noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a consumer item
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Import controls have been lifted on hundreds of consumer items.
a consumer product (= one that is bought by the public )
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Demand for consumer products has increased.
a consumer/spending boom (= a sudden increase in the amount people spend )
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Various factors caused the consumer boom.
a customer/consumer complaint
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As a result of the improvements, customer complaints went down by 70%.
consumer choice (= the opportunity for people to choose between different products )
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I believe in free trade and consumer choice.
consumer confidence (= that ordinary people have when the economic situation is good )
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Consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest for two years.
consumer confidence
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Consumer confidence reached an all-time low in September.
consumer credit (= the amount of credit used by consumers )
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Consumer credit has risen substantially during this period.
consumer demand (= the desire of consumers to buy goods )
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Consumer demand for new technology is strong.
consumer durables
consumer goods (= televisions, washing machines etc )
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The market for consumer goods is huge.
consumer goods
consumer group
consumer preferences
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Information about local consumer preferences can be used by a manufacturer's sales force.
consumer price index
consumer protection
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The consumer protection regulations will include new online shopping rules.
consumer society
consumer spending (= spending by members of the public )
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There are some signs that consumer spending is beginning to pick up.
consumer tastes
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Changes in consumer tastes result in the expansion of some industries and the contraction of others.
consumer watchdog
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a consumer watchdog
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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The disproportionate population of samurai attracted vast numbers of retailers, craftsmen and servants to service the large and wealthy consumer market.
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Besides proximity to a large population of consumers , the other advantage of the new store is greater efficiency.
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And who are the world's largest consumers of limes?
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Then he starts buying large consumer stocks and big brand names.
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Older people are the largest group of consumers of community care services.
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Here, a single 90-minute video consuming over 100 gigabytes of storage space must be distributed to a large number of consumers .
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Those aged 65 + are, therefore, the largest single consumer group of the services provided by acute hospitals.
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Agriculture is also a large consumer of goods and services.
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boom
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Lower interest rates designed to pep up the corporate sector threaten to add more fuel to the consumer boom .
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In peacetime, the business became legitimate and was fueled by a consumer boom .
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It was cashing in a spectacular consumer boom .
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But these outcasts of the consumer boom have learned to make even a forlorn hope go a long way.
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That is where so much of the consumer boom of the 1980s came from.
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Prosperity, too, had been the product of small enterprises and a lengthy consumer boom financed by credit.
choice
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This could undermine the enterprise economy and lead to a reduction in consumer choice .
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It preserves the principles of consumer choice and free competition.
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Second, that by impeding the market mechanism it may restrict consumer choice .
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Businesses must synchronize their production choices with consumer choices or face the penalty of losses and eventual bankruptcy.
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In an interesting discussion of varieties of egalitarianism, Plant attacks the rhetoric that links freedom only with consumer choice .
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There is an important emphasis in this set of projects on consumer choice . 1 Projects are special.
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The new laws support yearly renewable consumer choice , and at the same time reduce unnecessary and costly culinary options.
confidence
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The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence also fell, for the third month running, reaching a two-year low.
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The government said today that consumer confidence in December plumbed its lowest level ever since consumer surveys started, in January 1987.
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The trends in both retail sales and consumer confidence are positive, the report said.
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Some analysts cited shaky consumer confidence as a reason for the overall dismal sales.
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With exports flagging, Thaksin wants to boost consumer confidence and spending.
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In a separate report, the Conference Board, a research group, said consumer confidence dropped sharply in January.
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Nevertheless, the fall in unemployment will improve consumer confidence and so underpin spending.
credit
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The Convention excludes consumer sales contracts; the Directive is confined to consumer credit agreements.
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Commercial credit lines are similar to consumer credit lines, with which most individuals are familiar.
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Nine out of 10 are keeping up with their repayments, says consumer credit group Infolink.
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In October, total consumer credit increased a revised $ 11. 4 billion.
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So far building society inroads into consumer credit have been small.
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Measures to prevent the competitive liberalization of consumer credit will encounter the heaviest resistance.
