All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse.
The Ideal Consumer is someone who is constantly dissatisfies, constanly needs more and more products in order to feel better.
Direct to consumer really gives you control of your business completely.
I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.
I'm willing to submit to the sovereignty of the consumer, but I just want to know what they say.
The actual division of labor must be reflected in the division of the rewards (and prices, which is the way the consumer gets rewarded).
We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.
There is simply no way to sustain an economy based on consumer credit.
And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.
I'm part of the consumer culture. I was part of the baby boom generation. I have a car when I shouldn't, a couple of computers; I can't be anti-consumerist in that sense.
Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
They Want You To Be A Docile Apathetic Consumer
The media is not about responding to the wishes of people. All you have to do in the United States is turn on the national news at six-thirty, and watch big pharma intervene between the news stories, trying to tell people what drugs they should buy. That's not a reflection of anything. That's an attempt to promote a particular kind of consumer logic that basically abuses people.
Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending. . . when women do better, economies do better.
We could have a greener economy, even a greener consumer economy by changing the rules - whether it's by taxing carbon or trading carbon, I'm not sure what - but in the end there's just a fundamental problem with the sheer amount we're consuming.
When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.
Amateur production, the result of all this new capability, means that the category of ‘consumer’ is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity
Consumer groups fought hard to provide investor protections for special entities such as pension funds, schools, and municipalities who purchase swaps. No comparable protection exists in the futures market.