The phrase "an effect on consumer" is not correct as it is missing a determiner before "consumer." You can use it when discussing the impact of something on consumers, but it should be "an effect on consumers" to be grammatically correct.
Example: "The new marketing strategy had a significant effect on consumers, leading to increased sales."
Alternatives: "an impact on consumers" or "a consequence for consumers."
"It had an effect on consumer confidence".
The war in Iraq seems to be having an effect on consumer spending, according to Deloitte Research, which publishes a monthly consumer spending index.
As yet, there has been more of an effect on consumer sentiment than actual retail sales, although individual retailers (such as Britain's Marks & Spencer) are suffering.As for companies, with consumers depressed and banks unwilling to lend, why should they invest?
A study of 14 countries by three American economists, Karl Case, John Quigley and Robert Shiller, found that in most economies a change in property prices had at least twice as big an effect on consumer spending as a change in share prices of the same order.Second, people are much more likely to borrow to buy a home than to buy shares.
Housing sector ruin can also have an effect on consumer prices if it followed a run up in values.
Research from this field suggests that these two characteristics could have an effect on consumer demand response behaviour, as described in the following sections.
But some in the industry are starting to believe that incentives are having less of an effect on consumers.
"What we're hearing anecdotally from different retailers is that when they're putting something on sale at 30 or 40percentt discount it is no longer having an effect on consumers," Ms. Greenberger said.
Moreover, further research effort should be directed at better understanding whether situational or cultural factors have an effect on consumers' choice of avocado fruits.
"I'm sure it will have an effect on the consumer market because the designs that Apple introduces and the functionality always seems to be replicated by other consumer technology companies," said George Kliavkoff, the chief digital officer of NBC Universal.
This has an important effect on consumer preference and in fact a visual symbol can have greater value than words [ 16].
