Nowadays, he presents himself as "America's foremost consumer advocate".
Construction industry being the foremost consumer of material and energy resources has great prospect to developing innovative energy saving and thermally efficient construction materials.
Manchester United bypassed America's fledgling professional soccer league to make a deal with the Yankees because it hopes that the association will make it a recognizable brand in what remains the world's foremost consumer market.
Kabateck Brown Kellner is one of the nation's foremost consumer law firms.
Given their crucial role in conducting day-to-day business within enterprises, it can be easy to forget that smartphones are, first and foremost, consumer devices.
As the founder of Consumer Watchdog, Harvey Rosenfield is one of the nation's foremost consumer advocates.
Anna Minton, author of Ground Control, which documents the gradual privatisation of British streets, said: "It's about whether we have a city that looks to people first and foremost as consumers, is welcoming only to a certain class of ABC1 shopper, or is a diverse, open and inclusive city that offers a wealth of experiences for all sorts of people, young and old.
And first and foremost are consumers resistant to advertising in a new medium.
We have friends at McDonald's, the hamburger people," Shelton says, before emphasizing that their concern is first and foremost for consumers.
Christopher Combe, 54, the company's chairman and president, is the son of the company's founder, Ivan Combe, who died last year at 88. "The key to our success," he said, "has been first and foremost identifying consumer needs.
