Sentence examples for consumer quest from inspiring English sources

Known more for its pies than for the underwear, shoe polish and other inedible items that bring in almost 60percentt of its $17.5 billion in annual sales, Sara Lee has been hard hit by the consumer quest for convenience that is, at once, the gravest threat and the biggest opportunity facing food companies these days.

Consumers' quest for variety may be one factor and that would play directly into the hands of National Beverage, whose sales and EPS growth rates, modest though they were, beat the declines experienced by the two giants in the past year.

The former is characterized by conventions that can help illuminate consumers' quests, not least their disturbing journeys through the underworld.

Britvic was another faller after Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock to a "sell", saying that rising raw material costs and "the consumer's quest for value" would hit its margins.

"We're very careful to let people know that they should use this information in the context of an overall relationship with their personal physician," said Hughes Bakewell, vice president of consumer health for Quest Diagnostics, a $4 billion publicly traded company, which opened eight QuestDirect laboratories across the country, all in states where laws do not prohibit self-testing.

"I am worried that consumers, in their quest to save a dime, save a dollar, might be taken advantage of," Ms. Bockstein said, adding that the network-marketing approach often leads to more abuse.

In their crisp and smartly paced book, Silverstein and Fiske contend that one of the most powerful marketing trends driving U.S. consumers is the quest for "new luxury" items not Rolls-Royces and Gucci handbags but BMWs and Coach valises.

"It will be very difficult for any kind of organization to thwart the efforts of both retailers and consumers as they quest for the perfect deal," said Marshal Cohen, chief retail analyst at the NPD Group, a market research company.

"This is a significant step forward in the quest for consumer privacy," said Schumer in a statement.

Third, the construct of a representative insured, while greatly facilitating the analysis, is hardly compatible with the quest for consumer choice regarding health care, which enhances efficiency only if preferences are heterogeneous.

As her dad plays golf in the background, Ivanka herself appeals to Filipino consumers on "a great quest for luxury".