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Prescription Drugs: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Enforce the Prohibitions on Personal Importation
American consumers are increasingly drawn to the convenience, privacy, and cost advantages that might be accrued by purchasing prescription drugs over the Internet. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP and the Department of Health and Human Service's Food and Drug Administration FDA are responsible for...
Tags: U.S., FDA, Prescription Drug, General Accounting Office, Prohibition, American Consumer, Healthcare, Federal Government, Government
White papers 2004-07-22
Don't Pay List: Negotiating the Best Deal for Your Money
The typical American consumer has been reluctant to challenge that retail icon, the list price. The notion that one can stretch the paycheck by negotiating better purchases is enjoying wider acceptance. The tips given in this paper sums up the author's approach to getting the best deal for a person's...
Tags: Money, Ed Brodow Seminars, American Consumer
White papers
The U.S. is NOT Losing Out to India and China
It's almost become accepted fact: America is losing its innovation lead to India and China as we fail to teach our students science and math, and as our investment in government-funded research dwindles. Not so fast, argue experts in a fascinating article in economist.com, Innovation in America:...
Tags: Innovation, U.S., China, India, America, American Consumer, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2008-11-21
Outlook is Cloudy, for Diesels in U.S. Market
Gas prices have fallen around 60 percent since edging past $4 per gallon last summer. Diesel fuel has fallen, too, but not as much, from a peak of about $4.72 per gallon. As a result, U.S. demand for diesels could stay tiny. by Jim Henry
Tags: Consumer, U.S., Microsoft Outlook, Automobile Company, Gasoline, Diesels, American Consumer, Manufacturing, Jim Henry
Blog posts 2008-12-29

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The Vanishing American Consumer
Have Americans given up "retail therapy" for good? A permanent shift could be good for many strapped households — but would spell bad news for the recovery. American consumers have awakened, bolt upright, with belated sticker shock (“I bought what!? I spent how much!?”), from a shopping spree that’s...
Tags: Consumer, China, Job, Economist, Income, MoneyWatch, American, Obama Administration, Manufacturing, Recruitment & Selection, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, One Year Later, Richard Conniff, CBS MoneyWatch.com, Spending, Lehman Bros., Recession, Conference Board, Ken Goldstein, Scott Hoyt, Geoffrey Miller, Spent, David Laibson, William Galston, Brookings Institution, Harvard, Economy, Sherle Schwenninger, New America Foundation, Peter Morici, Sue Helper, GDP
Articles 2009-09-15
American's satisfaction with manufactured food products increased 1% to 82 in the third quarter, according to the University of Michigan's American Consumer Satisfaction Index.(FLASH! FROZEN)
American's satisfaction with manufactured food products increased 1% to 82 in the third quarter, according to the University of Michigan's American Consumer Satisfaction ... American's satisfaction with manufactured food products increased 1% to 82 in the third quarter, according to the University of ...
Tags: food, University of Michigan
Research articles 2005-12-01
American Express CEO Comments on the American Consumer
Ravi Nagarajan submits: In the CNBC video recorded Tuesday and shown below, American Express AXP CEO Ken Chenault comments on credit conditions at American Express as well as broader issues associated with consumer spending. As we have noted in the past, economic recovery will ultimately depend on the extent to...
Tags: US Market, Ravi Nagarajan, American Express Co.
External links 2009-11-18
Magazine Sales Agents IC Marketing and American Consumer Publishing Association Announce Sweet Victory
MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Justice's seven-year battle to put two magazine subscription sales companies out of business has ended with a victory for the companies, the Department of Justice, and consumers, announced IC Marketing and American Consumer Publishing Association. Last year, American Consumer Publishing Association, Inc.,...
Tags: HARDWARE, Oregon, SALES, Semiconductors, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2004-06-24
VISTA 2000 announces cash tender offer for American Consumer Products
ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 29, 1995--VISTA 2000 INC. (NASDAQ: VIST, VISTW) announced today a friendly cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of American Consumer Products Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPI) at $5.30 per share, not already owned by VISTA 2000 INC.American Consumer Products Inc. has approximately 2.5 million shares outstanding, resulting in a...
Tags: Business Wire, MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Retail, SALES, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1995-08-29
Carmanah supplies more than $500k in LED edge-lit signs to major North American consumer electronics company.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 2007-Carmanah Technologies Inc.: Carmanah supplies more than $500k in LED edge-lit signs to major North American consumer electronics companyC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30072007 Victoria, British Columbia CANADA, FSC - Carmanah Technologies Inc. (CMH - TSX, QCX - FWB),...
