The greatest barriers to good consumer information in higher ed lie within the institutions themselves, and, until higher ed fundamentally changes and adopts an attitude dedicated to full transparency, rankings will remain the primary public source of consumer information.
The leading indicators also were up last week with the weak consumer sentiment the primary negative.
"Fans will need this service, " says StubHub spokesman Sean Pate, adding that the company's primary business is still the consumer market.
Also, the company cannot solely rely on growth in embedded products and game console royalties, which were primary driver of growth in consumer product revenues in Q2.
According to a press release from branding agency Millward Brown, facial coding by Affectiva and their own Link copy-testing will be the primary technique used to gauge consumer emotions.
's Consumer Price Index, the federal government's primary inflation yardstick, measures the prices of a mix of consumer goods and services such as transportation, energy, food and medical care.
There is, however, little evidence to show that consumer ignorance is the primary cause of our financial woes.
Increasing use of email by both enterprise and consumer customers as a primary means of communication is driving demand for smartphones like the iPhone.
The big global firms certainly have invested in departments focused on brand-building and consumer engagement via the primary social channels (mostly prodded by their forward-thinking, marketing and measurement-driven clients at CPG companies).
The government blames growth of consumer goods output as a primary cause of inflation.
Women represent a great opportunity for consumer brands as they are the primary buyers for the household, from food to school products for the kids, and are often the ones who look online for coupons and deals for their favorite products.
The Retail Banking segment provides deposit, lending, brokerage, trust, investment management, and cash management services to consumer and small business customers within its primary geographic markets.
Food service distributors will suffer, as their primary customers are restaurants, which have struggled from weak consumer spending.
According to GfK MRI's Spring 2011 Survey of the American Consumer, 75% of women are the primary shoppers for all household products.
Jonathan Read, chief executive officer of ECOtality, said that besides helping local governments, utilities and consumer groups set up charging networks, the primary goals are charging station projects that connect cities such as one planned for Interstate 5 along the West Coast.
There are concerns that the primary drivers of growth: low interest rates, government stimulus and consumer spending are losing their inertia.
Differentiation by ecosystem is not currently a primary driver in the selection of mobile devices for the modern, savvy consumer, but there are key differentiators that each OS can enjoy and exploit.
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First, unlike consumer products companies, for example, where increasing sales is a primary driver of social media, that goal is secondary in financial services.
Yes, you highlight your primary point of differentiation first, stressing how you can solve a specific problem for a consumer better than anyone else.
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Now, the consumer is the consumer, and that means that content, in all of its forms, becomes the primary driver of revenues.
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Their primary business unit is microprocessors within cars, but their products also have a wide range of industrial, networking and consumer applications.
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