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  • US Consumer Credit Fell in September, Eighth Drop

    Nov 5th, 2009 - Bloomberg

    Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer credit fell inSeptember for an eighth straight month, the longest series ofdeclines on record, as thousands of Americans lost their jobsand banks tightened access to loans.

  • Verizon to Offer Tethering For Motorola Droid

    Nov 5th, 2009 - Wired.com

    Verizon to Offer Tethering For Motorola DroidVerizon is set to make tethering on the newly released Motorola Droid phone official next year. But to use the feature, most consumers will have to pay an additional $30 a month.

  • Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

    Nov 5th, 2009 - The Huffington Post

    Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 – and is likely to go higher. The 10.2 percent jobless rate for October shows how weak the economy remains even though it is growing...

  • Leap, Metro PCS See User Growth Stall

    Nov 5th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal

    MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. both saw customer growth slide in the third quarter amid intensifying competitive pressure on the prepaid end of the wireless industry. Leap and MetroPCS...

  • Activision CEO forecasts flat industrywide game sales for holiday quarter

    Nov 5th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

    Video game sales this holiday aren't likely to top last year's, said Robert Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard Inc., the world's largest video game software company. "If the consumer materializes and spends money...

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Consumers from WikiPedia:

Consumer is a broad label that refers to any individuals or households that use goods and services generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer is used in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.

Typically when business people and economists talk of consumers they are talking about person as consumer, an aggregated commodity item with little individuality other than that expressed in the buy/not-buy decision. However there is a trend in marketing to individualize the concept. Instead of generating broad demographic profile and psycho graphic profiles of market segments, marketers are engaging in personalized marketing, permission marketing, and mass customization.

There is increasing backlash from the public over use of the label "consumer" rather than "customer", with many finding it offensive and derogatory. cunsumer means to use goode and services.

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