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In conclusion, remember that consumer credit is a highly technical subject.
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For years the company was known solely for its main product, consumer credit reports.
demand
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Advertising strategy will be directed away from product-led treatments to focus on consumer demands .
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It is still rationalized by an elaborate and traditional, even if meretricious, theory of consumer demand .
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In fact the most variable factor in the study of consumer demand for recreation is the tastes of the consumers.
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Beef sales, prices and consumer demand have plummeted.
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They also affect the pattern of consumer demand .
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The losses which the decline in consumer demand initially entails will cause a decline in the demand for resources in that industry.
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This is a matter which will no doubt be governed by consumer demand .
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The huge investment needed for wiring and upgrades will come only after sufficient consumer demand for the e-commerce services.
durables
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We will introduce strict standards of life expectancy for consumer durables and encourage deposit-refund schemes.
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Automobiles, video recorders, washing machines, personal computers, and most furniture are good examples of consumer durables .
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Consumer durables Lone parent families are less likely than two parent families to have household consumer durables.
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Instead they stress the wide range of expenditures that are interest sensitive, such as expenditure on consumer durables .
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In a sense, then, the purchase of consumer durables is both consumption and a form of investment.
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There have been fine achievements in the export of cars, televisions and other consumer durables .
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Consumer durables Ownership of particular consumer durables is a further reflection of standards of living.
electronics
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And all but Oki have a base in consumer electronics .
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In both the music business and the consumer electronics business, a whole lot of shaking out has been going on.
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The foundry sector has been chosen to provide contrasts with more growth orientated sectors, such as, chemicals and consumer electronics .
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This country is the size of Ohio and has long been a major exporter of automobiles, consumer electronics and ships.
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The consumer electronics industry suffered through one of its worst Christmas seasons in decades in 1996.
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Lechmere, a 28-store chain largely known for consumer electronics and home products, currently employs 4, 921 throughout the Northeast.
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But the consumer electronics retailer said that sales at stores open for at least a year dropped 6 %.
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The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company is transforming itself into a kind of Amazon.com for consumer electronics .
goods
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They exchanged perishable consumer goods which were mutually valuable in the ordinary fashion of barter trade.
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Prices of consumer goods climbed 2. 6 percent in the year ended Nov. 30.
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Western cars, holidays, consumer goods and lifestyles are theoretically within their reach, although in practice quite beyond it.
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The single-minded mission of commercial television today is to produce audiences for sale to advertisers of consumer goods and services.
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In September several senior officials were dismissed or reprimanded for poor work in the consumer goods sector.
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That's why there is a shortage in the supply of domestic consumer goods .
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But as soon as they are used to expand the production of consumer goods they will actually cause business conditions to deteriorate.
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The value of its output of consumer goods reached 160,000,000 roubles in 1989 and was planned to rise 30 percent in 1990.
group
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But some consumer groups say it's a con.
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Ten consumer groups , along with some veterinarians and meat inspectors, are urging even tougher action.
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Join a consumers group and lobby for government legislation to make manufacturers label their products fully and accurately.
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Its members include major airlines, automakers, labor unions, medical societies, consumer groups and some insurance companies.
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This is when we started forming consumer groups and demanding watchdogs to protect us in this shopping jungle.
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He ignored complaints from alarmed consumer groups in order to maintain popular momentum for a measure he regards as essential.
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Five papers are now in circulation, two from consumer groups , one from managers, and two from medical organisations.
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E was opposed by numerous consumer groups and some 20 state legislators, however.
market
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The disproportionate population of samurai attracted vast numbers of retailers, craftsmen and servants to service the large and wealthy consumer market .
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And that subculture represented the first consumer market for things such as modems and communications software.
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The promotion aspects of the marketing mix vary slightly between consumer markets and industrial markets.
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However, the profit potential of an untapped consumer market is tantalizing scores of corporations.
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Group Finance director Tim Allen said Amdega had a hard time in 1991, along with most firms in the consumer market .
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The third company will be A. C. Nielsen, a provider of consumer market information.
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Today there is renewed speculation about a consumer market comeback.
