People who might have bought products from one of the sites are advised to contact Consumer Direct.
Consumer Direct, Trading Standards, the Office of Fair Trading and manufacturers also helped identify the fraudulent web sites.
The out-of-court settlement isn't an admission of guilt by Experian Consumer Direct.
The FTC charged that two Web sites owned by Experian Consumer Direct--Consumerinfo.com and Freecreditreport.com--mislead several million unwary consumers into signing up for a credit monitoring service.
"A savvy shopper that has done their homework before hitting the shops will not only be able to pick up the best bargains but will also be able to resolve any problems with their purchase quickly, " said Michele Shambrook, operations manager for helpline Consumer Direct.
In the consumer market, direct attached storage devices use USB connections predominately.
Another study, by Krumholtz, found the drugs--which are much more expensive than rival generics--are prescribed four times more often in the U.S. than in Canada, where direct consumer advertising is banned.
If publishers were prepared to sell direct to consumer, for example, they would gather data on who bought what books.
This strategy can be applied through in-store mobile points of sales, and also through a direct to consumer model that bypasses retail stores altogether.
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LDTs represent thousands of tests manufactured by many hundreds of laboratories, and that does not even include direct to consumer (DTC) identity and ancestry tests.
We grew our DTC business from 5% to 30% of our revenues over the course of three years and mapped out a blueprint for direct to consumer marketing.
Apple is not able to go direct to consumer by setting up Apple retail stores in India unless at least 30% of the product sold contains content that is sourced from within the country.
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Another reason for Hutchison to worry: Chu will soon be expanding its offering of consumer electronics beyond computers - a direct challenge to another Hutchison unit, Fortress, which sells consumer electronics.
At the next level, businesses can bypass offline retail altogether by selling direct to the consumer.
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Brazil on the other hand is a big commodities exporter, so the biggest culprit there is foreign direct investment and consumer demand.
MGM's willingness to risk software piracy is seen as an indication of its wish to pioneer direct-to consumer systems for Hollywood films.
The internet has also enabled suppliers to go direct to the consumer.
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Look out also for more companies in the tech arena, from Oracle to Cisco and others, to start providing services direct to the consumer.
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Bloomberg's insistence on dictating consumer choices has a more direct connection to an assumption that government should control our access to health care than obesity has to a couple of Big Gulps.
For all intents and purposes, a consumer is still receiving a direct signal from the broadcaster through their own antenna and using it to record and watch programs for their own personal enjoyment.
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After Shnider made a mint in the shrimp business, he started Farm 2 Market, his direct-to-consumer oyster company.
It reveals how often direct-to-consumer tactics are hitting it big in traditional media campaigns.
It did report an increase in direct-to-consumer sales, which include catalog and Internet, by 6.5%.
So expect all of the polite reticence that has been developing around direct-to-consumer advertising to fade.
Currently, the apparel industry in the U.S. is being driven by growth in the direct-to-consumer channel.
Urban Outfitters has a strong direct-to-consumer business, which is quite valuable for the retailer.
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While direct-to-consumer marketing may make it seem otherwise, testosterone is no exception, Vergel says.
The firm's direct-to-consumer advertising made no mention of the potential risks of taking Vioxx.
In addition to the brick and mortar stores, there are direct-to-consumer channels, including footlocker.com, Eastbay and CCS.com.
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Further, Nike has focused efforts on attempting to expand global outreach by using a direct-to-consumer business model.
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