Spiegel speculate that as the baby boomer generation ages, they are likely to shift from buying stocks to selling their equity holdings to finance retirement, and this shift could be a factor holding down equity valuations over the next two decades.
The shift in buying habits from visiting a brick and mortar store to buying online has started.
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In some mature markets you are seeing some discretionary spending shift from buying a notebook to buying a tablet.
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We are witnessing a major shift in customer buying behavior and needs: from the Time Value of Money to the Money Value of Time.
As I tap into my third iMac with my iPad and iPhone on the desk next to it, we have never regretted making a huge shift in our buying habits, gravitating towards smaller (or smaller-appearing) establishments, while going to big box stores to merely kick the tires and then see what we can buy online.
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The way to make that happen lies in first examining a singular shift in the overall buying and selling process.
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The teen-set's attitude shift comes just as its buying power is surpassing record levels.
If prices stay anywhere near where they are now, you'll see a shift in people's buying behavior.
And just as important, buying power will shift or spread out to the point where consumers in North America no longer are so central.
The sharp focus on change allowed me to pick up on the secular shift in search and not recommend buying Google to our subscribers.
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Markets shift wtih new solutions, leaving fewer customers buying what all the old competitors are selling, further driving down margins.
Simon, he feels, financed the pressure groups that helped pass all the laws that moved the nation to the right, all the buying of votes in Congress to shift power to the monied interests and their paid representatives in Washington.
This has led to the biggest change in marketing practices in the last 40 years: a shift toward rational, computational, and algorithmic media buying.
The company is simply so good at making standard-shift transmissions, that getting an autobox is like buying a Corvette without a clutch--what's the point?
Further appreciation will cut into a rising real estate asset bubble, and give Chinese consumers more buying power by encouraging Chinese manufacturers to shift production away from the export markets, to making and marketing goods and services for the domestic market.
As the country grows and the average Chinese sees an increase in buying power, we expect to see a growing shift in demand from 2G to 3G smartphones.
As the country grows and the average Chinese buyer sees an increase in buying power, we expect to see a growing shift in demand from 2G to 3G smartphones.
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That is a sudden shift from two months ago, when Indian investors were bullish and buying.
It signifies a shift in thinking among American marketers who are beginning to grasp not just Latino buying power, but the complexities and diversity of the market.
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