"Branded media, context-based marketing, direct mail, preference-based marketing (agreeing to get ads via e-mail) it's what people are missing, " says Killen.
" But he said the number of people who expressed no preference -- 27 percent -- suggests that "a lot of people are scared to admit their true preferences.
The Labour Party is still ahead when it came to the Westminster preference - 36% of those questioned said they would back the current administration, although that figure was down by six points since June.
The poet and campaigner received 701, 101 first-preference votes - almost 40% of the total.
Of the four groups studied, two engaged in GHC behaviour - one had a preference for wrist-to-wrist GHC whilst the other preferred palm-to-palm.
He makes elaborate constructions from various materials - with a strong preference for wood - as much for the joy of making them, as to further any practical purpose.
Earlier this month two grammar schools in Dorset announced that from 2010 they would admit state-school applicants in preference to private-school ones, even if the latter had better 11-plus results.
Plug-in hybrids should give preference to all-electric vehicles at charging stations.
My recommendation is to start your company with a free or very low-cost domain name, with a strong preference for dot-com.
"The drop is due to a consumer preference for non-mail order, not by a diminishing preference for remote shopping, " says Richard Hyman, from retail specialist Verdict Research.
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It focuses on the way airport slots are allocated to airlines - a job done by co-ordinators using various criteria, including "historic preference" - a custom that favours traditional airlines.
He believes that worldwide structural changes (increased mobility of capital and labour, the greater credibility of central bankers as inflation-fighters, the preference of ageing baby-boomers for fixed-income securities) have altered the equation, and that top-quality bond yields are, if anything, headed down.
In Shanghai, for example, consumers like bulk-size packages, whereas in Beijing there is a distinct preference for smaller-size formats.
European policy makers are considering a host of proposals to eliminate implicit government guarantees, including a new resolution regime, turning some liabilities into bail-in debt that will automatically take losses, depositor-preference regimes that would subordinate unsecured bondholders, and U.K.-style plans to ring-fence certain activities.
They claim this principle of "equal votes" would be threatened by a move to AV - where second preference votes given to the candidate with the least support are re-distributed after the initial ballot if no-one gains over 50% of first preference votes.
On average, women display a stronger value-orientation, a lower risk preference, a greater willingness to delay gratification, and a preference for thoughtful research-based purchase decisions.
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In Mundell's writings about a one-world currency, there's a strong preference for a Greenspan-style monetary policy, where price stability is the only goal.
There was no indication that he was going to vote for us as a first-preference.
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England lost out in the race for the 2018 tournament after gathering only two of 22 first-preference votes.
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Readers of my blog will know by now of my preference for short-term, high-quality bonds.
As the Boomers approach retirement, they are developing a strong preference for income-producing securities.
Mr Gallagher received 504, 964 first-preference votes, while Mr McGuinness, Sinn Fein, came in third with 243, 030 votes.
This preference for out-of-the-money puts versus in-the-money calls points toward bearish sentiment (i.e. low expectations) from the options crowd.
Mr O'Dowd said that children born in July and August would no longer get a preference for pre-school places.
But, despite its money disadvantage, the anti-preference side won, just as it had done two years earlier in California.
In a two-candidate contest, for example, nobody would deny that the candidate with the most first-preference votes should win.
If no candidate gets 50% of first preferences, the least popular candidate is eliminated and his second-preference votes are reallocated.
Just 13 votes had separated Mr Hurley and Mrs Iles in the first round of voting, based on electors' first-preference votes.
Wealthy Chinese are famous for their preference for high-end Bordeaux wines, even if the food pairings with this classic are sometimes questionable.
Mr Howard himself must share part of the blame because he refused to take a stand on the issue of second-preference votes.
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