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Sustainable Food Ripe for Entrepreneurs to Drive Forward

Rob Smart | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Farms, Innovation, Investments, Entrepeneurship, Retail Sales, Cooking, Food, Agriculture, Trends, Sustainability, Business, Consumers, Green News
Rob Smart

While perhaps it's not "broken," America's industrial food system has developed side effects that are accelerating in severity; diet-related health and environmental issues can no longer be ignored.

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Freud, the Consumer Finance Protection Agency and Madoff

Jim Randel | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Pyschology, Freud, Regulation, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Bernard Madoff, Barack Obama, Business News
Jim Randel

As Freud said, "the mind is an arena for the struggle of antagonistic impulses." And so a la Freud, here are my competing thoughts on the necessity of increased government regulation.

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Gross, Bond King: Greed Will Soon Return To Wall St.

Reuters | Jennifer Ablan | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Finanical-Crisis, Greed, Pimco, Corporate Greed, Bill Gross, Consumers, Wall Street, New York-New York, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, the influential investor who runs top bond fund Pimco, said on Wednesday that greed will eventually become the norm a...

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Supreme Court Allows State Enforcement of Fair Lending Laws Against National Banks

Emma Coleman Jordan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Discrimination, Consumers, Predatory Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure News, Business News
Emma Coleman Jordan

Justice Scalia, writing for the Court in a 5-4 decision, held that judicial enforcement of state laws was not preempted by a regulation issued by the Comptroller of the Currency.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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Winning Wallets of Christian Consumers

Suzette Standring | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Christians, Greg Stielstra, Faith Based Marketing, Business, Bob Hutchins, Christian Customers, Passion of the Christ, Faith Based, Mel Gibson, Reaching 140 Million Christian Consumers, Companies, Purpose Driven Life, Marketing, Christian Demographic, Consumers, Christianity, Suzette Standring, Buying Power, Living News
Suzette Standring

Christian buying power can change business for the better. Integrity, excellent products and wholesome advertising beget loyalty from a demographic that spends $1.5 trillion annually.

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Child Safety? A Father's Day Call for a Longer View

Wood Turner | Posted 07.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Consumers, Climate Change, Parenting, Child Safety, Green News
Wood Turner

As a parent, I want to do everything I can to make sure my kids are exposed to fewer hazards than I was. But here's the problem I have -- why hasn't that thirst for safety carried over yet to climate?

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Meltdown 101: Reform plan's impact on consumers

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Obama Wall Street, Barack Obama Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis, Obama, Consumers, Obama Financial Reform, Business News

American consumers have fallen victim to one financial scandal after another in the past decade, from accounting fraud at Enron to illegal late tradin...

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Iphone App Informs Consumers About Products' Health Impact

nytimes.com | Claire Cain Miller | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Beauty Produces, Personal Health, Shopping, Social Impact, Health, Health and Beauty, Consumers, Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, Wellness, Toxins, Living News

These days, every skin lotion and dish detergent on store shelves gloats about how green it is. How do shoppers know which are good for them and good ...

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Ownership Is So Last Century: From Owners/Consumers to Borrowers/Lenders

Starre Vartan | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Hertz, Consumers, Car Sharing, Lending, Borrowing, Seventh Generation, Burlington-Vermont, Green News
Starre Vartan

When I get to thinking about it, the only things I want to own outright are things I want to pass along to another generation, that have personal meaning to me. Who needs the rest?

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Consumer Confidence Soars In May

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Thomson Reuters, Consumer Confidence, Retail Sales, Consumers, Conference Board, Consumer Spending, Consumer Reports, Recession, Business News

NEW YORK — Even with unemployment still rising and home prices still slumping, Americans are getting their confidence back in the economy. A wide...

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How Do We Get Out of This Economic Mess, Part I

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Consumer Spending, Consumers, Depression, Economic Stress, Recession, Business News
Hale

The bottom line is the US consumer is still under considerable stress. He is nervous about losing his job. Those that are unemployed are having a difficult time finding new work.

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Can't Get No Satisfaction? Join an Online Discussion About Your Brand

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumers, Consumerism, Small Business, Get Satisfaction, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, Business News
Lynda Resnick

Get Satisfaction's focus is on what many companies, especially small businesses, need right now: an inside track on what your consumers are saying about you.

