If your business relies on a model of consumption that is inefficient for your consumers, chances are that there's already a new sharing economy marketplace that is looking to streamline it for them.
When you think of consumer drones, chances are you are thinking of quadcopters.
If, on the other hand, you went looking for signals that Hollywood and the rest of the media business are finally ready to embrace consumer technology, chances are, you had yourself a pretty good time.
In fact Sally Taylor-Shoff, director of credit bureau risk products for Fair, Isaac, which develops credit scoring systems for lenders, warns that applying for too much credit may actually hurt a consumer's chances of getting any.
(Wine futures are wines sold in advance of their release. The winemaker offers a consumer a chance to buy a rare, hotly pursued vintage at a lower price, just as art dealers often sell pre-publication prints).
Meanwhile, Mystarbucksidea.com gives consumer the chance to help guide the brand's development–and helps connect the brand to its audience.
Velocity refers to the fact that data often comes in the form of streams which do not give the respective consumer a chance to store them for whatever purpose, but to act on the data instantly.
But it's far from clear whether Thunderbolt will be adopted at large by consumers, so chances are the big guys like Logitech and Western Digital are prototyping internally and waiting for the right moment to strike (or not strike).
Perhaps now that people unjustly or unfairly harassed are taking aggressive legal action, some of these practices will be abandoned, but until lawmakers make it unacceptable to mistreat consumers, the chances are slim.
"It's time business provided stimulus packages to give consumers a chance to save money".
