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Consumerism
the influence of the general public, as end users of products and services, on the way companies manufacture and sell their goods. Consumers exert considerable power over companies as organizations...
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The President's news conference
February 28, 2008 The President. Good morning. Laura and I, as you know, recently came back from Africa, where we saw firsthand how the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is saving lives. I had a chance to go to the--speak to the Sullivan Foundation the other day about our...
Tags: Consumerism, FINANCE, Iraq, leader, Leadership, president, Taxes, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-03-03
Press Conference of the President
WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 10:05 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Laura and I, as you know, recently came back from Africa, where we saw firsthand how the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is saving lives. I had a chance to go to the...
Tags: Consumerism, FINANCE, Iraq, leader, Leadership, president, Taxes, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-02-28
Cell Phone Carriers May Not Fence in Users for Long
Cell Phone Carriers May Not Fence in Users for LongRE: Cell Phone Carriers May Not Fence in Users for LongThe "termination fee" is really not a real "fee" that cell phone providers want to charge. It mainly is a deterrent to prevent you or us clients from "phone hopping" from...
Tags: cell phone, cell phone carrier, cell phone company, Consumerism, telephone carrier, telephone company
Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Coming soon, but slowly
Consumerism is the latest rage in health insurance. Employers are pushing it in hopes of saving money and improving the health of workers. Insurers are marketing health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements to attract subscribers. And millions of people have jumped from managed-care policies into consumer-directed plans. ...
Tags: Benefits, CIGNA Corp., Consumerism, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2006-01-27
Shop Talk
This was not such a happy holiday for U.S. retailers. Though the final numbers haven't been released yet, analysts estimate retail sales may have grown just 1.5 percent over last year's season, the smallest increase in three decades. Still, that means shoppers managed to shell out more than $110 billion...
Tags: Consumerism, INTERNET, Newsweek, Retail, SALES, women
Research articles 2003-01-02
Ethical and socially responsible advertising: can it be achieved?
ABSTRACT Prior to establishment of the FTC, consumers had no protection against the claims of advertisers. In 1938, the FTC declared "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" to be unlawful (Preston, 1975). Since that time, regulators, consumer groups, and advertisers have wrestled with the ethical issues involved in "fair"...
Tags: advertisement, advertiser, Alcohol, cigarette, Consumerism, Deception, ethics, Fisher, FTC, M., Murphy, Phillips, tobacco, women
Research articles 2002-01-01
Speech for Free.
Few institutions demand more protection of intellectual property than do corporate media. Eager to exploit the digital age but fearful of the ease with which copyrighted material can be borrowed or stolen, major media companies have successfully pressured Congress into enhancing penalties for copyright violations. The...
Tags: agreement, Boston Globe, Consumerism, MARKETING, media
Research articles 2000-08-28
When the going gets tough why does it become a psychobabble issue?
Anxious? Confused? Find yourself lurching between addictions, inexplicable rages and vague, unidentifiable lethargies? Don't worry. You're suffering from a simple case of chronic psycho-gibberish fatigue syndrome, and you're not alone. It's a condition which afflicts increasing numbers of us, as we fall prey to the twin forces of consumer capitalism...
Tags: CONSUMERISM, Cooper, MARKETING, Murphy, syndrome, TVs
Research articles 1999-12-19
The Boston Globe Consumer Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Dec. 24--READERS WEIGH IN ON SPIRIT OF CONSUMERISM: It's the day before Christmas, a good time to take a gut check on the buy-buy-buy mentality of the holidays. Dec. 24--READERS WEIGH IN ON SPIRIT OF CONSUMERISM: It's the day before Christmas, a good time...
Tags: Boston Globe, Consumerism
Research articles 2000-12-24
Public Bank targets ISO certification for all branches, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times Malaysia 02-12-2003 PUBLIC Bank Bhd plans to have all its branches certified under the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System for customer service in loan delivery by the end of the year. Chairman Datuk Seri Dr Teh...
Tags: bank, certification, Consumerism, ISO, ISO 9001:2000
Research articles 2003-02-12
China, Consumerism, and the Red Pepsi Can
China, Consumerism, and the Red Pepsi CanRE: China, Consumerism, and the Red Pepsi Canbut what is their frame of reference? If one never had steak the blandest of gruel might make one happy. I know I wouldn't trade my way of life or freedoms to be a "happy"...
Tags: Consumerism, PepsiCo, Chinese Government
Discussion threads 2008-08-13
Consumer-Directed Health Plans
Many industry observers believe that the U.S. health care system is in the midst of a transformational change centered on consumerism - the process of enabling and engaging consumers more directly in selection and purchase decisions about the health care services they use. Consumerism is regularly cited in the news...
Tags: Deloitte LLP, Health Care, Consumerism, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2007-12-10
Take Care of Yourself: Employers Embrace Consumerism to Control Healthcare Costs
Consumer-directed benefits, like managed care, are buzz words with broad, but important relevance for employers. Managed care was designed to put control where there was none. Today's trend toward consumerism attempts to inject something that's been missing from health benefits - a consumer who cares more about cost and quality....
Tags: Health Care, Consumerism, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-09-16

Additional Resources

Consumerism
CONSUMERISM. Consumerism, the central economic and social policy of contemporary capitalism, is a doctrine of growing the economy through constantly increasing the consumption of commodities and services. The term consumerism is also used to describe movements to protect the rights and interests of consumers. Consumerism and Mass Production...
Tags: advertisement, Ford Motor Co., worker
Research articles 2005-10-25
Computer maker launches online tools to promote health care consumerism; More than half of Dell's employees use health manager.(News)
Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ ATLANTA-Providing tools that empower employees to become better health care consumers is critical to promoting consumerism. In an effort to promote consumerism, Dell Inc. launched a variety of online tools to educate its Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ ...
Tags: computer, Dell Computer Corp., health care, tool
Research articles 2007-03-19
Health cost increases hold steady-for now; Consumerism helps keep average hike at 6.1%, Mercer finds.(Mercer Health & Benefits L.L.C.)
Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK By stressing consumerism and heath care management, U.S. employers have successfully managed to keep the rate of increase in group health plan costs steady in the past two years. In 2006, group health care plan costs increa Byline:...
Tags: health care, Mercer
Research articles 2006-11-20
Consumerism program helps spread cost control message.(Benefits Management)
Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK Honeywell International Inc. is putting health care consumerism to the test with a new health education program aimed at improving outcomes, thereby lowering health care costs. "We are strong believers in many aspects Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK ...
Tags: cost control, health care, Honeywell International Inc.
Research articles 2004-05-03
Hurdles to consumerism.(Opinions)(Brief Article)
More employers are embracing health care consumerism to help control rising costs, but this approach won't succeed unless consumers have the right information to make prudent decisions. As we report on page 1, the recent move by the California Publ More employers are embracing...
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, health care, hospital
Research articles 2004-05-31
Hilton, Matthew Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement.(Book Review)
Hilton, Matthew Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement New York: Cambridge University Press 396 pp., $65.00 cloth, $24.00 paper ISBN 0-521-83129-6 cloth ISBN 0-521-53853-X paper Publication Date: November 2003 The history of twentieth century Britain must be reevaluated in...
Tags: Hilton Hotels Corp., Leadership
Research articles 2004-03-22
British consumerism examined
Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain. Matthew Hilton. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]45.00. 362 pages. ISBN 0-521-83129-6. 'Consumerism' goes back a long way--to assizes of bread and ale, laws of weights and measures, and even to the guild system, which tried to give purchasers well-made goods, made by a properly-trained workman...
Tags: Cambridge University Press
Research articles 2004-10-01
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