Rapid technological innovation has changed consumer expectations about the delivery of and access to financial services.
But the consumer sentiment index is still worrying, particularly the low consumer expectations number.
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As consumer expectations for immediate, high-quality video escalate, will the videos on brand websites keep up?
The current conditions index inched up to 77.9 while consumer expectations jumped to 61.1, from 55.4 in November.
Even more worrying, consumer expectations dropped to 47 from 49.4, once again marking its lowest level since May 1980.
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LinkedIn the professional social-networking site, may not best meet consumer expectations when it comes to the Ideal for social networking.
Again, ask yourself (in a fair, balanced, non-partisan way, please) which brand best meets consumer expectations in an extraordinarily demanding category?
Consumer expectations were improved, the Conference Board said, helping to push the outlook for the next three to six months above its earlier level.
Three sure things come though: First, consumer expectations will continue to grow, especially when it comes to fusing technologies that have previously delighted them.
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But an increasingly heavy drugs bill, rising consumer expectations and doctors' resistance have combined to start sending medical costs up again by 6-8% a year.
"We are proud to launch with this game-changing roster of partners who recognize the importance of fully meeting web-empowered consumer expectations, " said Ernesto Schmitt, CEO and co-founder of zeebox.
What is yet to be proven is whether these games will meet consumer expectations, become profitable, become successful beyond the tiny group of Kickstarter-happy funders and reach a larger audience.
"Without some intervention to allocate additional spectrum it is very unlikely that sufficient HD channels could be launched to ensure that Freeview keeps pace with changing consumer expectations, " she said.
One of the best tricks that the mobile industry has managed to achieve in the last few years is to lower consumer expectations on how long their portable device should last.
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But higher spend comes wrapped with higher consumer expectations.
"The iPad has fundamentally changed consumer expectations of software and media consumption so it's no surprise that our users were clamoring for a native app, " said Dropcam CEO and Co-Founder Greg Duffy.
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More Streamed Content: With the consumer expectations increasingly requiring on-demand or streamed content versus simply downloaded content, mobile cloud traffic will increase, growing 28-fold from 2011 to 2016, a CAGR of 95 percent.
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The genesis of the shorter back-to-school purchase cycle is a consequence of increased levels of consumer expectations, retailers having spent more than a decade teaching consumers they can get something cheaper if they just wait.
The scale of the TV event has brought out the best creative that companies and their agencies have to offer, and that in turn has resulted in a tremendous escalation of consumer expectations to be entertained.
The negative headlines, waiting lists and rising consumer expectations may finally be encouraging more people to go private: the number of patients covered by private medical insurance did go up by 3.4% between 1997 and 1998, mainly through corporate policies.
"Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance, " the study said.
This is predicated on consumer expectations.
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"Consumer expectations for an engaging experience are now based on what the mobile world provides: the latest applications on a device that is always on, always connected and always ready, " said Ian Drew, executive vice president, marketing and business development, ARM.
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Those, incidentally, allow marketers to measure the direction and velocity of consumer values and expectations at least 12 months in advance of the marketplace.
"We believe we are living up to consumer-privacy expectations and are very advanced in privacy protections and innovation, " said Mike Zaneis, senior vice president, who said he wasn't familiar with the report's contents.
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The enterprise market remains a work in progress, partly due to the rapid transformation of a workforce becoming increasingly mobile and consumer-grade expectations for accessing applications from both employer-provided mobile devices or a Bring-Your-Own-Device approach.
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But stocks in this sector will price this year on expectations for consumer behavior in 2011 and 2012.
Nevertheless, in spite of somewhat volatile consumer confidence data, actual consumer demand continues to defy expectations.
According to the FOMC statement that announced the second round of quantitative easing, the policy hinged on revamping inflation expectations and stabilizing consumer equity, starting by the easing of lending conditions.
"Falling home prices, rising food and energy costs, which will inevitably lead to slower consumer spending, are reducing expectations for corporate profitability, pushing up defaults and widening out spreads, " Hintz wrote in a research note Tuesday.
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