Firms will provide an additional level of depth to the analysis of consumer behaviour.
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In fact, both agree that merely improving access to healthy food does not change consumer behaviour.
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IDC, another market-research firm, is how a switch to digital will alter consumer behaviour.
Throughout this year, the only statistical comfort to be drawn was from figures relating to consumer behaviour.
Those lenders are able to look back at consumer behaviour over several economic cycles for a reference point.
One of the suggestions made by KPMG is that big retail needs to work harder at decoding consumer behaviour.
Subscriber giants are called this for a reason, and must use their subscriber-base to effect a change in consumer behaviour.
Sales of popcorn at the cinema are, it was suggested in a newspaper recently, a sensitive barometer of consumer behaviour.
The humble text message has already changed consumer behaviour in many places.
This dramatic shift in consumer behaviour has seen the average amount of data used by contract customers each month soar to 1.1 gigabytes (GB).
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But Mr Page added that any tool that claims to offer an insight into the often complex world of consumer behaviour will be welcomed by businesses.
Ratings on things as diverse as the efficiency of electronic appliances and the sustainability of fishing methods are changing consumer behaviour and, therefore, the performance of suppliers.
That is some shift in consumer behaviour in a short period - and as we know other companies have rushed to imitate the iPad, though with limited impact on its market share.
The changing consumer behaviour is closely linked to rising fuel prices, as well as to tax and insurance costs, which are higher for thirsty and powerful cars that generally emit more CO2 than smaller models.
In the UK, Nokia in partnership with network provider O2 and broadcast firm Arqiva, has been monitoring 400 triallists in the Oxford area since October, both in terms of consumer behaviour and how the technology performs.
"As a responsible ISP, Virgin Media complies with court orders but we strongly believe that tackling the issue of copyright infringement needs compelling legal alternatives, giving consumers access to great content at the right price, to help change consumer behaviour, " it said.
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As with TV on-demand, consumer behaviour typically shifts dramatically as they begin to take advantage of the freedom 4G offers them, mobilising their Internet use to never-before-seen levels downloading videos and other media, and speeding up their migration from desktop to mobile platforms.
"As a responsible ISP, Virgin Media complies with court orders addressed to the company, but strongly believes that changing consumer behaviour to tackle copyright infringement also needs compelling legal alternatives to give consumers access to great content at the right price, " the firm said in a statement.
So although another of the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecasting booboos was to anticipate faster growth in consumer spending than has materialised, ministers were well aware that they could not count on the behaviour of consumers to lead the UK back to prosperity.
Sir Malcolm urged ministers to try to change the UK population's behaviour, saying there was "considerable scope for the government to launch a national consumer campaign to reduce domestic food waste" and for it to "set national targets to curb food waste within the UK food production and retail sectors, with clear sanctions for companies that fail to meet these targets".
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