"The idea of a higher level of tension is not conducive to the sort of consumer confidence we have grown accustomed to".
He said the group's core market in the UK was seeing "an economic and political backdrop that is likely to be conducive to increased levels of consumer spending on household goods".
"Any measures by any foreign countries should be conducive to safeguarding the interests of consumers," Mr. Wang said, adding that those measures should not "constitute obstacles or be used as protectionist excuses to impede the normal conduct of trade relations".
Consumers view these guarantees as conducive to lower prices.
It is a plan much more conducive to mass purchases than the current online system in which consumers must pay before each song they download.
Several studies examine the type of label format and content that consumers prefer, and which label system is more conducive to comprehension (23, 29, 30, 32, 35, 40, 44).
After Apple sold 1 million iPads, Hargreaves noted that much of the consumer base included an older crowd, whose lifestyles are more conducive to the larger device rather than its pocket-size counterparts, the iPhone and iPod touch.
"However, for many consumers the screens on smartphones and tablets are not as conducive to reading, not as comfortable".
This creates an environment that is possibly much more conducive to industrial Internet innovation than regions that are either less developed or more consumer-driven.
