" She adds that 1-800 Contacts "has a history of putting the consumer first by promoting competition.
The team at Simple has envisioned a new online banking experience that puts the consumer first via transparency, simplicity and accessibility.
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Free trade also ensures that the consumer comes first for businesses competing for the patronage of the consumer.
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Consumer Reports first blasted MyFord Touch for some of the same issues more than a year ago.
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WebTV itself will probably be the first consumer-level set-top device to run Windows CE.
Both of the leading chipmakers, AMD and Intel, recently launched the first consumer-grade 1-gig processors.
Of course, all this automation is needed before the first consumer even sets foot in the store.
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The mobile-first consumer will plan and buy at the last-second, with high confidence, and high expectations of service quality.
The first consumer-ready OUYA consoles are planned for a March launch, with availability at retail to follow in June.
Likewise, our first consumer data on e-cigarettes shows that 44% of smokers who used one of these devices were also Millennials.
Ijon says he expects the first consumer-ready prototype version of this "Mastbox and Shipbox" technology to be available by early 2014.
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The World Gold Council said in May that China passed India as the largest gold consumer in the first quarter of 2011.
Discounting the brief period after World War II when underutilized machine shops turned out bedroom furniture, this is Boeing's first consumer business.
Get the consumer when he first starts taking pictures and you have a good chance of keeping him as he moves up the income ladder.
Soon after CH Products released the first consumer-level force feedback joystick, Microsoft came out with its own version: the SideWinder Force Feedback Pro.
The group also held their first Consumer Electronics Association-endorsed press conference.
When I was at PepsiCo I actually led our investment in SXSW, and Pepsi was one of the first consumer brands to partner with SXSW, other than beer.
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Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime will be on hand to count down the launch and sell a new Wii U to the first consumer in line.
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Immersion currently has about a dozen licensees, including CH Products, which released the first consumer force feedback joystick in 1996, the British firm Leda Media Products and publicly traded Logitech International (LOGIY).
Next up is the Nikon Coolpix 8800, an eight megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom lens and a 1.8-inch flip-out LCD screen that's the first consumer camera from them that uses their Vibration Reduction anti-shake system.
The XO Tablet that One Laptop Per Child was shuttling around the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES back in January wasn't quite the final version of the company's first consumer-facing device.
After experience with early hand- held calculators at Rockwell International, with the first consumer video tape recorder at Cartridge Television, and with the original computer controlled video editing systems at CMX Systems, a CBS-Memorex joint venture, he began his own management consulting business in 1974.
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In the meantime, Wal-Mart has announced that it will open its first consumer store in the next 12-18 months and the Future Group, a local retailer in India has declared plans to create a franchise network that will allow hundreds of the small kirana shop owners compete with the big guys.
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Still, the 2.7-inch Clear Photo LCD plus-powered touchscreen display, HDMI output, and relatively compact size (26% smaller than the HC1) may actually help this cam live up to Sony's hype and become the first consumer-oriented HD model to the gain a foothold in the coveted soccer mom demographic upon its April debut.
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Financial analysts who follow consumer discretionary companies expect first-quarter earnings to rise 7.1 percent.
The first, consumer electronics, was product cycle driven, innovative new implements connecting everything to the Internet.
Recognizing and understanding this shift in consumer behavior is the first step in reducing shopping cart abandonment.
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