Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
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"There is a lack of a consumer credit culture and a lack of a consumer credit market, " says Chi.
Living in a consumer culture in the United States, I find it hard to resist the many temptations.
The challenge is we needed to change the company culture to be consumer-centric.
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They describe Gen C as a powerful new force in consumer culture.
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The Seattle-based coffee-shop chain is the latest symbol of American consumer culture to make its mark on China's rapidly changing urban landscape.
But Reynolds notes that the more conservative Britons worried that the spread of American consumer culture was "undermining and eroding" British values.
The changes from mass creation and consumption to niche creation and consumption is being driven by technology, creative passion, and changing consumer culture.
But whereas few will disagree with the gist of his observations about the shortcomings of our modern, disposable, consumer culture, the analysis is rather superficial.
Those are not the sole focus of my book, which explores topics ranging from Confucian thought to consumer culture, from generation gaps to the World Expo.
Zipwhip's revolutionary approach adds a second carrier-a text carrier-to existing business landline numbers, allowing businesses to take advantage of the increasing ubiquity of text messaging in consumer culture.
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Much like the automobile enabled suburbs, shopping malls and the consumer culture, the new information age is changing how we work, design our cities and see our place in the world.
Nike began expanding its operational reach in China about 30 years ago, ahead of many of the glut of Western brands that flooded the big cities in line with a rising middle class and consumer culture.
As for the Biennale, organized by the Dallas Contemporary museum, the exhibit at the downtown Neiman Marcus includes neon sculptures by Ms. Fleury that wink at consumer culture and brash style in a city where "live large" is a motto.
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Most importantly, they believe Meredith's no-nonsense culture and roots in consumer marketing might finally enable the kind of cross-brand advertising buying that Time Inc.
The main challenge for CEO Tim Cook and Apple longer term is whether or not he and the company can continue to foster the same culture of innovation and consumer-focused product development that made Apple what it is today.
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Asia's banks, as well as societies, are new to a consumer-driven culture.
The music's pace and style suits today's fast consumer-led culture, he says - and it is now the musical heritage of all America, not just young black inner-cities.
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That starts with creating a consumer-credit culture in the first place, plus many of the things lenders take for granted in North America, like individual credit histories, and finely tuned risk-based pricing where the riskiest customers pay the highest interest rates, to cover expected losses.
The appointment of Jenkins marks a shift away from the trading and investment banking culture Diamond represented back toward the consumer and corporate banking business that is perceived to be steadier and less risky.
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The truth is that the shift to consumer-directed health care and greater cost-sharing involves a culture change that may take decades.
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Chi Lo, China economist for HSBC in Hong Kong, says consumer loans are still brand new to the cash-based Chinese culture and have not been embraced by either lenders or borrowers.
For Samsung to attempt to make the leap into leading-edge consumer electronics, in such a short time, and without completely blowing-up its existing culture, defies belief.
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