Consumer spending

A well-founded emphasis on consumer rights results in renewed attention to market integration and competition. The wide choice of products and services combined with thriving competition within the Internal Market will ensure consumers are protected as there is improved market transparency and comparability of prices. Unfair commercial practices such as misleading advertising will impact the economic interests of consumers as they would not take an informed transactional decision. Consequently,…

Every consumer wants to ensure they are buying products they can trust and fulfill its purpose. Often that is the case, but there are occasions when products are deemed unsafe to consumers, therefore, they are recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is the agency “charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction” (Seaquist, 2012, p. 131). Many…

Warren Susman believes that in the early twentieth century, there was a transition period of a “culture of character” to a “culture of personality.” In today 's culture, people are led to believe that following the ins and outs of society are what get you further in life rather than the culture of their individual person. We all have an uncanny predilection for observing personality traits in people. From there, we then assume likely character traits. With relatively new variables in our society…

Database Marketing and You As technology progresses, our consumer protection laws struggle to keep up with the new and invasive ways that companies and large corporations collect, analyze, and sell personal data extracted from the public. The NSA’s collection of data and tracking of digital activities has raised an increasing amount of concern from the public. However, many companies also utilize this unregulated type of data collection. Social media has created a new way for these companies to…

goal for profit did not affect their consumers. However, along with their clothes, they sell the ideas and lifestyle of living without responsibilities and without restrictions, which will lead to prestige. These young consumers view themselves as self-made if they are able to afford expensive things and do whatever they want. The store uses this to their advantage by making their prices for their clothes so high. In the mind of a smart and resourceful consumer, the quality of Pacsun’s clothes…

Michael F. Maniates (2001) article, Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?, challenges the idea of individualized, consumer-based environmental solutions. The author attracts the reader immediately by recalling a famous Dr. Seuss tale, The Lorax, which tells of a "short sighted and voracious industrialist" who is blinded by greed and destroys the landscape in order to produce "Thneeds" (pg. 31). However, the book ends with a sense of hope, by commanding a young individual…

If the consumer guarantees provided by the Australian Consumer Law are not met, the consumers are at liberty to be indemnified and provided with remedies. The remedies may be claimed either against the supplier or manufacturers (Smith and Burke, 2007). With respect to the fact that the goods are required to be of acceptable quality the following factors must be taken into consideration; • The goods must not be defective quality; they are required to be safe as well as long-lasting. • The…

1. People who likes festival and activities(IV) go to Santa Fe Grill restaurant more often than people who prefer quiet environment(DV). 2. People who go to Santa Fe Grill(IV) often than other restaurant(DV) are expecting the new choice in the menu. 3. Average annual income families(IV) go to Santa Fe Grill more often than higher annual income families(DV). 4. People who likes Mexican food(IV) would recommend Santa Fe Grill to others because they have good taste of food(DV). 5. People who came…

the 1990s managed care contained costs, but eventually healthcare expenditures began to rise, the ability to manage was constrained, and the consumers were disgruntled. Healthcare cost continued to rise due to technological advances and inflation. Some advances during that time included: drug therapies, increased number of outpatient visits, higher consumer demand, administration costs, government mandates, and the aging of our population (Fox & Kongstvedt, 2007, p. 14). Many companies…

The diverse range of legal regulations and policies of which govern the conduct of businesses within Australia can be considered as a crucial element in controlling the business environment. Laws that restrict businesses to certain boundaries are done so in order to promote fair competition and keep the business market competitive, whilst many laws act with regard to being beneficial for the sustainability of the environment. However, it can be argued that these legal regulations also bring…