Famous Quotes & Sayings

The good news is that on the consumer side of things, spending actually declined, and the real good news is the deflator was lower than the last quarter and there was a revision from the first quarter. So when you really dissect it all, it wasn't all that bad.

The good news for the U.S. is that growth has diversified. We aren't just relying on the consumer and housing.

We're hoping we can convince the Japanese consumer that our product is safe. We know it's safe, but we have to convince them it's safe.

Christie Hefner

We see this as a natural extension of the Playboy brand. By launching Playboy digital, we are offering consumers worldwide a digitized product identical in every way with Playboy's print edition.

Steve Wallace

We're thrilled to have received this honor for the third consecutive year. It's a testament of our dedication to quality and the loyalty of our consumers as we continue to grow in such a competitive space.

We're talking about consumers, and consumers want the product tested.

We've been consistently surprised by the strength of the labor market. We still think over the next year it will moderate amid slowing housing and consumer spending.

The government has failed to show any harm to consumers as a result of Microsoft's activities.

The government contributed to that strength by spending more. Retail stocks had a good first quarter because with the strong economy, consumers had flexible spending power. The retail sector still has the power to outperform for the rest of the year.

To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.

We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding autos, were very strong.

Wal-Mart got the traffic, but not the margins, and that will raise questions about fourth-quarter earnings for retail in particular and the consumer sector in general. That's giving you some early caution.

James Lee

Wall Street is looking for small players on the Internet who are focused on a particular consumer segment. A dominant niche site can generate repeat visits from customers that are loyal to the site.

Stephen Elop

Every time a consumer walks into a retail store, experiences the Nokia experience for the first time and purchases that product. Those are the moments where you say, 'We've hit it. We've nailed it.'

Well, with gasoline well over $3.00 a gallon in most places when this survey was conducted, it is little wonder that consumers were cranky,

When the economy goes back down again, years down the road, will consumer credit be a major problem, like it was in the 1990-91 recession? ... Yes, it could come back to haunt us. But right now, it's a macroeconomic plus.

When we look at HP's consumer product lineup, we get very excited. We view that as a great potential opportunity for Rhapsody to flow into other devices.

We are excited to further our mission of delivering what consumers want, when, how and where they want it.

We are excited to continue to be a sponsor of NABJ. Through our partnerships and sponsorship of prominent organizations we are continuing a dialogue with the African-American consumer market by supporting organizations that seek to improve the quality of life in the African-American community.

We are excited about the potential opportunity to provide consumers with an FDA-approved over-the-counter option that promotes gradual, yet meaningful, weight loss.

Unfortunately, consumers are still not eating enough fruits and vegetables, which are better for you from an overall nutritional point of view due to their higher content of vitamins, minerals, and fibers.

Two-thirds of the economy is run by consumer spending. There seems to be plenty of people with plenty of money, a willingness to spend it and a willingness to go into debt.

Expectations are too dire. People are somewhat dismissing these companies' stronghold over the consumer security market.

Steve Ross

Factors like low inflation and lower interest rates will continue to give consumers more spending power while government initiatives like public spending and increased social grants should also provide support.

Mitchell Baker

The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.

This was an honest-to-goodness better-than-expected report. There were no special factors in it that made it look artificially strong. The report also indicates that consumer fatigue may not be as severe as we had previously thought.

The only thing we're interested in is whether the events had an impact on consumer spending,

Dave Goldberg

The only thing that's going to work from a consumer perspective is something that's very simple, very low price, and works with all labels. I don't see that happening in the next year.

This shows the general level of apprehension gripping consumers now. Though it's not a reliable guide to what consumers will do, it does hint that spending will grow at a slower pace.

This shows some strength in the consumer sector at the end of the year.

There are a number of consumers I've talked to who have given money to hurricane funds in lieu of gifts. Last year luxury retail was the grand slam .... If this shopper cuts back, it will send Wall Street into a spin.

When you get more providers into a market it's usually better for the consumer because it creates competition. And that should yield new programs, greater services and perhaps lower prices.

There is some nervousness on the part of consumer and it is not going to be a red-hot market in 2006.