Fortunately, there are some ways for the consumer to test a garment's quality, including its pilling potential.
Belgian consumer protection organization Test-Aankoop yesterday filed a lawsuit (Dutch) against Apple for not respecting local laws on warranties.
The new push into consumer electronics will test Yun as never before.
They test consumer products and certify them for a margin of safety.
"You can lose your reputation in a year, but it takes five to 10 years to rebuild it, " said David Champion, senior director of the Consumer Reports Automotive Test Center.
Topol also provides his results for a consumer drug-response test provided by Pathway Genomics.
This Nokia-made phone, which goes on sale Sunday, will be a key test of consumer demand for Windows Phone devices.
Certainly the Volt will have to prove itself by demonstrating good quality over years of performance, says David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports' auto test division.
Although heaters are minimized to conserve battery range, Consumer Reports rated a Volt test car at a paltry average 25 miles of electric-only running before the gasoline engine kicked in under cold Connecticut winter conditions.
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That requires a sound strategic test, against a consumer-centric reality, and not just a laugh track.
The S430 Consumer Reports used for its own test came with a broken "back" button on the navigation system.
Eventually Higg ratings will translate to consumer labels, but the Coalition is being careful to test the index, gather data, and refine the system before delving into anything consumer-facing.
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Crowds and packed parking lots can test even the most patient consumer.
If you cannot sell your product without relying on consumer weakness, without running experiments to test which behavioral failures you can take advantage of, maybe you should be selling another product.
It is a move that will test one of the most enduring and consumer-centric corporate social responsibility strategies to be developed in the last decade.
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The really wonderful thing about loyalty and engagement assessments is that they correlate very, very, very highly with consumer behavior, which is the true marketplace acid test.
Instead, Bluebubblelab allows companies to measure consumer reaction by analyzing their facial expressions while they test products, watch TV series or commercials at their own homes or anywhere else.
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Such a taste test is, ultimately, up to the consumer, not the federal judiciary.
Of the twelve recipes, six made the cut and were brewed for national test sampling, and after 25, 000 consumer opinions, the people had spoken and the winner was Budweiser Black Crown, a new golden amber lager.
His ability to regain consumer trust is seen by many Japanese businesses as a crucial test of the reputation of Japanese products worldwide, according to the Associated Press.
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The answer will test Gillette's unusual approach to innovation in the consumer-products business.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that they didn't find home test kits useful for detecting lead because in their test, they found too many false negatives and a few false positive test results.
To test our theory, we analyzed the holdings and allocations for the top 6 Consumer staples ETFs (listed below) by market cap according to Marco Polo XTF.
In a nutshell, PepsiCo10 pairs some of the best emerging tech with our brands to launch pilot programs that road-test the technologies at scale, providing a window into the innovations that are likely to fundamentally change consumer behavior over the coming months.
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