Consumer analysis shows that, especially in recessionary times, people are less ready to change unless forced to do so.
But a Consumer Reports analysis found that the FDA was as likely to warn about manufacturing issues at a brand-name drug factory as a generic one, Dr. Santa says.
Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group, .
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Ross Rubin is executive director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group.
Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group and a contributing editor for LAPTOP.
"It's part of a growing trend to integrate hardware, software and services, " says Ross Rubin, director of consumer technology industry analysis for the NPD Group.
Firms will provide an additional level of depth to the analysis of consumer behaviour.
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But whereas few will disagree with the gist of his observations about the shortcomings of our modern, disposable, consumer culture, the analysis is rather superficial.
Intellectual property such as patents, institutional knowledge collected and stored by employees, sentiment gleaned from millions of social media posts, and consumer insights from the analysis of myriad online transactions are just a few examples of information assets companies leverage today.
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Additionally, eBay pointed to Bill Me Later's credit risk analysis, which has outperformed the consumer credit industry average.
That is the most simplistic analysis of America's latest consumer-price figures, released by the Labour Department on June 16th.
Chart Analysis: The Sector Select SPDR Consumer Staples ( XLP) closed above the early October highs, line a, on January 25.
For example, a television that is reviewed by Consumer Reports would have a link to BillShrink analysis of television (cable or satellite) service.
Chart Analysis : The Select Sector SPDR Consumer Discretionary ( XLY) had a very tight range last week as it formed a doji.
An interesting analysis of how to win in the consumer electronics game from Quartz.
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As Jim Cavedo, Senior Director of Consumer Marketing at ISC, describes it, data analysis is the cornerstone of a more intelligent marketing organization.
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This report provides new analysis on the impact to retailers and consumer spending if Congress fails to act to avoid taxes going up on 98 percent of Americans at the end of the year.
The link to a new White House report released this week from the National Economic Council and the Council of Economic Advisers providing new analysis on the impact to retailers and consumer spending if Congress fails to act can be found here.
Vincentric included 23 diesel vehicles in its alternative fuel analysis which is just about every consumer and commercial diesel currently on sale in the United States.
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Chart Analysis : The weekly chart of the Select Sector SPDR Consumer Staples ( XLP) shows the new all-time weekly closing high on Friday.
Using traditional antitrust-like jurisprudence that incorporates rigorous economic analysis, the Commission would focus on specific allegations of consumer harm in the context of the particular marketplace situation.
New models that link consumer behaviors with local data will foster the development of crowdsourcing and predictive analysis.
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Kopic focused on making the analysis and the dashboards as fast and appealing to use as consumer sites such as Mint.
"What the World Cup did was increase maybe consumer confidence and gave that sort of wave of euphoria which lead to stronger consumer spending, " said Alexander Law, chief economist at Xerfi, an economical analysis company.
An analysis comparing Wal-Mart Stores' (nyse: WMT - news - people ) same-store sales growth to consumer spending data dating back to January 2004, compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, actually shows a negative correlation between the two.
Chart Analysis : There has been much debate over the past few months about the health of the consumer, as well as how robust a Christmas season one should expect.
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