While consumer demand remains robust, evidenced by strong retail sales growth so far this year (Jan: 7.8% y-o-y, Feb: 9.6% y-o-y), industrial production is running negative, at -3.9% y-o-y as of February.
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"The industry has evolved so that TV Everywhere and subscription video on-demand services can coexist with the appropriate windowing strategy, while allowing for more content flexibility to meet consumer demand in the changing digital landscape, " said Deborah K. Bradley, senior vice president of program acquisitions for Turner Broadcasting.
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This wisdom has come Dell partly through years of tweaking its product mix to meet consumer demand affordably, while staying robust enough to meet enterprise needs.
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But while there seems to be no consumer demand for larger tablets, the use case of watching movies as a group, or flipping through photos with loved ones on the couch, on a 13-inch slate isn't too hard to imagine, says Jakob Nielsen, principal at the Nielsen Norman Group, a usability research firm.
The country has reported its first trade deficit in four years, and consumer demand is sliding, while unemployment is at its highest level since the Second World War.
But since then, questions have been raised about the business model, while the eurozone debt crisis has been blamed for denting consumer demand for some of Groupon's deal.
While projections were low to start with, both consumer and enterprise demand look encouraging.
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"SYNC and AppLink work hand-in-hand to answer consumer demand for safer, smarter control of smartphones while in the car, " said VanDagens.
While it's commonplace to look at consumer credit issues from the demand side, he sees it from the supply side.
And while the prices and associated margins are relatively high for these products, consumer demand continues to put pressure on supply and Apple continues to earn more profits on these products than competitors combined.
As consumer deleveraging continues, big ticket items that fuel economic expansions, like cars and houses, are facing lower demand. (Read No Recovery Possible While U.S. Consumer Continues Deleveraging).
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Domestic demand had fallen by 0.2%, with consumer spending flat, while investment contracted by 1.3% quarter on quarter.
While India's economy has lately slowed to its lowest pace in years, demand for basic consumer goods like soaps and toothpaste has remained relatively strong.
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