"There's still a lot of consumer confusion, " said Joe Dickson, the global quality standards coordinator for Whole Foods Market.
But, says a new report by Organic Monitor, so many labels in the marketplace is likely causing consumer confusion.
Some are dubious about the likelihood of consumer confusion between companies like Jesus Surfed and Jesus Jeans, a brand little-known to Americans.
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"Certainly we avoided widespread consumer confusion by delaying the transition from February until June, " says Joel Kelsey, who tracks the digital transition for Consumers Union.
By changing the logo, it will cause for less consumer confusion.
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By instituting such charges banks can effectively exceed the limits intended by the law, increasing their revenues, gaining an unfair competitive advantage and creating consumer confusion.
In an analysis of voter intentions that showed strong support for the measure, researchers at Oklahoma state university say the proposal could add to consumer confusion.
Death comes to those trying to flank at every market segment, resulting in too many products, consumer confusion, and brand dilution (Nokia -8.0%, Research in Motion -12.6% operating margins reported last quarter).
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"A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry, " said Tsujihara.
The big question mark remaining for the 3D home entertainment push is consumer confusion from competing technologies like active and passive stereoscopic (with glasses) 3D, and the newer autostereoscopic (glasses free) 3D like the Nintendo 3DS employs.
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It would be a mistake for Apple to compete at the low end, for the above-cited reasons of lack of product focus, consumer confusion and brand dilution, just to gain market share when it, to date, still innovates and has brand loyalty to keep its profitability in tact.
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But the 3D waters are still muddy with confusion, which is something the consumer electronics industry needs to address.
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The Consumer Electronics industry is growing so rapidly that confusion is inevitable when it comes to things like different features, different price points and competing technologies.
Consumer electronics retailers will continue to struggle, thanks to the lack of exciting new products and confusion over DVD standards (see Household products, p. 184).
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