Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is a good way for them to introduce their products to consumers and give golfers a jump in the season.

Tim Bajarin

This hits retailers, and it hits PC makers that were looking toward Vista for a surge in consumer PC sales at the end of the year.

This helps keep tickets out of the unauthorized, secondary markets where (another company) determines how much the consumer is going to pay. This way, fans decide.

All in all, the year-over-year trend in income jumped to 6.1 percent from 5.4 percent, suggesting that consumer fundamentals remain very strong, ... Consumer spending remains on a tear.

A key issue now will be whether the latest spike in gasoline prices leads to another 'soft spot' in consumer spending.

The idea is to set up several programs and let the consumer choose, ... But the problem is that a competitive model isn't good for everyone.

The household spending number highlights the risks facing the consumer sector,

The housing sector is definitely something everybody is focusing on in 2006. If people start to see the value of their homes heading lower, there's no doubt we would see a slowdown in consumer spending.

The hope is on the consumer to spend, to pull us out. If the consumer doesn't do that, then who?

The five percent drop is shocking. It indicates that perhaps the consumer tax rebate stimulus that benefited retailers during the back-to-school season has petered out.

Bernie Sanders

States used to protect consumers from predatory lenders, but strong state usury laws were obliterated by a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

We still haven't released details on how the rollover predictability ratings will be conducted but that is imminent. It's part of our consumer safety information program that will be expanding to eventually include brake and lighting performance.

We still expect that the consumer slowdown will prompt more interest rate cuts,

Tomorrow's employment report is critical for the market. Investors are hanging on every number that we get. Anything to do with consumer spending is key because consumers have been supporting the economy.

It's not an exact science, but it gives us a gauge in terms of whether the consumer likes or dislikes a record.

It's not a good sign when delinquencies rise, There are enough other positive things in the consumer sector to say this is not a signal for some significant retrenchment ... that could threaten the economy.

Faith Popcorn

Eighty percent of the consumer dollar is controlled by women, and women earn $4.4 trillion a year,

Each one is trying to be better. Ultimately, the consumers will benefit.

Each survey is just a snapshot in time, so I really don't know if the trend will be sustained and a real upswing in consumer confidence, or if it's a blip.

Everyone is looking for a tax cut, and we have one in the form of a cut on fees. On a day when consumers shop the sales to save, Liberty Tax Service gives them a tax cut of value by slashing their tax prep fees.

Kevin Kolb

Everybody was pushing pretty hard. A lot of consumers got a lot of good deals.

Sue Gardner

Everybody's saying, be skeptical of Wikipedia. That is true. They should also be skeptical of everything. We should all be critical consumers of the media.

The big picture for the consumer still looks good.

Stocks in the financial and consumer discretionary sectors look particularly vulnerable as the perception is that inflationary pressures will keep mounting and the Fed is not done with raising rates.

Students need to be good consumers and be smart and double check.

Stew Leonard's was an ideal place to debut our product, because consumers are in the mood to try new things.

Strong demand for digital consumer electronics such as flat panels and mobile phones is helping to make people optimistic about technology stocks.

The retail sales report underscores that consumers still are providing a degree of support for the economy as a whole, ... It's somewhat encouraging to see that spending for big-ticket items remains on a positive swing.

The retail sales number today reinforces the notion that the consumer hasn't fallen apart. Today's market is encouraging from the perspective that there is less of an Enron hangover.

These outstanding sales increases demonstrate that consumers are responding positively to our better tasting food, new menu offerings, energetic, targeted marketing and improved operations and service.

These numbers are in line with an economy we see as sluggish but still growing. Consumers are still willing to spend, even if they do have to dip into savings.

Cliff Stearns

This is legislation that consumers deserve if we are to help them and our economy defeat the growing menace of identity theft.

Once the employment picture stabilizes, around midyear, we should see a more rapid and sustained recovery in consumer confidence.