It is to get insight into consumer needs, not just to monitor what they say.
It is investing in employee training to make them smarter and more responsive to consumer needs.
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Through the aggregate decisions of millions of customers, commercial entities are acutely aware of consumer needs and demands.
We regularly poll Facebook and Twitter users and reference user reviews to help us address relevant consumer needs.
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The plain truth is that the American system is better at rewarding innovation and responding to consumer needs.
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Finally, the China story is an implicit Sino-American bargain that says China will make everything the U.S. consumer needs.
The other thing is, more importantly, a good company will satisfy consumer needs.
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Focusing on the key markets with LTE capabilities, LG saw strong acceptance by offering diverse LTE smartphones according to consumer needs.
The second case is machine learning where the software applications are taught to anticipate consumer needs and respond to them quickly.
Regardless of manufacturer, the similarities in smartphones are striking because the form and function is so well defined by consumer needs.
This means that it begins with consumer needs and desires, and comes up with innovative ways to fulfill them than the competition.
Meeting consumer needs, above all, is what defines a social media strategy.
Another example of a business that identified and catered to unmet consumer needs is Starbucks, which turned an everyday beverage into an experience.
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Together with the improvements in quality and focus of consumer needs and desires which started in 2006, Ford gained market share two years in a row since 1993!
The U.S. auto industry not only has to contend with shifting consumer needs, but also Federal and state regulations, Federal bailout money, pressures from unions, and aggressive, successful foreign competition.
On the other, by prohibiting government bureaucrats from trying to set prices, it leaves dozens of individual market players free to figure out the best way to meet consumer needs.
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Whether a light and portable long-zoom camera, or a sharp and stylish dual LCD model, the new cameras introducing this technology deliver the combination of image quality and connectivity that today's consumer needs.
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In order to accurately assess consumer credit trends, the government portion of consumer loans needs to be subtracted out of the data.
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This is where consumer information needs to be amped.
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Performance-ready for the highly mobile consumer that needs to remain productive, the Gateway UC Series uses either Intel Centrino 2 or Intel Centrino Processor Technology, along with an Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Pentium processor.
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Hukou reform, they believe, could boost rural-urban migration and with it the consumer spending China needs.
But the 3D waters are still muddy with confusion, which is something the consumer electronics industry needs to address.
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The new SC-HTB770, SC-HTB370, SC-HTB70 and SC-HTB65 Home Theater System models have been crafted with the consumer's needs in mind.
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Mr Logan will probably treat Internet access as a consumer product that needs to be tailored more specifically to different customer groups.
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All mophie's products are developed to address real consumer and business needs and are seamless integrations of industrial, electronic, software and artistic designs.
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However, analysts say that while Japan needs consumer price growth and such a move by the central bank may help achieve it, a sudden jump in inflation may hurt the country.
There is a huge market waiting to be tapped in the emerging economies if consumer behavior and needs are well understood and if specially designed products can be made available for them.
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"The hybrid home network is clearly the network of the future - offering the best networking technology to meet the consumer's needs - so IEEE establishing this standard is significant, " said Rob Ranck, president of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance.
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In 2008, China used its banking system again to stimulate its economy, providing fuel for yet another bubble as new buildings, bridges, and highways sprang all over the country some built for the sake of stimulating economic growth rather than serving genuine consumer and social needs.
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