Famous Quotes & Sayings

The consumer is the weak link in the European economic upturn story. We're past the worst, but it's hard to see a marked improvement in spending coming.

The consumer is still very cautious. There was underlying softness in November. It increases the worry about the holiday as a whole.

The consumer is still spending, ... They are the leaders in this sector. I want to be involved in the leader of that particular sector.

The consumer is still in there slugging away. There is no reason to think the consumer is going to pull back into some shell and go away.

The consumer is making a lot of money, employment is high, wages are starting to go up. People have money in their pockets.

Richard Hastings

The consumer is jittery. Rising debt levels, inflation and higher gasoline prices are all real threats and a drag on spending.

The consumer is in pretty good shape. The American consumer hangs in through thick and thin, and now there are lots of positives.

The consumer is holding steady and we're in pretty good shape.

Tim Rogers

The consumer is going to be tougher to tame given the strong economy and employment. There's plenty of momentum in spending.

The consumer is doing quite well. The job market is doing quite well.

The consumer Internet is what's driving a lot of critical technologies right now.

The consumer has responded by renting more and renting more often,

The consumer has not run out of gas yet, provided the job market continues to remain fairly decent.

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.

In a world were international public opinion is ignored and where high level diplomatic pressure has failed, Greenpeace hopes that consumers can once and for all demonstrate that there is no profit in whaling.

Jorma Ollila

In mobile devices, we have been making excellent progress in expanding and upgrading our product offering, which is the broadest in the market and caters to all relevant consumers and trade customers globally,

In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tempered by the weak economy, and declines in consumer confidence.

Robert Patterson

In an organic system you don't waste anything. We need to educate the consumer to accept a tiny blemish on an orange.

I liked what he had to say about insurance reform. I hope it's in the right direction, to help the consumer and not the other way around.

I kind of like consumer non-durables, (they are) all expected to earn 20 to 25 percent or better this fiscal year, ... They have good returns on equity, 15 percent plus. And I think they're priced appropriately within their price-to-earnings multiples.

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.

Consumers say they're ready and willing to pay for downloaded content,

Consumers really felt the pinch of higher gas prices and job growth is stagnant.

Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.