Sentence examples for consumer necessities from inspiring English sources

THERE are some (characteristically) good comments on my earlier post on the rising cost of consumer necessities.

Gucci and Tiffany's might become jittery when the Fed raises rates, but Wal-Mart is full of consumer necessities.

Indonesia is both large enough -- its population of 204 million is No. 4 in the world after China, India and the United States -- and poor enough that domestic spending on even basic consumer necessities can yield economic growth.

The Living Essentials segment provides consumer necessities connected with clothing, food and housing.

In the immediate term, it could fuel price inflation in southwestern China for food and consumer necessities due to shortages, and it could delay China's ambition to rapidly build up the nation’s answer to Silicon Valley in the area.

The AmEx holding goes back to the mid-'60s when credit cards took off as a consumer necessity.

The average Chinese family, especially in the country's vast hinterlands, spends little on consumer items beyond necessities, socking away much of its income for education and health care.

That is why, in 2010, the US government decided to introduce yet another measure of poverty: the supplemental poverty rate, which takes into consideration consumer spending on necessities like food, shelter and utilities as well as any assistance that they might receive.

Instead, they go toward loanees' consumer purchases, survival necessities, or frequently to pay back other loans.

This is not what Amazon does, and not how most consumers shop for necessities (e.g., fix my toilet!).

[And it's] is a way to get consumers access to necessities at a lower cost than if we were just to lend them money," says Wright.