Sentence examples for side of consumer from inspiring English sources

They should err on the side of consumer safety.

But Mr. McCain also frequently irked the telephone industry by taking the side of consumer advocates, including trying to end the "universal service" fees the phone companies tack onto consumers' bills.

"Retail therapy – shopping that is motivated by distress – is often said to be ineffective, wasteful and a dark side of consumer behaviour, but we propose that retail therapy has been viewed too negatively, and that shopping may be an effective way to minimise sadness".

This study extends research which has been conducted to date by examining the cognitive side of consumer response to change.

There's definitely wiggle room on the side of consumer experience; Ticketmaster receives plenty of grief from customers for its fees and practices.

But gym tech giant Netpulse, which has remained relatively undercover despite raising nearly $40 million in venture funding, joined the race last quarter as it raised another $19 million to tackle a less sexy side of consumer fitness.

"Today's action brings added certainty to the industries we oversee and reinforces our responsibility to stand on the side of consumers and see that they are treated fairly in the financial marketplace," Mr. Cordray said in a statement.

Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said: "Retailers are firmly on the side of consumers in negotiating with suppliers and improving efficiencies in the supply chain to control the inflationary pressure that is building through the devaluation of the pound.

He cites Amazon – not one of the companies involved in Prism – as a case in point when the company took the side of consumers after publishers protested about bad reviews.

In early 2007 the OFT weighed in on the side of consumers, saying that banks needed to come clean about their charges and calling for a radical overhaul of the voluntary banking code, which governed how banks treat customers.

The goal of the gaggle of Googlers involved is to help demonstrate to marketers and agencies that campaigns in new media need not appeal only to the rational side of consumers and can be as emotional as those from the so-called golden age of advertising.