Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gap has to know that it can't spend its way to success. The marketing message may be good, but if they can't get their product right, it won't help. The consumer ultimately votes with the wallet.

In the short term, sales of some European consumer goods producers could suffer. However, on the other hand, western consumer goods in the region enjoy a high prestige.

Steve Ballmer

In the short term, I would be surprised if consumers saw any kind of immediate change.

Dave Mirra

I hope, being in the game so long, I can have a good idea what the consumer is looking for without compromising a core image.

I have to understand how we are going to market the movie. We view marketing as an extension of content creation... Every time a consumer sees our movie, in whatever form, our obligation is to entertain the audience.

Investors are very reluctant to hold positions in an environment like this. People are anticipating that if the data on consumer sentiment is fairly innocuous, the day could be over at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Gary Williams

Hopefully, we're going to make it a little easier for ... consumers to be able to be seen in a more quick fashion.

House price inflation has picked up in recent months; if this continues it has positive implications for consumer spending via the wealth effect it provides to homeowners.

David Milne

I don't really like to talk specifically about customers by name - but we work with nearly all the leading manufacturers of consumer products worldwide and at quite a detailed engineering level.

I didn't expect such a strong Q3, with the fickle economy, the war in Iraq, and zigzagging consumer confidence. Our estimate for the entire year was $96 billion.

But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actually up.

Because the consumer did not have to pay the amount, it is income in the eyes of the IRS.

The largest retail sectors would be home improvement, consumer electronics, books, music, toys, office supplies. We describe anything that hurts when it falls on your foot.

The key thing is to make sure the consumer doesn't start flagging,

The Labor Department also noted that for 2005 consumer prices overall rose by the largest rate in five years, partly because of spiraling interest rates and energy prices. The CPI was up by 3.4% for the 12 months ending in December. However, taking out core numbers from food and energy, the number was up only 2.2%.

The message is not to do away with fish in your diet. What's needed is a shift away from high-mercury species to those with much lower levels. That should be easy to do for most consumers if they had the right information.

The merger will give us technology to enable consumers to interact with their physician and health plan.

Their target consumer is really feeling the effects of the higher gas prices.

The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail the consumer sector, the overall economy and corporate profit growth in the fourth quarter.

The Internet has really revolutionized travel and travel booking. Consumers are now able to find great deals at the last minute a lot easier.

The Fed isn't going to get exited about inflation in the labor market. At this stage they are focusing on core inflation at the consumer level and growth. Certainly, the news lately on the growth side has been quite good.

Michael K. Powell

Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talking about television. Sharing with friends the thrill of the last episode, debating what will happen next, working to enlist friends to watch the same shows that you love.

Michael K. Powell

The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home.

Michael K. Powell

I have a vision that's about technology that empowers consumers over institutions.

Loretta Napoleoni

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

There is a risk consumers will take the president's remarks as an indication that the situation is more serious than expected.

Dan Glickman

There are plenty of ways to download movies legally online, which is good for consumers and good for the movie industry, ... We won't tolerate this scam premised on the illegal swapping of valuable movie content.

Successful vendors will focus on helping consumers overcome the complexities of installing and using networked entertainment devices.

South Korea has entered a normal recovery track, where economic growth, consumer prices and exports are in better shape.

Southern Ontario has the kind of sophisticated consumers that we feel will be very interested in the cultural experiences we have to offer.

So what did this deeply depressed consumer do? She went out spent like there was no tomorrow.

So while some special factors may be boosting spending, the overall trend of spending is well out of line with income growth. This tells us that this spending trend is unsustainable unless consumer income growth picks up sharply.

One has to wonder if another round of rate hikes will lead to a more severe cutback in consumer spending.