Not because all of the publishers and bookstores decided it was, but because consumers did.
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America has a huge trade deficit not because it is not exporting enough, but because American consumers are spending too much.
All this points to an economy that is faltering not because of slowing export demand but because European consumers are suddenly less willing to spend.
Sir Terry said seeing boarded up local shops was sad, but this happened because consumers were choosing to shop at the bigger supermarkets.
One of its scientists, Kimberly Warner, told the BBC that mislabelling of fish and seafood mattered not only because of the deception of consumers, but also because threatened fish, in overfished parts of the ocean, could be sold as unthreatened, abundant varieties.
Giancarlo says Cisco was drawn to the market not only because of the opportunity to sell products to a new market--individual consumers--but because its large service-provider customers need Cisco to be involved.
Many fossil fuel stocks have been profitable in recent years, but because neither the producers nor consumers pay to emit climate-warming carbon pollution into the atmosphere, those profits are grossly distorted.
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Antitrust authorities in India or Australia may fear that the merger will harm their consumers, but because little of the two firms' business is in their countries be powerless to act.
Where electronics and appliance purchases are concerned, not only are the stakes particularly high because of sticker prices, but consumers can face quite the technical conundrum once the purchase is home.
The reason that the Affordable Care Act was put in place was to ensure that we were expanding access to health care for every American, but also because we wanted to actually protect consumers who are repeatedly victimized by insurance companies.
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But there had been few concerns about vitamins because consumers are used to their products being fortified.
The euro should spur price convergence not so much because consumers shop across borders, but because greater price transparency encourages wholesalers to take advantage of price discrepancies.
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But companies like Zaarly and Getaround only work because consumers have become fluent in the language of mobile apps, and social media and such descriptors, though tedious, actually mean something.
David Dinsmore, managing editor of The Sun, said Thursday that his group "thought long and hard about this, " but ultimately decided to publish the images because news consumers could access them elsewhere.
But he is committed to this because he thinks consumers deserve protection in the wake of what was an historic financial crisis that led to the greatest recession this country has seen since the Great Depression and cost millions of Americans their jobs.
No, not General Motors, but Toyota, whose vehicles jump off the lot because consumers swear by their quality.
But Dr. Hwang said the category is accelerating because consumers are accustomed to using the Internet to gather information.
But credible enforcement is not easily achieved, because western consumers understandably put more faith in the campaigners than in the multinationals.
But Shader believes utility companies will quickly sign on, because with consumers able to pay with cash at 7-11 stores, utilities will save money by not having to operate their own costly locations for customers to make cash payments.
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This is because consumers associate skin care not only with aesthetic appeal but with overall health and well-being and are reluctant to compromise with the quality of products.
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But it gains sales over the long term because dealers won't alienate consumers by using the hard sell to push slow-selling vehicles to ambivalent shoppers.
When prioritizing provinces, it is important to consider not just the total size of the targeted income segment but also its density, because provinces vary significantly in their concentrations of MAC consumers in various locations.
The wind power's cost is as much as twice that of conventional power, but because it would be a small portion of the overall energy pool, consumers would see at most a 2.2% increase to their monthly bills, according to estimates in a 2010 report by Massachusetts regulators.
Consumers still use DVDs today, but in fewer and fewer homes because streaming by Amazon, Comcast, Hulu and Netflix is faster, cheaper and more convenient than going out to buy or rent a disc.
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Yuan appreciation not only bolsters the buying power of Chinese consumers, but it makes Chinese-based producers and assemblers more competitive because the relative prices of their imported inputs fall, reducing their costs of production.
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These are made by different companies, but the lawsuits share the same allegations--that these cereals are deceptively marketed because consumers are led to believe the products are packed with real fruit, notwithstanding the fact that neither "Crunch Berries" nor any type of froot actually exist in the real world.
But on this occasion, consumers have been unable to provide that fuel - partly because they are more indebted than they've ever been, and many of them want to save rather than spend, and partly because of the squeeze on their spending power from an increase in food and energy prices at a time of stagnation in earnings.
But, as he points out, velocity can slow because of positive events, such as consumers and businesses shifting money from bonds and other illiquid investments to cash so they can spend it.
The initial subscription is an easy sale because it gets bundled into the purchase, but the shimmer appears to wear off and consumers do not seem to be motivated to carry the service beyond an initial term.
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