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The Time Tax

Stephen Collins | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Consumers, Time, Time Tax, Corporations, Consumer Spending, Business News
Stephen Collins

We hate to spend money needlessly, but how much of your time are you giving away these days to fix seemingly small mistakes that other people -- and companies -- make?

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When Plastic Nickels and Dimes

Harry Moroz | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Adam Levitin, Credit Cards, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Regulation, Carolyn Maloney, Economy, Financial Crisis, Creditslips, Business News
Harry Moroz

As the economy continues to sour, credit defaults will only worsen and credit card companies will extract even higher interest rates and more fees from vulnerable households and small businesses.

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Store Closings, Weak Sales Could Mean $27 Billion Boon For Competitors

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Retail Sales, Retailers, Retail Industry, Retail Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy, Retail Sales, Retail, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Store Closings, Retail Chains, Business News

NEW YORK — Retailers left standing amid the carcasses of their competitors are going after orphaned customers. They're using aggressive mailers,...

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Procter & Gamble not Practicing What it Preaches on Ad Spending Plans

Jack Myers | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Procter & Gamble, Advertisement, Consumerism, Money, Advertising, Budget, Economy, Economic Crisis, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Wal-Mart, Business News
Jack Myers

As retailers, especially Wal-Mart, struggle to meet forecasts they will require more vendor support funds, which will come directly from manufacturers' ad budgets.

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Sales People Create Economies

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Retail Sales, Business, Money, Recession, Home Sales, Sales, Economy, Economic Crisis, Shopping, Consumers, Consumption, Business News
Grant Cardone

Marketing without a trained sales team is a "one way" vehicle, causing the company to only activate at the point of marketing and then become passive.

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Green Isn't So Fringe After All

Deirdre Imus | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Building, Non-Toxic Cleaning, Social Responsibility, Natural, Green, Consumers, Green Living, Whole Foods, Green Economy, Deirdre Imus, Environmenally Conscious, Non-Toxic, Sustainable, Green News
Deirdre Imus

We have finally come to the crossroad where patriotism and environmental responsibility intersect. As a new administration comes into power, a new environmental agenda is on the horizon.

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Consumer Confidence Sinks To Record Low

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence Index, Consumer Confidence, Consumers, Shopping, Business News

NEW YORK — This is one recession Americans aren't going to spend their way out of. The Conference Board said Tuesday its Consumer Confidence In...

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JCPenney Describes Sale as "Doorbuster!"

Lisa Wade | Posted 01.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Conspicuous Consumption, Wal-Mart Death, Walmart, Shopping, Economy, Holiday Season Commentary, Wal-Mart Stampede, J.C. Penney, Walmart Stampede, Feeding Frenzy, Capitalism, Wal-Mart, Consumerism, Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday, Walmart Death, Consumers, Style News
Lisa Wade

There is something truly amazing about a sign touting "Doorbuster!" sales that shows how quickly we forget, how callous we can be, and the level of incompetence at JCPenney.

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236.com: Retailers To Consumers: "Thanks For Nothing, Jerks!"

236.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Consumers, Business News

Dammit shoppers, you're ruining Christmas! Terrified of how low this Christmas season's sales might turn out to be, retailers have been slashing price...

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Consumer Spending Falls Again

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Spending, Consumers, Money, Economy, Personal Spending, Spending, Business News

WASHINGTON — Consumer spending fell for a fifth straight month in November, the longest weak stretch in a half-century, while incomes declined u...

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Bailout or Not, Nothing Will Be the Same for Drivers or Detroit

Trevor Traina | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Auto Bailout, Consumers, Driving, Automaker Bailout, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Vehicle Ownership, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Labor Unions, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, The Big 3, Uaw, Unions, Business News
Trevor Traina

Vehicle manufacturers must re-engage their owners and offer them innovative services. What if GM included ads in exchange for lower pricing? What if they developed an in-dash system with Google or Apple?

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Many Retailers See Modest Crowds, Cautious Shoppers On Black Friday

The Boston Globe | Nicole C. Wong and Jenn Abelson | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Black Friday, Consumers, US Economy, Business News

Stores across the region opened their doors before dawn yesterday with mixed results: Deals on electronics apparently drew avid shoppers, especially a...

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