When you convert medical expenses into credit card debt, the expense becomes consumer debt and you are then subject to associated penalties and fees.
Some American executives believe the yuan will float more freely and therefore higher once the Chinese economy becomes more consumer oriented rather than so dependent on exports.
In the new economic model, household savings rates plummet, because the consumer becomes both saver and borrower.
Technically, a consumer becomes delinquent after missing a single monthly payment.
When a communications system becomes a new consumer service, it benefits society: businesses can offer their goods and consumers can express their opinions simultaneously, giving everyone more choice.
For example, if a credit card has a 0% APR for 12 months, this interest rate cannot be changed until the offer ends or the consumer becomes seriously delinquent.
The social media-equipped consumer becomes the distributor.
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Some American executives in China believe the Chinese will allow the yuan to float more freely once its export-driven economy becomes more dependent on consumer purchasing domestically.
As battery range (i.e. the distance your battery fully charged will get you) becomes more of a consumer focus, increasingly compact power will become tantamount to battery choice for hybrids and electric cars.
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But in this digital marketing environment in which listening and reacting to consumer input becomes easier, it's likely that more companies will take advantage of the available technology to ensure they've got a product people have asked for before they develop it.
And, preserving that consumer trust is where consumer data protection becomes essential to the online economy.
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Forecasts are that it will take at least three years before flexible Willow Glass becomes a fundamental ingredient in consumer electronics.
As Mr Ollila steps down on June 1st, however, he hands his successor, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the difficult task of leading Nokia into new markets as the distinction between mobile phones and other consumer-electronics devices becomes increasingly blurred.
With an understanding based only on correlation and not causality, we challenge mix modelers to rationally explain where their long-term factor comes from (whatever value it is) and by what mechanism or how it becomes actual, longer-term consumer purchases.
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As inflation becomes uncomfortably high this may negatively impact consumer spending, especially on discretionary luxury items.
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But can you think of any consumer-purchased medium that actually becomes unusable while there are players that still work?
This week we released our newest report, The Fight To Control The TV Becomes A Platform War, describing the 32 million consumer households in the US that watch online video on a TV set.
With actions, Facebook becomes the keeper of the keys to the most valuable database of consumer activity in history.
Now, the consumer is the consumer, and that means that content, in all of its forms, becomes the primary driver of revenues.
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As the home kitchen becomes more and more the battleground for the hearts and minds (and stomachs) of the consumer, every piece on that playing field will become a strategic assault weapon.
Once you can understand consumer preferences, record purchases, and keep track of sizing and fit profiles, it becomes possible to better predict what someone will be most likely to buy in the future.
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