Slim Jim's target consumer niche is the elusive 18- to 29-year-old guy.
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However, aggressive domestic expansion could lead to over-saturation of target consumer markets.
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But from a product standpoint, the fastest growth will be seen in conventional device categories like accelerometers and radio frequency MEMS that target consumer applications.
They are the ones that can make a real difference, and it is easier to target the consumer on buying a better appliance.
Mr Bernanke wrote another paper with Mr Gertler arguing that central banks would do better not to try to stabilise asset prices but instead to concentrate on a target for consumer-price inflation.
But independent of the merits of any claims current or future, Facebook is just too tempting a target for consumer groups, ambitious attorneys, and government agencies looking to advance their agendas and careers.
This would ensure that popular vectors, developed by cyber criminals to attack and control the target rich consumer space would not also lead to infections of SCADA controllers, transaction processors, or real time environments.
Wamsley says it's because it shifted its target audience from consumer buyers to business buyers.
Since December, the Bank has been required to meet a 2% target for the Consumer Price Index.
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As college is a major life stage for our consumer target (guys, 18-24 year old), we knew that we needed to be there with him creating cool and relevant experiences that engage him in a unique way.
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The information compiled not only demonstrates trends in credit card rates over time, but also indicates the different values credit card companies put on different target markets (consumer, business, etc.), as evidenced by the differences between rates for those markets.
The government has made it quite clear that its target is to keep consumer (CPI) inflation capped at 3% this year.
But Walmart is even better positioned than Target to gain share in consumer electronics.
After staying below the government's 2.0% target for three months, consumer-price inflation rose from 1.8% in the year to September to 2.1% in October.
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He proposes that Japan should first set a target for the level of consumer prices, one that would rise over time to allow for a small positive inflation rate.
The fattest target out there is the consumer.
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While the U.S. has a number of independent toy retailers, Wal-Mart and Target fight Toys R Us for consumer sales.
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Fortunately, the group is a collection of bellwether retailers, like Wal-Mart and Target, that often neatly underscore consumer sentiment.
He would have BOJ set a target of 3% rise in consumer prices and undertake unlimited QE measures to get there.
Large stores like Wal-Mart and Target will give an indication of consumer appetite while stores like Home Depot and Loews will provide a proxy for activity levels in construction and manufacturing.
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Then it intends to target automakers with solar rooftops and then consumer electronics.
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However, analysts said that the continued dip in consumer prices showed that achieving that target will not be easy.
That's great news for consumers but poses a problem for consumer electronics manufacturers that want to target an ultra-high-end niche.
Google knows that advertisers, big and small, are looking for measurable results--and consumer data that will help them target potential customers.
"This is a clear indication that while the government wants to see consumer price growth, achieving that target will not only be tough but also a long drawn process, " said Martin Schulz, of Fujistu Research Institute.
Earnings of other companies like Lowes and Home Depot will provide additional feedback on the state of the construction sector, while Wal-Mart and Target will help gauge the strength of the consumer.
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Analysts said that the aggressive policy stand taken by Mr Abe's administration, coupled with the increased inflation target, had been having a positive impact on consumer confidence.
You have a huge grouping of consumer data, so you can micro-target messages to common groups, finding pleasure points and anger points on issues.
Most of these cases are shakedowns where the lawyers who so passionately defend the consumer quickly negotiate a settlement when the corporate target agrees to pay them a fee.
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The BOE has hitherto successfully argued that consumer price rises well above its 2% target during most of the past five years have been down to shifts in relative prices in the economy.
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