Famous Quotes & Sayings

The consumer has finally been shaken. If folks are unsure what the future is looking like over the next few months, they tend to hunker down and sit on cash, and that's not a good start to the holiday shopping season.

The consumer has been fuel for this market for a long time now and with energy prices and all the other question marks out there now, investors will be watching earnings and guidance very closely.

Gary Shapiro

The consumer electronics industry is hot. Consumer electronics sales are consistently growing.

The core consumer price index (CPI) has risen by 3.3 percent annualized over the past three months, ... We'd all better hope that some of this is 'transitory.'

The cost of oil will likely still be pretty high, consumer spending is slowing down, and it'll be tax time.

We will be looking to enhance the consumer versions of our product later this year with similar features.

We will be demonstrating how consumers can use Yahoo throughout their lives.

This way the creditor risk is minimized, but (the consumer still has the convenience of having a credit card).

This week's focus will be the January US consumer price index, due Wednesday, as the market is awaiting the key inflation data.

This week, consumers can expect to be hearing from retailers reminding them of all the strong promotions they are offering.

This tells me the Fed is correctly looking forward, looking at the risk of consumers pulling back in spending because stocks have fallen. They're working in anticipation of that to make sure the U.S. economy does not slip into recession. I'm very encouraged by the Fed's action.

It was great for consumers to have a mild month. It lessons the impact of higher gas prices.

They will let the consumer lead, and they will follow them to where, and importantly, when, they lead.

Roth is an excellent fit for Prodigy president and CEO, given his strong consumer services background,

Room decor is a hot trend right now and several toymakers are expanding into it, ... But I don't think toymakers should try to become experts in every area. That's going to be very difficult. Maybe with consumer electronics, it could make sense to have a licensing relationship with another manufacturer instead of keeping it in-house.

The big picture for the consumer still looks good.

Stocks in the financial and consumer discretionary sectors look particularly vulnerable as the perception is that inflationary pressures will keep mounting and the Fed is not done with raising rates.

Students need to be good consumers and be smart and double check.

Stew Leonard's was an ideal place to debut our product, because consumers are in the mood to try new things.

Strong demand for digital consumer electronics such as flat panels and mobile phones is helping to make people optimistic about technology stocks.

Symantec has been able to keep raising rates on the consumer side. People feel that they have to have it.

Symantec has been able to keep raising rates on the consumer side, ... People feel that they have to have it.

Frederic Bastiat

Taxes must, in the end, fall upon the consumer

Target's increased emphasis on providing consumers with trend-right merchandise has strengthened the retail chain's presence as a destination for apparel.

Jose Barroso

Suppliers, consumers and transit countries are all interested in long term, sustained and predictable relations. There is an interest to have predictable rules and long-term commitments.

John Todd

Supply of key processors and motherboards was severely constrained, spotty and unreliable, particularly in our consumer sweet spot in the $999 to $1299 price range.

It's important to stay focused on the interplay between the consumer and the overextended housing market and sharp increases in energy prices, ... That will be key as to whether or not the US economy will sustain itself in 2006.

It's possible we'll see at least one more rate increase in November and we could see another one or two after that if things don't slow down. It may take that much to convince consumers and the stock market to take a breather.

It's our expectation that when a consumer pays $25 for something it should be worth $25 for a reasonable period.

Despite all of the news coverage about credit scores over the past year, many consumers still do not understand important facts about these increasingly influential numbers.

Domestic-demand related stocks will lead the market on speculation consumer prices may finally gain.

Consumers should never wire money to someone they do not know,

Consumers seem to increasingly see search as their starting point when they go online.