Any time a company collects data about the consumer, it also transmits data back to the consumer.
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Nevertheless, in spite of somewhat volatile consumer confidence data, actual consumer demand continues to defy expectations.
The U.S. consumer continues to be a mystery for markets, as data indicates consumer sentiment fell more than expected to 57.5 in the preliminary October reading while retail sales jumped well above consensus by 1.1%.
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Since then, key indicators like employment, manufacturing data and consumer sentiment have continued on a downward trajectory.
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In economic news, expect to hear data on consumer credit on Wednesday, the trade balance on Wednesday, and wholesale inventories on Friday.
He is hiring mathematicians and database administrators for a new division to create algorithms that will draw insight from data tracking consumer behavior.
Fire death reports are pulled together with census data, ordinance survey maps, historic trends, and Mosaic data (consumer profiling) among other sources.
All of these efforts highlight the fact that the Internet provides marketers with far more data about consumer behavior than any other medium.
In spite of the continuing disconcerting data on consumer confidence, not everyone has given up on a recovery in spending by individuals and businesses.
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"The Fed is more concerned about data on inflation, data on employment, data on consumer spending, " says Doug Elmendorf, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and former Fed economist.
Its current program, which factors in information provided by ad servers, automotive shopping Weblets, dealership traffic data and consumer surveys, generates a daily status report that lets executives know what's working.
Google's expansion can also net more data about consumer behavior, which can be used to create more personalized services and target individuals with more relevant advertising, said Narayanan Shivakumar, a former Google engineering executive.
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Some modestly upbeat EU data on consumer and business confidence was released Wednesday as the Economic Sentiment Indicator rose to 91.1 in February versus 89.5 in January, and reaching the highest level since last May.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales data, the consumer price index, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, and the NAHB housing market index.
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Recent consumer data and some earnings make us cautiously optimistic on the consumer as we head into the holidays.
But the big act came on Thursday when the Obama administration released its Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World report (PDF) that includes a proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that the administration plans to send to Congress.
Other U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes wholesale trade and consumer credit data.
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And, preserving that consumer trust is where consumer data protection becomes essential to the online economy.
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And not just because of the amount of raw consumer data spilled onto the black market.
But determining where mobile will fit in is an exercise in correctly gathering and interpreting consumer data.
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Today, the Obama Administration launched the Smart Disclosure Data Community at Consumer.
The Obama administration just concluded a two-year study of how to regulate the commercial collection of consumer data online.
Consumer data protection is hot news again, along with the privacy issues raised by browser tracking and tracking software.
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Government data Tuesday showed consumer price inflation picked up to 10.9% on year in February, from 10.8% in January.
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Proponents of legislation argue the industry is a Wild West where consumer data are gathered and sold without restrictions.
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It will be consulting with international regulators, including the US Federal Trade Commission, on commercial uses of consumer data.
To find out which ones to sell where, Vega began to leverage consumer data it picked up in promotional campaigns.
If registration details are required to play or record a score, that can mean valuable consumer data for the company.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will consider how consumer data is collected and if any activities could be illegal.
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