 65 days to notify consumers after they have put up prices. Times, Sunday Times
Think of it as a play on European consumers' thirst and spending power. Times, Sunday Times
When I wrote, imprecisely, that domestic subsidies for agricultural commodities are equivalent to protective tariffs, I was groping at the notion that in both cases (1) domestic consumers/taxpayers pay a premium above the world price and (2) that foreign producers are discouraged from entering the domestic market. The Case for Free Trade, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
They entered the market obliquely through the production of non-agricultural products such as barrel staves that they bartered for textiles, hardware and cheap consumer goods.
If those consumers think the drug industrial monopolists already charge too much for pills and panaceas, just wait until the privately patented and monopolized ‘stem cell cures’ hit the market…
Last year it settled charges that it illegally billed excessive fees and violated consumer protection regulations.
Without marketing or communication, some consumers in early markets reacted strongly and spread the word virally to markets that did not yet have the diaper. Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com
After initially dismissing the likelihood that consumers would "cut the cord" by turning off their pay-TV subscriptions, media executives are starting to acknowledge the need to sell smaller bundles of TV to lure younger, and more cost-conscious consumers. Cable-TV Honchos Cry Foul Over Soaring Cost of ESPN
Consumers remain hunkered down, and the Federal Reserve is nearly tapped out in providing monetary stimulus, so it can't replicate the sharp cuts in interest rates that gave the economy a big lift in the 1980s. Lessons of Reagan's Rebound
And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
Consumers should look out for the eight subregions of the "Denomination of Origin of Alentejo," a mark of quality. Trawling for Bargains
The case stems from a complaint brought in Belgian court by two men and a consumers 'organization that challenged higher male life-insurance premiums. EU Adviser: Insurance Pricing Is Discriminatory
If you stop consumers spending by limiting their credit then recession is inevitable.
The Group is supplying to a many Global 1000 companies in the Automotive, Health Care, Medical, Industrial, Office Appliance, Consumer Electronics and Home Appliance sectors.
But consumer watchdogs blasted the increases. The Sun
This can entail harming companies that would be as efficient and as effective as Google is in these areas but for their limited access to consumers, creating a clear violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, of American law on monopolization, and on European competition law. Eric K. Clemons: One Click Away? Maybe and Maybe Not
How to go local• Support local farmers by shopping at a farmers market, or buy a share in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group, a community of individuals who pledge to support a farm operation so growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production. With summer here, consider eating more locally grown foods
“The main beneficiaries of this decision are New York consumers,” Beck said. NY Lawyer Advertising Rules
Not in so many words, she viewed my new handset as just another exotic creation of a transnational technocracy using technology to get us to spend our obsessive consumerist, materialist dollars.
Single billing allows consumers to buy both line rental and calls from a phone company other than Eircom.
Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to ￡9.75 billion.
They are answering the demand with products streamlined for the male consumer.
The evening was one of the largest consumer tastings of South African wines ever to be held in the UK with over 450 attendees signed up.
Grass-fed beef is more eco-friendly than corn-fed, but supplies of it could never sustainably meet current consumer demand.
There is also fresh evidence of the widespread rejection of GM foods by consumers.
Breast-feeding was associated with lower levels of PCBs, DDE, and mirex among female Ontario sport fish consumers.
The analysts reckon consumer demand for laptops and notepads was behind the modest upturn.
The consumer is advised to check this with the butcher to determine if the meat has been koshered.
Mainland authorities are banking on consumer spending to provide a bulwark against weaker capital investment and to broaden the economy's base of growth.
The Consumers' Association and the AA Motoring Trust believe the test should be made more realistic by increasing the speed and including what would happen in a side-on crash.
For the full monty, you'd have to look at how the Consumer Credit Act (and subsequent regulations) says it has to be done.
Consumer spending accounts for about two thirds of national output. Times, Sunday Times
Supply normally exceeds demand for the bulk of consumer goods.
One overriding principle governs farmers' markets everywhere: the producer sells direct to the consumer.
There is no chance that deflationary pressures brought on by collapsing commodity prices will persuade consumers to defer spending. Times, Sunday Times
But consumer confidence has plunged by the biggest amount for two years on fears over tax hikes and Government spending cuts. The Sun
The church has slid so far into consumerism it is nearly impossible to live out your faith without paying for it.
