Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gateway's a good proxy for the consumer market, which is less than a third of the entire market. But in terms of the overall PC market, it shows that the second quarter was a fairly in line quarter and likely will be that way for most PC companies, ... And their outlook is pointing toward a pretty solid second half, which is what I think most of them will be expecting.

Gateway has earned the number-one position in the consumer desktop market through innovative service offerings, and through affordable, personalized technology that grows with the user,

Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending and consumer sentiment.

Gap has to know that it can't spend its way to success. The marketing message may be good, but if they can't get their product right, it won't help. The consumer ultimately votes with the wallet.

Neelie Kroes

I wanted to ensure that consumers would not have to pay higher prices for the life-saving medical devices produced by these two companies,

Michael Taylor

So much of the U.K. economy is consumer spending that if the consumer is doing OK, then the rest of the economy will do OK.

Imports are extremely strong because there's a lot of demand from consumers for goods. The increase in oil prices played a large role in that but, it still points to an extremely strong economy.

Jim Murray

Imposing higher prices on consumers by way of anti-dumping duties is inherently inefficient, even in a good cause.

Ben Bernanke

impact on consumer spending and production broadly will be modest.

Sara Blakely

I'm just like so many women - I was frustrated, I had these white pants that I had spent a lot of money on, and you get home and you think, 'What am I really supposed to wear under this?' So it was a frustrated consumer moment.

It looks like consumers are feeling at least better about the current situation. But I still think there is a lot of uncertainty about the future. The geopolitical news is not very comforting.

It looks as though the consumer isn't too worried about losing his job or spending his money.

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.

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.