Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think consumers are demanding that we get less processed in general in everything that we do.

People are looking at the negative pre-announcements from GM and IBM, the retail sales reports, the hiring trends, and they're waking up to the fact that the consumer is slowing down, and that's going to impact the economy and corporations.

People are hungry for community. They're hungry for meaning in a society that is oriented around the production and consumption of consumer goods.

Mark Zandi

People are able to pull money out of their homes and put it into their gas tanks. So the overall effects on consumer spending have been small.

Our industry is transitioning into the next generation of radio. Consumers will hear a better quality sound with a wider variety of formats.

Our job is to invest in where consumers are engaging with media.

Lou Dobbs

Our job is ensure that those deals that injure consumers don't go through, ... On the other hand, we don't want to prevent 99 out of the 100 deals that are either neutral from a competitive point of view or actually pro consumer and pro efficiency.

Over the last few days, we've seen oil prices come back, and the market was looking for that to happen, especially since that has been a tax on the consumer and on business.

My resolution is to work hard to protect consumers and tenants in 2006.

Hugh Johnson

Long term interest rates are higher now than they were in the second and third quarters, and debt levels are higher too. Yes, consumer spending will continue to expand, but it will be slower.

David Jones

Look at that Michigan Survey of consumer sentiment, the preliminary for early August, it is near record levels,

Look for renewed debate on whether rising producer prices will be passed through to consumers in the CPI measure of inflation, ... If so, that may well mean that the Federal Reserve isn't quite as near to the end of its tightening cycle as previously thought.

Mass retailers don't know much about order fulfillment on a one-time basis, ... Nothing turns a consumer off more than when you get sucked in, you want the product, and they don't have it. Brick-and-mortar retailers need to figure out these issues, and they're starting to.

Like the mad dog running around in all directions, the greedy person, unaware, consumes everything, edible and non-edible alike. Engrossed in the intoxication of sexual desire and anger, people wander through reincarnation over and over again.

I was thinking consumer DSL pricing was only going to drop to about $40 a month by 2002, but thanks to this ruling, we'll probably get it down to around $32 by then, ... For every million new lines, there's going to be about a 3 percent reduction in monthly subscriber fees.

It is no surprise that newspaper circulation is declining. The Internet has been eating away at the time consumers spend with other media. And now it is actually dictating an entirely new set of news habits and expectations.

It is in the interest of not only farmers, but also consumers and retailers, to ensure that dairy farming in Scotland remains sustainable so that we have a continued supply of quality, fresh Scottish milk.

It is inevitable that we will see a 1% or 1.5% decline in retail sales in an upcoming month as consumers become sated with new vehicles. ... This will not be an indication of any particular vulnerability.

I think we're in for a prolonged period in which construction materials costs are going to rise more rapidly than consumer costs.

I think they have taken the correct position, which is to say that the consumer is better off relying upon the market.

I think they're not telling the consumer the whole story.

Ron Paul

I think they are a treat. There are enough consumers who are willing to treat themselves frequently or once in a while.

It is a way to help consumers find not only what they're looking for, but content they may not known they're looking for, other programming we offer as part of the service.

I think the risk is the downside, not the upside, ... I think the markets are fairly nervous about the prospects for growth. They're going to be dissecting the number. If we have slower than expected consumer spending and stronger than expected inventory growth, that's not going to bode well for the next quarter or so.

I think there's going to be a lot of work for consumer advocates and lawyers as the new e-signature law unfolds.

I think the real story last month was that in spite of higher interest rates, exploding energy costs and debt levels, the American consumer rolls on.

I think the reaction on the consumer side will be relatively mild.

Martin Jacques

Just as the Japanese pioneered a new form of manufacturing - lean production and quite new standards of reliability - so Tata, too, is embracing new forms of manufacture in order to revolutionise the price to meet the consumer needs of a poor, developing country.

Japan's overall consumer spending is pretty firm as a trend because wages are rising.

Japanese consumers are important to us. They are a key to our success.

I think we do need to move very swiftly in creating value for consumers and reacting to the economics,

I think we can say we have turned the corner. Investments are picking up, and consumers are starting to spend money.

Ted Sarandos

I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix.