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Food that consumers used to think of as junk food is being reinvented as health food.

For a long time now the Eco Watchers Survey has been our favorite gauge of Japanese consumer sentiment.

The number of weddings has been fairly stable over time, but the story with David's is they have a better mousetrap in my opinion. ...It makes the shopping experience much easier. So what they've done is they have created a format that is very consumer friendly and solves a lot of problems for the bride-to-be, and they've been able to roll this out. And as a result, they've been gaining market share.

It's one of the few times that consumers have the upper hand.

It's only vaguely predictive of what will happen with month-to-month consumer spending. It did increase dramatically in March, so some drop-back is not unexpected.

Michael Gregory

It's only a matter of time though before the consumer succumbs to weakening housing and higher gas prices, and I think we'll see that by the third quarter.

It is vital that consumers take the initiative to protect their identity. Something as simple as shredding your unneeded personal documents, instead of throwing them in the garbage, can truly make a difference in protecting yourself from identity theft.

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.

Mark Twain

These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme.

For the first time, this industry is consumer driven. The consumer has said very often and loudly where the price points are.

For now, these data are a stark reminder to the MPC that the economy is still dangerously reliant on the consumer sector, which still has problems of its own.

For the past year and a half, the consumer has defied a recession and Sept. 11 and kept spending at a healthy pace.

For the fee-based deal business, it's still a favorable environment. But they also have a huge consumer credit exposure.

There's a major differentiating factor between consumer electronics and other types of technology, and that's time.

At a time when rights fees are escalating and sports sponsorship as a first-tier marketing strategy requires greater accountability, it's imperative for marketers to have a tool that can truly help them harness the power of sponsorship to differentiate their brands, grow sales and engage consumers in meaningful ways.

A terrible problem for retailers is that most stores are evoking yawns from consumers, instead of excitement. Retailers just can't keep making the mistake of taking customers for granted by selling ho-hum kind of merchandise. Consumers are looking for unusual and exciting products and they're not finding them.

As we very well know today, fat-free definitely does not mean calorie-free. The result was growing waistlines and mindless eating habits. To prevent history from repeating itself, consumers need to use discretion as they walk through the grocery store.

As we start the new year, we could see tech get a slight boost, but then I think investors will turn to consumer stocks as the economy continues to recover.

As mobile use grows, consumers want to be able to do more with their mobile devices.

All our surveys and research have demonstrated that consumer spending is very slow in growing and contracting. It resists change. We can expect this to last quite a while.

A combination of weak consumer spending and challenging world markets is weighing on UK manufacturing.

Jim Hall

It has to resonate with consumers on an emotional level. It must be a must-have to compete.

It helps future-proof, to some extent, the consumer's purchase. If a unified format is developed, it will probably be supported by the player, or if one is a de facto market winner, the consumer hasn't lost out.

I just don't think the consumer is going to roll over on the back of a cooling sector.

Clearly, these headlines will assuage some of the fears of a consumer collapse, and they mean the Fed will wait till the meeting before easing again. We still look for at least a 25-basis-point easing on Jan. 31.

Clearly, malls continue to struggle. Consumers are focused on easy in and easy out.

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.

The hybrid Mariner is the right idea at the right time. To regain its competitive edge, Detroit must come to grips with how high pump prices have put consumers in an entirely new mindset. This vehicle proves that a determined Detroit can win this race.

The evidence ? shows that there is substantial demand for Windows 95 and Windows 98 without IE and that it would be inexpensive for Microsoft to provide Windows 95 and Windows 98 in a way that would satisfy this consumer demand.