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But the huge expansion of consumer markets offset those losses, and the tide kept rising.
price
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The government calculated its figures on the basis of the growth rate of consumer prices on an annual basis.
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But they have been reawakened by a pummeled currency and stock market, business collapses, soaring unemployment and rising consumer prices .
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Tokyo consumer prices in January were 4.2% up year-on-year, the biggest increase since December 1981.
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The government will report its December consumer price index on Feb. 1.
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With a 60 percent increase in consumer prices reported, there were therefore substantial increases in real wages for many workers.
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Salaries are rising barely as fast as the consumer price index, meaning most families do not have more buying power.
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Poverty is compounded by inflation which has reached extreme levels in the region, as demonstrated by consumer price indices.
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Release of the producer price index and consumer price indexes will follow, she said.
product
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Its use is most frequent in the field of consumer products .
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If you handle a consumer product for a manufacturer you deal with members of the press on an hour to hour basis.
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Teledyne, which has metals, consumer products , aerospace and other businesses is another spinoff possibility, according to Tuttle.
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Apart from, turnover also increased in consumer products , helped particularly by the strong performance of and gains at.
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Shares of consumer product companies that post steady earnings increases even when the economy slows gained this week.
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The boom has been fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products with even small grocery stores receiving up to 12 deliveries every day.
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Tobacco is the most dangerous consumer product known.
protection
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And county consumer protection officer David Holliday says despite extensive publicity only a trickle of people have been using them.
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A separate Consumer Sale and Loan Act was to be a consumer protection statute regulating credit advertising and consumer credit transactions.
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I consider myself highly privileged to have been the first Minister for consumer protection in a completely independent consumer protection Department.
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In identifying such conduct, reliance is made on information forthcoming from local authority consumer protection departments.
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The Green Party co-leader's new ministry combines agricultural responsibilities and consumer protection departments taken from other ministries.
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For example, regulation may bring benefits in terms of consumer protection but add costs by making firms less competitive.
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As part of the new consumer protection arrangements, a Pensions Ombudsman with wide-ranging powers has recently been appointed.
society
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Seven designs in all - what a choice we have in todays consumer society !
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That is precisely the message that our consumer society implicitly hammers home.
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Among voters, the longing for the consumer society is mixed with concern about the costs of a market shock-treatment.
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The Neo-Dadaists turned to the mass-produced imagery and disposable goods of the consumer society .
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Our consumer society demands these, yet takes them for granted.
spending
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Analysts said that as long as credit business remained negative it was unlikely consumer spending would revive significantly.
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However, retail sales account for only 40 percent of consumer spending .
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This year we expect consumers to spend some £80 billion on leisure - almost one quarter of consumer spending .
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For retailers it was the worst year on record and consumer spending is at its lowest since World War Two.
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Cuts in salaries, bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending .
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Worries over consumer spending if interest rates rise sent Kingfisher down 21p to 459p and Dixons 27p to 190p.
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The uncertain outlook for consumer spending has encouraged City analysts to trim their profit forecasts from around £11m to nearer £10m.
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The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending .
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allow
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The aim is to allow consumers to have greater influence over forms of care allotted to them.
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TalkAlong is a cellular phone in a box that allows consumers to activate service as well.
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The law does not allow the consumer to ignore the intermediate links in the chain.
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This system allows for maximum flexibility, including interactive multimedia connections that allow each consumer to choose his or her own programs.
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The software that allows consumers to tap into the Net from their phones comes from Unwired Planet.
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The new system better allows for changing consumer prices.
buy
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But even poor people buy consumer goods.
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Then he starts buying large consumer stocks and big brand names.
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Rising living standards for those in work have also enabled them to buy more consumer goods.
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That happened at a time when buying from consumers hit a seasonal lull.
help
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Supplemental Help: A new device to help consumers choose nutritional supplements may be coming to a drugstore near you.
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And they don't exist primarily to help consumers .
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The Palo Alto startup is quietly developing an online service that will help businesses and consumers choose and manage health plans.
