With the economy seemingly headed for trouble this fall and consumers pulling back on spending, neither Sears nor Kmart topped consumers' list of shopping destinations.
The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA, 15 USC 1681) and some states' laws require credit-reporting companies to honor consumers' list-removal requests.
The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA, 15 USC 1681) and several states' laws require credit-reporting companies to honor consumers' list-removal requests.
But a new poll done by the lighting company Osram Sylvania showed that fewer consumers were listing "burned out or broken" as the main reason for switching bulb formats.
The Schwann catalog, for more than 50 years the primary consumer listing of classical, jazz and pop recordings, is replacing its quarterly Opus (classical) and Spectrum (pop) catalogs with annual issues, supplemented by both a constantly updated Web site and a monthly magazine, Schwann Inside.
Legislation is being introduced this spring to create user-friendly college consumer reports listing tuition, completion, and job placement rates, as well as data on persistence and transfers.
Shoprate.com has started a free online auction site that lets consumers anonymously list how much they have to invest, for how long and at what desired rate.
The new pub U Prince Miroslava offers Gambrinus, the country's most popular pint, alongside 12 craft brews, but the menu described Gambrinus as "meant for undemanding consumers" and listed it dead last.
About 4,000 small businesses currently pay for that kind of service, while it is free for consumers to list an item (they can pay for extras such as highlighted ads or more prominent search results).
With eBay Instant Selling, as the service is called, consumers can list their device info, add images, then receive an instant voucher that can be used towards the purchase of a new device from eBay.
Consumers also listed what they considered to be essential elements of the search engine for the site.
