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Retailers may target 'fitness' consumers, hints survey
DNA India
| "There is an opportunity for food manufacturers and retailers to be a solution-provider to the weight-conscious Indian consumer," says Adrian Terron, executive director, retailer & shopper, Nielsen India. He should know. According to Nielsen Global Survey conducted between March-April and August-S...
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Consumers’ thirst for organic milk exceeds supply
Boston Herald
| Shoppers searching for organic milk might find the product is evaporating from supermarket shelves. | Grocery stores are seeing slim inventories due to a nationwide shortage as the supply of organic milk fails to meet rising demand. The trend prompted Hannaford Supermarkets to post signs alerting ...
'Hacktivist' group Anonymous lead anti-piracy protests after claiming new agreement will 'violate consumer rights and ...
The Daily Mail
| 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous and splinter groups associated with it have begun unleashing havoc around the world in a new wave of anti-piracy protests. | Protests and website attacks have been seen across Europe from groups opposing the Anti-Counte...
Consumer Confidence Increased In January
The New York Times
| Americans showed greater optimism about potential improvements in the job market in January, pushing consumer confidence to its highest level in nearly a year, a survey released on Friday reported. | The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan&rsquo...
Macworld finds its footing as a “hardcore consumer lifestyle event”
Venture Beat
| Macworld Expo, a once powerful Mac tradeshow, is getting new life as smaller event for Apple consumers and fans. The revamped three-day event, now called Macworld | iWorld, is taking place this week in San Francisco. | “We took a little Comic...
Hispanic Consumer Power Expected to Reach $1.2 trillion in 2012
The Examiner
| According to the Center of Hispanic Leadership in Irvine, California, “2012 is the defining year for companies that seek to build an authentic relationship with Hispanic consumers”. | The present – and impressive -- $1.2 trillion ...
Consumer Nation
CNBC
| Electric blue jeans. Hot pink shoes. Lime green skivvies. Wear it like it’s 1985. These are the colors the fashion industry wants you to add into your wardrobe this spring. | Source: Saksfifthavenue.com | ...
Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy
PhysOrg
| For the past two years, each company has experimented with different ways to divine more and more about how people live their lives on the Internet, without sparking a revolt. | But the plans the rivals announced this week, which critics say could ...
A Palestinian man exchanges currency, in the in city of Rafah the southern Gaza Strip, the U.S. dollar and shekel in black markets in the Gaza Strip on Sep. 20, 2011. Significant increase to the U.S. dollar $1000 against Israel 3.63. shekel in the Palestinian territories, the first time in five years, gets high for the dollar a due to protests in Israel, analysts said economy Palestinian. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
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Money tip: The many factors that affect spending
Seattle Times
| You know what they say about beauty and the beholder? It apparently lies in the eye of the cardholder, too. | New research shows consumers who pay with a credit card focus on the...
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Here Are The Best iPhone And iPad Apps You Missed This Week
Business Insider
| After a little hiatus due to the Consumer Electronics Show last week, we're back with our favorite apps that you may've missed this week. | We have an app to help you hunt down G...
How consumer-electronics makers are faring
The Boston Globe
| A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring: | Jan. 19: says it shipped 8.2 million Xbox 360 video game consoles in the latest quarter, compared with 6.3 million a year earlier. | Tuesday: says it sold 3...
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rises, As U. Of Michigan Survey Jumps To 75.0
The Street
| THE TAKEAWAY : [U. of Michigan Confidence Survey at 8-month high ] > [ Household Sentiment Lifts ] > [USDollar strengthens ] | U.S. consumer sentiment rose in January, as the University of Michigan confidence survey figures advanced from 69.9...
Economy grew modest 2.8 percent in Q4, as consumers spent more and businesses restocked
The Guardian
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Economy grew modest 2.8 percent in Q4, as consumers spent more and businesses restocked Close World news | Last 24 hours | Last 24 hours | Last 24 hours This week's bestsellers | Search the Guardian bookshop | ...
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Bankrupt, Kodak Vows to Rebound
The New York Times
| In filing for bankruptcy protection early Thursday morning, Eastman Kodak executives say they are seeking to follow the path of American corporations that have reinvented themselves after a court-supervised reorganization, like United Airlines and Chrysler. | Antonio M. Perez, the company’s oft-criticized chief executive who has been trying to ...



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