It also remains unclear whether consumers used to buying fresh produce will have an appetite for processed food. Times, Sunday Times
The point is to protect the consumer from predatory business practices.
The company's leaders — and fun brand personality — help to lure in "evangelist" consumers who further spread the word about the brand, says Popchips investor Alex Panos, managing director at TSG Consumer. Popchips CEO Keith Belling is 'poptimist' on healthy snacks
And with billions and billions served helpings of the lardaceous potato strips, it's a sticky moment for JamesSkinner'sJames Skinner's Golden Arches, which last October boasted of its initiative to print nutritional data on its packages to help consumers make informed choices about what to eat. Skinner's McDonald's Comes Clean On Fries' Fat
Subject to competitive conditions the actual price paid by consumers is in most cases much less than the recommended price. Collins Dictionary of Economics
Importantly, a variety of women sustained couture culture, not only as consumers but also as secondary designers, reinterpreting styles for their own bodies and lives.
It was cashing in a spectacular consumer boom.
He suggested consumers will demand safety, security and convenience in the products they buy to mesh with their life-style.
Consumer demand will be depressed as stock prices retreat, leading to lower levels of net household wealth.
Smart EV While BMW is wrapping up its Mini E consumer field test and getting ready to start leasing the BMW 1 ActiveE next summer, rival Daimler is just gearing up its electric-car program spearheaded by the Smart. Behind the wheel: Chevrolet Equinox AMP, Ford Transit Connect EV, Smart EV
He offered consumer credit with considerable success, and without, he stressed, charging the usurious rates of some rivals. Times, Sunday Times
This years typical shopping basket of goods provides a snapshot of changing consumer trends.
Differences in excise duties and value added tax on consumption may also induce consumers to make their purchases in the countries with the lowest taxation level.
The parent firm in France will increase its holding in Thai operations and the company is trying to catch the wave of returning consumer confidence.
Other consumer stocks such as discounter Wal-Mart Stores Inc., The Seattle Times
In a few months Gome has gone from an example of extraordinary success, as it served China's pent-up consumer demand, to an example of the murky and fragile state of Chinese business.
The foundry sector has been chosen to provide contrasts with more growth orientated sectors, such as, chemicals and consumer electronics.
During debate about the House version of the financial reform bill, Representative Melissa Bean was pilloried by progressives for her efforts to allow federal regulations created by the Consumer Financial Protection Agency to "preempt" stronger state standards. Harry Moroz: Don't Make Health Care Reform Like Financial Reform
Data on total retail sales of consumer goods since 1996 exclude purchase commodity housing by households.
As the technology behind photovoltaic energy advances, consumers will be unable to resist the urge to convert.
Consumer cupidity continues to grow across the UK, but in Scotland the year-on-year growth rate subsided last month from 10.2% to 4.2%.
The sad news for those born-again C & A consumers is that this revival of fortunes is too late to save the company, which will take its final curtain after Christmas.
That change would be in the best interests of the meat industry, the consumer and animal welfare.
If you send out information two months after a consumer requested it, that's not timely.
There is another couple walking down the street, this one pre-consumerist, their handclasp signifying a ‘right of ownership’ in which she is ‘silently, sadly, complicit.’
Democrats are allied with the trial lawyers and some consumer groups.
Seeing the potential of its software besmirching the Symantec name irreparably, Symantec's CEO surged forward with a new plan: re-write its security software to make it the best in the industry, so as to super-strengthen its stranglehold on the summit of sales supremacy while swiftly swinging its way back into the good books of consumers. ITWire - Latest Headlines
In fact, the proliferation of viruses and the onslaught of spam have left companies and consumers staggering.
This device could help to quell consumer anger about the way broadband speeds routinely don't live up to the promises of ISPs. Times, Sunday Times
We are living in a consumer society.
I firmly believe that a consumer 'database'-the word database in this case is actually a misnomer-carrying the government's imprimatur must only include data that is accurate. Slate Magazine
Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
When the Reserve Bank acted and lifted rates in March, consumer sentiment took a battering, falling 16.6 per cent.
