The history of consumer items originated in the West, but copied and perfected in Asia is long.
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Letting individual plants produce consumer items changes nothing if the military simply adds a production line for civilian goods.
That is because, for the foreseeable future, they are likely to remain too costly to be true consumer items.
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Lowering their top rates gave them an incentive to invest in innovation and spend on consumer items, all of which grew the economy and tax receipts.
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Higher price tags on discretionary consumer items like apparel may play a part in combining with higher food and gas prices to put a squeeze on household spending.
Jersey's economic development minister has been asked to investigate pricing on consumer goods after items were found on sale at a VAT-inclusive price.
The economic climate in China in coming quarters may contribute to consumer behavior in luxury items.
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The rebates increased consumer spending on nondurable items by about 2.9% in the third quarter of 2001 and 2.1% in the fourth quarter, a significant boost that coincided with the economy's recovery, the authors said.
They try to produce items that the consumer wants enough to pay what it costs to produce them.
"It takes fewer items in a consumer's basket to get them over that free-shipping threshold, " said Jay Henderson, strategy director for IBM Smarter Commerce.
Better jobs numbers and higher consumer confidence would mean more spending and a willingness by the consumer to finance larger ticket items through credit.
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Online retailers can sift through billions of purchase observations to recommend additional items that a particular consumer might want to buy at the point of sale.
As consumer deleveraging continues, big ticket items that fuel economic expansions, like cars and houses, are facing lower demand. (Read No Recovery Possible While U.S. Consumer Continues Deleveraging).
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As inflation becomes uncomfortably high this may negatively impact consumer spending, especially on discretionary luxury items.
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Telemarketing is single call, scripted, high pressure, lower ticket sales items, small business to consumer sales.
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Each quarter they pick up to 80 items to pass along to 100 consumer product companies, and each client gets the same collection of 20 gewgaws, delivered in a box.
In the U.S., where comparable sales were up 4.4%, consumer traffic in restaurants was driven by menu items such as the McRib and McCafe items like the caramel mocha, as well as promotional games like the Monopoly sweepstakes.
Putting aside the lost revenues to Tre Milano, counterfeit versions of the InStyler can create other problems: they pose significant safety hazards to consumers, and unwitting buyers of the defective or poorly constructed counterfeit items are unfairly panning InStyler in consumer reviews.
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By contrast, retailers woefully confirm that economic adversity has slowed consumer purchase of many nice-to-have items.
While heavily discounted items will be good for the average consumer, it will wreck havoc for companies.
There were precious few hot items to be tempted by and even consumer electronics failed to be a big draw.
Electricity is obtained from Estonia and Lithuania and Moscow depends significantly on these republics for supplies in many areas including foodstuffs, consumer goods, automobiles, and high-technology items such as computers and instrumentation.
For instance, it uses U.S. Postal Service data to determine when someone has moved--a "trigger event" that may mean a consumer is in the market for certain types of items, such as kitchenware.
If CBS can convince advertisers that the older generation is an attractive market to target as well given higher disposable incomes and greater potential for purchasing consumer goods like iPads, smartphones and other popular items that younger generations might already own, then it could see a rebound in pricing trends.
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Soda and other sweetened beverages are luxury items that offer no nutritional benefit to the consumer.
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Dodd and Shelby suspended bipartisan talks in the last few weeks after not being able to agree over some key items, including the scope of a new consumer protection agency.
The challenge to traditional consumer consumption patterns (which is driven by creating demand for items for consumers to purchase and own) lies in questioning the need to always own something.
The company has recently significantly expanded its product offering to include a wide variety of consumer-focused digital entertainment products, PC and netbook accessory items, and the ReZap line of battery and portable power solutions.
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