This year, it includes gross revenue from mobile sales of Google Play content and consumer spending on the Play apps.
FORBES: LIVE: Google CEO Larry Page Speaks! Big Reveal: $8 Billion In Mobile Revenues
"RT will play in consumer and retail at very aggressive price points, " he said.
ENGADGET: Windows 8 RT tablets to sell for $300 less than Intel-based counterparts, says Lenovo exec
Utilities, consumer-staple companies and other safe-play stocks trailed the market as investors took on more risk.
The price increases may make Dish stock interesting as a play on improving consumer confidence and management attention to customer service.
The other set of worst car names are ones that seem to be a calculated attempt to play upon consumer class-consciousness and social insecurities.
The paper is to be published in the upcoming issue of Journal of Consumer Research and outlines how our last names may play a surprising role in our spending habits.
The ecosystem of financial institutions and telcos backed by regulatory leadership play a vital role in this endeavour by educating the consumer on the security and reliability of the transactions.
Other related technologies like demand response, consumer-side controls and energy storage are expected to play an equally important role in distributed-energy networks.
Other economic factors such as consumer confidence, natural resource demand and better jobs data all play into this confidence.
FORBES: How To Adjust Your Portfolio In A Bear Or Bull Market
Institutional leaders will be those that harness a consumer triple play convergence (acquisition, retention, conversation) and cross-product, cross-channel orchestration.
Retailers like Wal-Mart and Amazon are taking business away from pure-play consumer electronics stores by offering huge discounts.
However as more traffic goes though the public Internet it could overwhelm the carrying capacity in many geographic areas, even within the US. As a consequence a new type of network addressable storage appliance in consumer homes and SMB facilities as well as carried by people themselves will play an increasingly important role in the developing storage hierarchy.
About two-thirds of FiOS consumer customers have purchased a "triple play" of phone, Internet and video services.
ENGADGET: Verizon adds 'record-high' 2.1 million subscribers in Q4 2012, but still makes a loss
Approximately 70 percent of FiOS consumer customers have purchased a "triple play" of phone, Internet and TV services.
ENGADGET: Verizon issues Q2 earnings, touts $15.8 billion service revenues in Wireless
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.
DivX Plus Streaming brings a cutting-edge feature set to streaming media that is typically characteristic of the Blu-ray Disc consumer experience such as multi-language subtitles and audio tracks, trick-play track for smooth fast forward and rewind, chapter points for quick scene navigation, and resume playback across devices.
ENGADGET: Toshiba to launch TVs with DivX Plus Streaming certification
Another factor at play is lighter-touch consumer reviews such as Amazon, Yelp and increasingly, Foursquare.
Dealership foot traffic was up after the WORK PLAY LOVE tour, and the events generated 7, 000 consumer leads.
And Karmarkar expects brain data to play a key role in future research on consumer choice.
FORBES: Neuromarketing: Tapping Into the 'Pleasure Center' of Consumers
Advertisers could play it safe, of course, by simply ignoring consumer-generated marketing altogether and sticking with their traditional marketing methods.
So the desire for success in the high-stakes consumer market will drive many companies like Microsoft, Sun and Cisco into a plug-and-play business model.
Originating from the video game industry, many of these pioneering concepts now play a key role in driving incentive and behavior management for both brands in the consumer world and internal scenarios in the workplace.
FORBES: Research Summary: Demystifying Enterprise Gamification For Business
In October, LG Chem workers told a local television reporter they play games and watch movies because the factory has yet to produce a single battery for consumer use.
FORBES: Michigan Battery Firm LG Chem Returns $842K In Stimulus Funds After Waste Allegations
应用推荐