"There are tens of millions of shoppers that realize this and take advantage," she said, "yet there are still millions of customers who don't".
Though availability is better than many shoppers might realize, he said, "it's not going to be before the fourth quarter that we see a decent inventory mix for the Japanese automakers".
Under the current paradigm, for a shopper to realize the full benefits of beacon technology, that user would have to download a multitude of apps that each take advantage of only a small network of beacons.
Mr. Sadove said shoppers began to realize that inventories were so low that waiting for an item to go on sale might mean being left empty-handed.
PERSONAL-COMPUTER shoppers may not realize it, but they are benefiting from a price war among suppliers desperate for their business.
Most shoppers don't realize the rankings are bought, says Jeffrey Trester, co-founder of PriceScan, a six-year-old search service that still lists only according to the seller's price.
When working out the details for how to share a flea market booth, remember that shoppers may not realize that you are not partners.
But the Samurai Shopper slowly realized that giant headphones were returning to Earth.
While an average shopper might not realize that loyalty programs create a conduit to personal data, marketers consider them "opt-in" — that is, the consumer elected to be a part of them — and so fair game.
While the mechanics of such collaborations have become more sophisticated, just how they work has remained somewhat mysterious to shoppers, who may not realize that sales of Ms. Versace's collection for H&M, or the wildly popular Missoni line that was sold at Target this fall, will barely have an effect on the retailers' overall sales volumes.