Consumer confidence sagged each month in the fourth quarter, as did auto sales.
Perspectives: by William Whitten on Friday, Dec 19, 2008 at 12: 34: 39 PM my agenda: Consumer Protection/FDA overhaul/Economy restoral by Stephen Fox on Friday, Dec 19, 2008 at 1: 14: 49 PM Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack: Too much Monsanto in the Mix?
As the battery saga showed, problems in consumer electronics can emerge quickly. Times, Sunday Times
The cheapness of sugar creates an incentive for food manufacturers and retailers to sell consumers more of it in more formats, and drives sugarless foods out of the market.
The company commissioned research into consumer attitudes to new technology which showed that we are all a bunch of lily-livered, scaredy-cats when it comes to trying new gizmos.
That change rivals anything that we've seen in the last three years of the smartphone market," said Paul Carton, ChangeWave's director of research, adding that the sudden surge in consumer interest in Android had "roiled" the market. PC World
Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.
Since higher interest rates boost the return on savings, these consumers benefit.
He says there was no sign yet that consumer demand in Scotland was abating.
Dandun Foodstuff a good reputation from all the consumers.
It features a selection of products from wine to whiteware from a range of carefully selected suppliers representing well-known consumer brands.
South with cotton, rice, sugar, etc. Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee evinced their noted superiority in the culture of the nicotian plant, which is in such great favor with the consumers of tobacco. By Water to the Columbian Exposition
Consumers' surplus in the perfectly competitive industry equals areas. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Record sales are down for a variety of reasons, and consumers are in open revolt.
Your firm will also need to consider the specific needs of vulnerable consumers. Times, Sunday Times
Second, cheap oil is unambiguously good for European consumers. Times, Sunday Times
That would slash prices to consumers - and also save insurers hundreds of millions of dollars because they would no longer foot the bill.
It is the force which subjects producers and resource suppliers to the dictates of buyer or consumer sovereignty.
Such a label would assure consumers that the product was made in compliance with international labor standards.
Progressives advocate government-run, single-payer monopsonies, whereas conservatives advocate consumer choice among private insurers. Forbes.com: News
In a particular brand of beverage, any serious deviation from the target sugar content could result in loss of consumer acceptance, the ultimate nightmare of any marketing organization.
The official measure, the consumer prices index, does not include housing costs such as mortgage interest payments or rents. Times, Sunday Times
No. 844/General Motors/U.S./Consumer durables In June 2009 old GM filed for bankruptcy and sold substantially all of its assets to a new independent company (the new GM), which currently doesnt trade. Global 2000 Drop-Offs
As educated, intelligent consumers, we have to realize there is no real danger to humans.
With the focus, by and large, turning to door delivery, in the case of consumer durables as well as perishables, the location factor has been obscured.
The more intelligence we can provide, the greater the chance we have to defeat the fakers who seek to dupe the unsuspecting consumer.
Indeed, there is very little British railway publicity material of any kind aimed expressly at women consumers during this period.
Consumers are currently provided with two separate measures to consider when purchasing a vehicle: crashworthiness (and sometimes aggressivity) and fuel economy.
So you lose that diversity and that choice for consumers. Times, Sunday Times
In both the music business and the consumer electronics business, a whole lot of shaking out has been going on.
He has been distant, hostile, and completely in the thrall of consumer groups. Times, Sunday Times
The industry has a duty to safeguard the interests of consumers.
Therefore, consumers should not expect to find a fountain of youth in a jar.
For instance, with their taxes and consumer dollars, all Canadians have borne the costs of maintaining the viability of certain regionally based industries. National Purpose and Future Industrial Development
'discounter' brands highlights consumer spending worries. DairyReporter RSS
Trying to "ketchup" with consumer demand for healthier foods, H.J. Heinz dropped the gherkin pickle from the condiment's more-than-a-century-old label logo and spruced it up with a tomato on the vine with the slogan "Grown not made. Heinz ketchup spruces up label with a tomato
On the contrary, people on the left and on the right are equally forceful in decrying self-centered individualism, consumerism, new pressures on the family, and the decline of community. Why the Culture War Is the Wrong War
Such agencies utilise consumer panels, readership surveys and television audience measurement to generate their information. 17.
