Quotes about consumer
consumers desires knew producers surprising uncover uses
Just as producers often give consumers things they want but didn't think to ask for, consumers sometimes come up with surprising uses for new inventions. When a new product appears, it can uncover dissatisfactions and desires no one knew were there. Virginia Postrel
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The pick up in house price inflation since mid-2005 has the potential to provide further positive impetus to consumer spending in the months ahead.
consumers continued free gadget holiday love season year
The 2005 holiday season was a gadget year for consumers of all ages, and consumers continued to show their love for free shipping.
consumers interest issue items rates rising sensitive takes
The affordability issue from rising interest rates takes some consumers out of the market. These are big-ticket items for consumers. They are going to be sensitive to interest rates. Paul Taylor
consumer finding last resilient ways year
The American consumer has been particularly resilient over the last year plus, ... They're finding ways to spend.
consumer reinforce
That will just reinforce the slowdown in consumer spending. David Rosenberg
consumer high hurt obviously oil prices resistance
We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously going to increase, and it will hurt consumer spending.
consumers hit mean prices pricing raise songs throw variable
We can throw variable pricing in and we can raise prices of a hit song, but it doesn't mean consumers will buy. They have an alternative - get songs for free.
consumer customers entire gross million momentum per sales site tremendous vibrant
We have tremendous momentum in our flagship business. Our customers now transact well over $200 million in gross merchandise sales per month, making this the most vibrant consumer e-commerce site on the entire Internet. Meg Whitman
consumer customers entire gross million momentum per sales site tremendous vibrant
We have tremendous momentum in our flagship business, ... Our customers now transact well over $200 million in gross merchandise sales per month, making this the most vibrant consumer e-commerce site on the entire Internet.
consumers deals kinds maybe perhaps purchase until waiting
Typically, consumers are waiting for all kinds of deals before they go out and purchase an automobile. They didn't get them in July, so perhaps they're going to wait until maybe August.
consumers count exact fewer internet less opposite paying reduced services
Tollbooths and gatekeepers are the exact opposite of what the Internet is all about. Down that route, consumers can count on paying more and getting less - less content, fewer services and reduced innovation. Michael Copps
consumers demand industrial levels seeing toward
You are getting back toward levels where industrial consumers can make money. So I do think you're seeing some more industrial demand come back in.
consumer fashion hard
We have been working hard on fashion, which is very important in the consumer market, Steve Jobs
consumers costs countries counts funeral industry mistake shopping states united united-states willing
We have been willing victims. Funeral costs in the United States are 2 to 3 times that of other countries Consumers make the mistake of not shopping around and the industry counts on this.
consumer ourselves
We have to morph ourselves into that consumer space.
consumer cost increase percent pressure propensity puts structure wages
Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the propensity is to increase consumer prices.
consumers content digital easily easy entertainment explosion locate ways
With the explosion of digital entertainment choices, consumers will need simple, easy ways to locate the content they want and easily play it when they want.
consumer far happy holidays job last quite sentiment tide turning
With the tide turning on job growth, consumer sentiment going into the holidays is far better than last year, even if it's not quite happy days are here again.
consumers pay price research telling willing
We've done a lot of research on how to price products, and consumers are telling us they're willing to pay $10 to $15 more for high-definition services.
consumer evidence noise spending stopping
Most of the noise about the consumer stopping spending has been just noise. There hasn't been real evidence of it.
consumers difference downs excel leading notable note peak search sites slow speeds
Most of the leading search sites excel in responsiveness with no notable slow downs during peak usage periods. At these speeds consumers will not note a significant difference between any of the leading sites.
consumer engaged innovation limited massive microsoft practices
Microsoft is a monopolist and it engaged in massive anti-competitive practices that harmed innovation and limited consumer choice. Joel Klein
consumers depends directly equipment makers microsoft products sell
Microsoft doesn't sell products directly to consumers. Consumers go through equipment makers and re-sellers, so it all depends on how they got it.
consumer core creating entertainment family features includes microsoft operating system
Microsoft is long overdue in creating a consumer operating system that includes core features for media, entertainment, and family security, and Vista will include much of this ability.
consumer continue digital drove including increase products sales sector signal wireless
While the computation sector is down, all other sectors including wireless and consumer continue to thrive. This increase drove the sales of such products as flash, digital signal processors, application-specific products and analog.
consumers content deliver digital innovative officially realized starved technology truly using
We have officially realized one of the very first applications of the new digital technology, and more importantly, are using it to deliver truly innovative content to consumers starved for intelligent programming.
consumer increase near percent price rate taken
We haven't taken a rate increase for two years, and our rate increase is about $3 on average. If you take that over two years, it's about 3.1 percent per year, which is about right near the Consumer Price Index. Jim Perry
consumers enable freedom networks protect wireless
Wireless networks are great. They enable a lot of freedom, but they also come with risks. Consumers need to protect themselves.
consumers dependence dispute edge emphasize energy european gas immediate impact issue potential prices russian served supplies western whilst
Whilst the immediate impact on European energy prices has been negligible, the dispute has served to emphasize the dependence of Western Europe on Russian gas supplies and the issue has the potential to keep European gas consumers on edge for some time.
consumer december following marked overall performance recent relatively seen spending strong stronger survey
While the CBI survey indicated a marked softening in consumer spending following the relatively strong December performance, it nevertheless indicated a significantly stronger performance than that seen overall in recent months.
consumer continue core perform uk
We continue to perform well in our core UK consumer markets,
consumer emerging failed global growth housing hurt investors link market percent remains
I think many investors have failed to make the link between global growth and the U.S. housing market. The U.S. consumer remains 20 percent of the global economy, and a slowdown in housing and, in turn, U.S. consumption could hurt emerging market exports.