The rise of social media is causing dramatic changes in consumer behavior as well.
Rising gasoline prices didn't cause wholesale changes in consumer behavior, and falling prices won't either.
Meanwhile, the shift in consumer behavior from renting to owning is likely to be slow.
The PlayStation 4 comes as the videogame industry has been grappling with dramatic shifts in consumer behavior.
Recognizing and understanding this shift in consumer behavior is the first step in reducing shopping cart abandonment.
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Today, we are seeing a shift in consumer behavior that requires companies to work harder to matter more.
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The challenge for businesses going forward, large or small, is adapting to this change in consumer behavior or even predicting it.
To be successful, the new gTLDs would require a change in consumer behavior, plus a change in how search engines index the internet.
This is a significant shift in consumer behavior that is disrupting existing value chains for video content providers, advertisers and mobile service providers.
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All this is evidence that access to new environmental information that is accurate, comprehensible and reliable can lead to significant changes in consumer behavior.
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Changes in consumer behavior and the economic recovery are driving change.
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The move to a low-carbon economy requires a transformation in consumer behavior, but we should not assume that consumers are willing or able to change their habits.
As you read this you probably thought of other upheavals in consumer behavior or mindsets, or some unique ways in which your own business will have to innovate to thrive.
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Even though BlackBerry bulls like to tout that the initial inventory of Z10 was sold out quickly in India, Z10 will suffer in India because of the change in consumer behavior.
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Such shifts in consumer behavior and the aging consoles the Xbox 360 debuted in 2005 and the PS3 a year later are weighing on game sales, which have contracted every month since December of 2011.
The economic climate in China in coming quarters may contribute to consumer behavior in luxury items.
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Yet there remains a disconnect between the events in the gulf and both consumer behavior (in terms of energy usage) and energy policy (or lack thereof).
But stocks in this sector will price this year on expectations for consumer behavior in 2011 and 2012.
In terms of consumer behavior all we need do is observe how people are using their smartphones and tablets paying with Square Wallet, their Starbucks (SBUX) app, or checking their bank and trading accounts, paying bills and reviewing sensitive work documents.
By a three-to-one margin, consumer reviews (77 percent) trump editorial reviews (23 percent) in influencing consumer electronics buying behavior.
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"This is about understanding consumer behavior in a new way, " Chief Executive Alejandro Muther said.
The dividend cuts have come amid a worsening economic environment in Europe and changing consumer behavior.
Reading a book on what is essentially a portable computer changes consumer behavior in subtle and not so subtle ways.
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Investors look closely at retail sales in order to gauge consumer behavior.
"Tectonic upheavals in technology have affected consumer behavior, and it's happened so quickly, " says Alan Wurtzel, president of research at General Electric Co.
By the way, we managed to do this via a consumer engagement-based Digital Platform GPS that is predictive of consumer behavior in the marketplace.
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What distinguishes Baynote is the way it combines multiple sources of evidence, constructs a multidimensional model, and then allows that model to be put to various uses, an approach that points the way to a broader method for understanding many sources of evidence about consumer behavior in a coherent and useful way.
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Originating from the video game industry, many of these pioneering concepts now play a key role in driving incentive and behavior management for both brands in the consumer world and internal scenarios in the workplace.
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For a recent car launch Nissan tracked how ads in different media outlets affected consumer behavior.
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