How long can we sustain the environmental and social degradation that consumer culture perpetuates?
However, the B.V.D. company coyly kept the origin of its trademark obscure - very few consumers knew just what the 'BVD' stood for, and once other underwear manufacturers entered the fray and began cutting into BVD's market share, more and more people were using 'BVD' as a euphemism for 'underwear' without even realizing that the term had originated as a brand name. New Urban Legends
The losses which the decline in consumer demand initially entails will cause a decline in the demand for resources in that industry.
You mean with the approach of the season when everyone wants to blow a huge chunk of their cash on useless junk in an irresponsibly frenzied consumeristic orgasm ... and they're finding themselves without credit or as much spare cash as usual ... they're feeling a little extra down about the economy? CNN Poll: Optimism on economy fading
The European Commission can confirm that Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case, " it said in a statement.
More worrying is what happens to those struggling when consumers really rein back in the new year. Times, Sunday Times
However, an increase in total consumer debt increases revolving delinquencies.
The wireless devices allow consumers to purchase electronic - books online and read screen almost instantly.
Although domestic auto producers may not be enamored of it, it is good for consumers.
As demand theory predicts, the higher the premium or amount a consumer is requested to pay, the less likely a consumer will be willing to pay the premium.
These actions came as a result of my own naivety, driven by a desire to strengthen regulations on payday lenders and protect vulnerable consumers. The Sun
And you said repeatedly that claims like "hypoallergenic" and "natural" mean absolutely nothing and that it's up to consumers to figure out, you know, what's-whether the companies-what the companies is telling them is true. Democracy Now!
Skin corrosiveness testing is conducted to ensure that chemicals and products are properly labeled to alert consumers and workers to take precautions to prevent chemical burns to the skin.
With the discovery of gold, mining became a major consumer of firewood and rough timber.
Major brands recognize that such transparency is important in "blunting" growing competition from niche brands benefiting from natural, sustainable, artisan origins as these attributes gain increasing resonance with consumers, adds Kime. Undefined
For consumers, the inundation of imports has not reduced tortilla prices, which increased 350 percent between 1994 and 1998.
Sometimes consumers may be quite happy buying a low-priced branded product knowing that it is a counterfeit copy.
Historically, a certain segment of the population: generally white, somewhat declassed and alienated, developed some sense of aesthetic exploration or at least an identity as a consumer of the same, and the indie store/Outpost section emerged to market to them. War of All Against All: Realism vs Fabulism? Er, No…
The idea of the Windows-free promo is to attract tech - savvy custom at a time when consumer PC sales are flatter than a flat pancake.
A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
The tax rebate is a Barmecidal windfall, coming as it does in the wake of new hidden taxes on consumer goods and services. Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
This is a difficult concept to grasp for western consumers, who are worried about job cuts and a sluggish economic recovery. Times, Sunday Times
Consumer spending was the driving force behind the economic growth in the summer.
Carbaryl, one of the pesticides linked to skin cancer, is the active ingredient in the insecticide Sevin, which is widely used by consumers to kill pests in gardens and lawns. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Some say that chocolate gives consumers delights of euphoric content, I say it does not give me that.
The table shows the percentage of household consumer durables sold in the UK from 1972 to 1983.
Convincing consumers that the gizmos are a good thing is turning out to be a tough sell. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Regular readers of Consumer Reports will recognize the term telematics as meaning the combination of telecommunications and GPS technology. New features coming to OnStar
The lowest level of growth will be in the household and small consumer sector.
Until then though, 3D TV's may very well be used to draw in susceptible consumers and in some form (as long as we get used to it) will be viewable in video games, cell phones, and on our everyday television. Thoughts: 3d TV without the Glasses
Many claims and counterclaims were advertised about who the real market leader was and who was the benefactor of the readers and protected the consumer's wallet.
As the pioneer in the battery market, "Energizer" alkaline battery has always been accepted by the consumers of products of providing with longer lasting and more power.
