Sentence examples for consumer coercion from inspiring English sources

(And there they often veered toward sly consumer coercion).

"There is something fundamentally anti-consumer and undemocratic about Democratic coercion to force people to change their lifestyle.

But it's hard to imagine a situation in which a consumer is more susceptible to financial coercion by a provider with a conflict of interest.

The appeals amount to illegal coercion under California law, Consumer Watchdog research director Judy Dugan said.

If some of us insist that the products we buy not be produced by coerced or maltreated laborers, and the result of the insistence is that some laborers suffer less coercion and maltreatment, whether consumers generally follow our example may not diminish or offset the effects of what some do.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Movieland and eleven other defendants in August 2006, charging them with having "engaged in a nationwide scheme to use deception and coercion to extract payments from consumers".

Section 40 prohibits the use of coercion or other such means to convince a consumer or patient to accept a particular product or service.

The mass-market consumer was a character who subjected himself to some form of coercion.

"This culture of coercion drained millions of dollars from cash-strapped consumers who had few options to fight back".

Bauer invariably chooses coercion.

Without coercion and duress.