Sentence examples for committed consumer from inspiring English sources

They face civil penalties and restitution to victims if Mr. Suthers succeeds in showing that they committed consumer fraud.

His suit said the manufacturers had committed consumer fraud, contending that the industry had hidden its knowledge of the health hazards of smoking for years and had manipulated the nicotine level of cigarettes to keep smokers addicted.

In both cases, the eight-member jury ruled unanimously that Merck had committed consumer fraud by misleading doctors and patients and by intentionally suppressing, concealing or omitting information about the risks of Vioxx, which was withdrawn from the market in September 2004.

Judge Byron ordered Philip Morris to put up the money before appealing his $10.1 billion ruling against the company last month, in which he found Philip Morris committed consumer fraud for marketing its light cigarettes as less harmful than regular brands.

Increasingly they are becoming shopping places for the committed consumer.

"They claim by telling people they can change, we are committing consumer fraud, so obviously everybody knows nobody can change!

"This will push up electricity bills needlessly and commit consumers to paying for capacity that we would not need if we invested in building demand-flexibility, for those who want to use it," she said.

In marketing parlance, Small Planet (like the rest of the organic industry) had traditionally directed its products toward someone called "the true natural" -- a committed, activist consumer.

However, this is precisely the case in the U.S., at least according to Heckman (2000), who states (p.25): "It is remarkable in a society as committed to consumer sovereignty and choice in most aspects of economic and social life as the American society, that there is so much resistance to permitting choice and instituting incentives in education.

"We're still working out the details" of the study, which is to be conducted by a third party, said David Kantor, chief executive of Reach Media, adding that his hope is it will show that as Procter "ties itself more and more into the community, and the objectives important to the community, that community becomes more committed as consumers".

Sloan, you cannot sit there with a straight face and claim to not be responsible for all these abuses that have been committed against consumers," Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y). told him as she pointed her finger at him.