In a hearing before the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, consumer advocate Meredith Hatfield quoted a recent report by consultants hired to monitor FairPoint's "cutover" from Verizon that suggested FairPoint is underestimating the number of customer orders that have gone unfilled since the official transition began in late January. Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
The U.S. economy continues to flash mixed signals, as consumer sentiment turned glummer in June, but a gauge of the economy's short-term trajectory showed the recovery continuing. Consumer Mood Darkens, but Indicators Brighten
Bad news for likely demand for raw materials from their hungriest consumer. Times, Sunday Times
Economics risks suffocating architecture, but so does polite conservatism and a consumerist attitude.
Energy companies are set to impose another round of punishing price increases on consumers, despite a steep slide in the wholesale price of gas. Times, Sunday Times
Here in that contrast, the antithesis between the interests of Consumers' and Producers' Co-operation is sharply presented.
Education is now customarily discussed in terms of product, delivery and consumer.
The government hit consumers with stiff tax increases in the 1996 budget.
Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
The British are still reticent about their deepest fears - class war, a reversion to economic feudalism, the spectre of an all-dominant and all-vapid consumer society.
When the consumer finally expires it could get really nasty. Times, Sunday Times
Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.
Within the broad outlines of a speech punctuated with applause lines andpolitical humor, he underscored several issues that have been on consumers' radar screens. Obama's speech and the State of the Consumer
Consumers are bombarded with offers to check up on their scores and to improve them. Times, Sunday Times
What needs to happen is to have consumers write and visit their lawmakers regularly. Maryland wine shipping rides a wave of support–and pessimism | Dr Vino's wine blog
Consumers Union criticized the FDA for using antiquated and insensitive laboratory techniques that could not measure Alar below 500 parts per billion ppb, stating in Consumer Reports: "Looking for daminozide [Alar's a trade name] in apple juice with PAM II [the test method used by FDA] is like trying to catch speeders with a radar gun that doesn't work for speeds under 100 mph. Wendy Gordon: The True Alar Story III
We know that producers will offer more supply at a higher price than a lower price, and we know that more consumers will buy more at a lower price than a higher price.
(To do this, you have to break the copy-protection scheme -- an act that is specifically outlawed by the anticonsumer Digital Millennium Copyright Act.) Info With A Ball And Chain
Exploring this phenomenon, with its ‘un-American’ emphasis on unbranded goods and producer-to-consumer contact, would have been an apt coda to this book.
Consumers have certainly gained from the increased competition in the telecommunications industry.
It is not yet known whether consumer resistance to GM food crops, such as rice, wheat, and food maize will be an obstacle to the spread of those crops.
If the corporate slowdown results in a drop of consumer spending, then the US economy could be in real trouble.
Rather than fixing a position on a hierarchical socio-economic ladder, consumerism establishes lateral connections that affirm middle-class affiliation.
By conjoining black consumers with black Âbusinesses and black entertainment, Cornelius was able to create one of the greatest economic and entertainment empires in black American history. Dr. Boyce Watkins: What Black People Learned From Soul Train and Don Cornelius
Several digital receivers capable of HD Radio reception are available to consumers.
They currently have up to 65 days to notify consumers after they have put up prices. Times, Sunday Times
A consumer culture's distortion of publicity in the judicial realm matches the plebiscitary distortion of parliamentary publicity.
The Palo Alto startup is quietly developing an online service that will help businesses and consumers choose and manage health plans.
Furthermore, consumers recognize the importance of overall diet and the multifactorial nature of diet-related diseases.
It expects continued double-digit growth across the whole group in both business and consumer banking. Times, Sunday Times
But the buyers were mostly charter members of the class of consumer dubbed early adopters.
And we would have a strong economy which did not rely totally on a corrupt banking system and an unsustainable consumer bubble. The Sun
Given the long-term tepid outlook for the world economy, is the near-future the right time to force those costs down consumers' throats? Steve Parker: EPA Rates Volt and Leaf: What's Your Choice?
Masan Consumer is one of Vietnam's leading diversified consumer companies. KKR to Buy 10% of Vietnamese Sauce Maker
In the USA itself, consumerism is moving headlong into its latest dash for efficiency through not only cashless, but cardless social trend-setting.
This is a schooling system for consumer cool, soft business, free ownership and disillusioned voters.
I think that half a century of SF/F film, television, gaming, and other media has created an SF/F consumership (note: not readership) that’s probably a representative subset of the population as a whole. Fantasy 2035 «

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