Tags: Victoria British Ltd.
Research articles 2007-07-31
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Acquires Wells Fargo's Latin American Consumer Finance Subsidiary
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking ("BSMB"), a leading private equity firm focusing on middle-market investments, today announced it has acquired, through a newly formed entity called Caribbean Financial Group ("CFG"), certain direct and indirect Latin American consumer finance subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Company. The acquired entities represent regional consumer...
Tags: banking, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, finance, Wells Fargo & Co.
Research articles 2007-01-16
The American Consumer Rocks
If you believe that the U.S. has been the most innovative nation on earth the last 100 years, you have to ask, why? Is it our entrepreneurial spirit? Our educational system? Our particular brand of capitalism? Maybe all those things, but the list lacks one key ingredient:...
Tags: Consumer, Innovation, Professor, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2009-04-08
For convenience' sake; a report done by the NPD Group reveals that the take-out trend is growing as American consumer taste focuses on convenience - Focus
For convenience' sake A report done by the NDP Group reveals that the take-out trend is growing as American consumer taste focuses on convenience
Tags: NPD Group Inc.
Research articles 1988-06-06
Hilton Hotels Corporation Tops the Hotel Industry in 2006 American Consumer Satisfaction Index
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Hilton Hotels Corporation received the highest score for customer satisfaction among hotel companies rated by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index ACSI. Its index score of 78 was the highest achieved by a hotel company since 1994. Hilton Hotels Corporation has ranked or tied for first place...
Tags: Hilton Hotels Corp.
Research articles 2006-05-26
American Consumer Opinion(TM) Online Survey Indicates 61% Of Fans Feel Strike Would Seriously Hurt Baseball; 45% Would Be 'Disgusted' If Baseball Is Out On Strike Sept. 11
A majority of fans feel that if the strike planned for Aug. 30 were to take place, it would be disastrous for Major League BaseballR, according to preliminary results from an ongoing survey by American Consumer OpinionTM Online (www.ab.acop.com), a panel of consumers who are paid to take surveys. Of...
Tags: MARKETING, MLB, survey
Research articles 1970-01-01
VISTA 2000, Inc. completes tender offer for American Consumer Products, Inc
ROSWELL, Ga.--BUSINESS WIRE--SEPTEMBER 29, 1995--VISTA 2000, INC. (NASDAQ: VIST, VISTW) announced today the successful completion of its tender offer to acquire the common stock of American Consumer Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPI) at $5.30 per share in cash. Approximately 2,494,064 shares of ACPI's common stock were tendered pursuant to...
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 1995-09-29
The Risk in Relying on the Chinese Consumer
Jim Gobetz submits: Several recent articles in the media have looked at the potential for the Chinese consumer to supplant the American consumer as the premier economic driver in the world today. Authors have made note of the enormous population and the relative poverty, the rise of the urban...
Tags: China, Aiki14
External links 2009-11-02
Forrester Research Assesses The State Of Consumer Technology Adoption; Survey Of Nearly 67,000 North American Households Evaluates Technology Use Across Five Generations
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Eighteen-to 26-year-old Gen Yers are integrating technology into their daily lives at a faster rate than any other generation, according to Forrester Research, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: FORR) North American Consumer Technology Adoption Study 2006 Benchmark Survey of 66,707 US and Canadian households. This study, now in its ninth...
Tags: Forrester Research Inc., survey, technology
Research articles 2006-07-31
John Q. Consumer stars in economy role.
NEW YORK -- The American consumer was the star of the U.S. economy in 1983 and will lead the way to another growth year in 1984, according to A. Nicholas Filippello, chief economist at Monsanto Co. Addressing the Chemical Marketing & Economics Group of...
Tags: American Chemical Society, fiber, Strategy
Research articles 1984-01-16
Wall Street hopes for consumer splurge
NEW YORK AFP — US investors are keeping their fingers crossed that the legendary American consumer has not lost his or her appetite for spending ahead of the crucial pre-Christmas shopping season. Analysts say the approaching week will be of particular importance because the Thanksgiving holiday week traditionally kicks...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, analyst, FINANCE, Investment, SALES, stock
Research articles 2007-11-17
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