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We will help consumers have a voice locally and nationally.
pass
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Should not the regulator ensure that the extra costs for higher cost plant are not passed to consumers ?
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Those fees are passed on to consumers in the combined water and sewer bills they get once every two months.
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The allowances have traditionally subsidised landing charges - so there's a risk that the cost will be passed to the consumer .
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Sixty percent of the content of local cars is from imported parts, and those costs will be passed on to consumers .
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This does not lead directly to higher prices, but the burden has inpart been passed on to the consumer in reduced variety.
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Yet, not all this increase in bulk costs was passed on to the consumers in retail tariffs.
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The cost of the premiums would, of course, be passed on to consumers in the price of the products.
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And that is passed on to the consumer in the price tag.
pay
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But of those, three awards were never paid and one was paid only after the consumer began court proceedings.
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Broadcast companies long have argued that if they have to pay for airwaves, consumers will suffer.
protect
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In recent years there have been significant statutory interventions protecting the consumer .
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Basic goods would be tax-exempt, to protect low-income consumers .
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We will protect consumers Our Consumers' Charter will cover all goods and services.
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In that event, how would they expect to protect the consumer ?
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But the Consumers' Association wants tougher action on food hygiene, to fully protect consumers from the risk of food poisoning.
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In the meantime, we will protect consumers against high prices and poor service and give greater priority to environmental problems.
provide
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They typically provide cover for consumer disputes, personal injuries and employment matters.
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The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday announced a program aimed at providing consumers with better information about prescription drugs.
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The manufacturer may provide the consumer with a warranty of quality either directly or through a third party.
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Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods and it forces domestic producers to be more efficient than otherwise.
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Certainly vouchers may be provided to consumers to enable them to consume goods at no charge.
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To show contrition for failures to provide price lists to consumers , offenders would volunteer payments to the Treasury.
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Sales promotion supports other sales efforts by providing incentives to both consumers and traders at the point-of-sale.
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In addition, there were local initiatives such as Club 403 which attempted to provide viewdata to domestic consumers in a limited geographical area.
rise
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In the 12 months to April consumer prices rose by only 3.2%.
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In 1994, consumer prices rose 7. 05 percent.
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In 1965 consumer prices rose on average by 3 percent a year in the ACCs.
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The central bank said prices for a basic basket of consumer items rose 3. 93 percent in December.
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In the three months to July, net lending to consumers rose to £535m from £444m in the previous three months.
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A good performance from Pot Snack meals helped profits from consumer foods rise from £27.8 million to £30.8 million.
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Previously, the Fed reported that consumer borrowing rose $ 10. 6 billion during October.
spend
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It will raise fresh worries for the Government that the much hoped-for consumer spending upturn remains beyond the horizon.
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Last year, consumers spent $ 2. 2 billion buying products over the Internet.
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With exports flagging, Thaksin wants to boost consumer confidence and spending .
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Neither is it being used to give a spurt to consumer spending , he said.
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The behaviour of consumer and corporate spending will determine whether this happens without a recession.
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Slow economic growth and low consumer spending , though, slowed sales last year.
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With debt levels rising and incomes barely growing, consumer spending is bound to slow, he said.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Consumer spending rose 0.7 percent in November.
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Consumers will soon be paying higher air fares.
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Any increase in the cost of transporting goods will be passed on to the consumer .
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Improved consumer choice is one of the benefits of a free market.
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Only 25% of the price a consumer pays for vegetables goes to the farmer.
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Supermarkets are responding to increased consumer demand for organic products.
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The travel agents' group want more protection for the consumer .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because the price the consumer would have to pay in ignoring the subliminal message is just too high.
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But the loss of traditional jobs is also contributing to consumer unease.
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Decision-process models also assume that consumer learning and experience will build up and affect future purchase situations.
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The equipment probably will be rented to consumers.
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The lack of comprehension can be attributed in part to the paucity of electronic commerce applications that the consumer has personally experienced.
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The lowest level of growth will be in the household and small consumer sector.
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The uncertain outlook for consumer spending has encouraged City analysts to trim their profit forecasts from around £11m to nearer £10m.