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Consumers are looking to be able to feel good again. Many lost their valuable luxury products that have an emotional connection. You can't replace your grandmother's earrings but you can find something comparable.

Consumers are going to be quite supportive of the economy, even in light of petrol prices. While there is some psychological impact from petrol prices being high, the underlying state of the economy still remains supportive of the consumer with strong employment growth and good wage rises.

Consumers are getting used to high gas prices. Gas prices were high during the (Christmas) holiday season, and people were still out there spending money.

Bill Gates

Consumers are getting more connected. Software is at the heart of it.

Consumers are experiencing very strong income gains and that's helping them deal with these gas prices a little better. It's providing quite a cushion.

Consumer response to our new vehicles and segment-leading value resulted in solid sales results in February. Our retail sales improvement in February was driven by our industry-leading value, not by fleet sales or high incentives. This resulted in better retail sales performance by six of our divisions.

Consumer purchase data this year show purchases of potatoes, rice, pasta, gravy, sauces, fresh veg all growing.

Consumer prices seem to be fairly well contained,

O. J. Simpson

Consumerism wants to make us as atomized as possiblebecause the more individualized we are the better consumers we are. This is why masculinity is so fragmented today and incoherentand irresponsible. It used to be the tradition. Literally passed down from father to son. But we live in a society where tradition stands in the way of profit. So bye-bye daddy.

Consumer electronics demand was stellar but we do think some of this translated into PC purchases and that the PC vendors overall will post good results.

Consumer demand has been tapped out, so we won't see a major thrust there, ... We're really counting on this replacement demand, especially in the high-tech area.

The new year got off to a good start. Retail sales, including consumer electronics products, were relatively strong in January.

Frederic Bastiat

Taxes must, in the end, fall upon the consumer

Target's increased emphasis on providing consumers with trend-right merchandise has strengthened the retail chain's presence as a destination for apparel.

Paul Saffo

It will be consumers who will decide those solutions are good ones or not, ... I can guarantee you that Bluetooth will end up having its most important uses being uses that nobody can guess at today.

No longer will a consumer have to visit multiple Web sites to view all properties for sale.

It's a PR exercise to prove to the consumer that OPEC actually likes them. It's not going to help the market at all.

Slower U.S. growth may reduce growth in oil demand in the second half of the year. We are seeing proof of reduced U.S. consumer confidence.

A much stronger-than-expected showing -- the late September incentives after a poor start to the month had a large impact. This should ensure firm Q3 consumer spending data.

The market will become simplified because consumers want that.

This confirms my pessimistic scenario of a 0.9 percent growth for 2004 and consumer spending recovering only in 2005.

David Byrne

This is a major breakthrough that will provide consumers with much needed protection and rights,

It's more about being innovative, showing that you have an understanding of consumer needs, ... a loss leader.

It's only vaguely predictive of what will happen with month-to-month consumer spending. It did increase dramatically in March, so some drop-back is not unexpected.

There were a number of factors that dampened consumer spending,

There isn't an industry where product prices come down faster than consumer electronics.

The reports we released today are two important tools consumers can use in making good decisions,

The report isn't so tame as to deter the Fed from bumping rates another notch, especially with Y2K fears dissipating and consumers showing no signs of fatigue. However, it should ease market fears that the Fed will need to tighten several more times.

The report focuses on prices paid by consumers without insurance and in doing so excludes manufacturer rebates or discounts.

Michael K. Powell

This market is not collapsing. It is not going to fail over time, ... Communications services remain vital to consumers around the globe.

It's about as easy as a consumer application gets.

It's about looking at consumer needs, looking at the consumer experience, going everywhere they are.

This letter was designed to take money from vulnerable consumers by distressing, frightening and misleading them.