Hatoyama and his DPJ have promised consumer-oriented assistance such as child-support payments to help families, and vow to overhaul structures that favor corporations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Now,it is relying on China's cheap labor and the emergence of a consumer culture to help claw the world out of the financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Making this data available could help consumer products companies get a better handle on how their sales compare to those of competitive suppliers.

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Indosuez reports that a recovering economy and renewed consumer confidence will help boost Hindustan Lever's revenues by 10% next year and earnings by 23%.

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Although, we believe that the rapid growth in the direct-to-consumer business will help Aeropostale, it may still not be enough to drive its overall growth.

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