Sentence examples for consumers defect from inspiring English sources

China's two fixed-line operators, China Telecom and China Netcom, are suffering as consumers defect to mobile phones for local calls and to cheap internet-based services for long-distance calls.

If more consumers defect from the grid, it reduces the demand for electricity.

In the past year, the company has seen its profits slide as consumers defected to competitors like American Eagle and Abercrombie & Fitch, which served up Gap-style classics with a brash urban twist.

"We could do that, but at what cost?" Even the leader in the residential electricity storage industry — and supplier of Fleischmann's $26,000 battery system — doesn't see consumers defecting from their utilities.

And once a company is dominant in a core industry position, it doesn't have to worry as much about consumers defecting based on other concerns -- i.e. consumers will ignore privacy concerns of using Google because they think it's delivering their top priority of strong search results.

"I think Chipotle has a great management culture, is differentiated from the competition, and has the luxury of having created the category". Mendez also thinks that the burrito chain shouldn't be too worried about its core consumer defecting to other fast-casual brands, especially those they may have discovered while taking a break from Chipotle during the height of the food-safety issues.

Consumers have defected from Gap in droves, after many seasons in which the retailer failed to connect with what people wanted to wear.

Ford, which is desperate to re-establish itself with consumers who defected to Asian and European nameplates, hopes the same urge that makes commuters gawk at freeway smash-ups will kick in among those wandering the floor of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, where the show opens on Friday.

Relying on companies to warn consumers about defects with their products can sometimes be a risky proposition.

Apart from reduced costs, the growth in electronic commerce also means that questions of security should be able to be resolved to the satisfaction of consumers and that defects in legislation should be corrected.

Second, if a consumer alters a product in a way that creates a defect, the consumer's conduct rather than the manufacturer's is the proximate cause of any ensuing accident.