Sentences with phrase «cent of consumers say»

Insight from ebookers has identified that a continued lack of loyalty is seen in the industry as 69 per cent of consumers say they will visit more websites to find the right price and will use more comparison sites in the next 12 months than ever before to plan their holiday.

A recent NPD study showed that 52 per cent of consumers say they've heard of wearable technology devices, including smart glasses, bracelets, watches and fitness tracking devices, and one - in - three say they're likely to buy one.

Not exact matches

Equifax Canada said in a new report Monday Canadian consumers now owe $ 1.821 trillion including mortgages as of the fourth - quarter of 2017, marking a six per cent increase from a year earlier.

About 72 per cent of moms aged 25 to 54; 77 per cent of male consumers aged 25 to 54; and 79 per cent of young consumers aged 18 to 29 said they already use a smartphone or tablet as a shopping tool in stores.

TORONTO — A new report says the level of Canadian consumer debt at the end of 2012 — not counting mortgages — was up nearly six per cent from a year earlier.

Of the moms surveyed, only 24 per cent said they'd feel comfortable using their phone to make payments in store, while the male and young consumers were split.

If a consumer is saying that their costs are going up by 4 per cent because of carbon taxes, gas prices, and so on, you have to ignore that as you do your work around trying to set an interest rate.

Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou from JP Morgan says global consumers enjoyed a US$ 1.8 trillion annual windfall — worth 2.2 per cent of global GDP — when oil prices crashed.

While the Ontario government's recently updated long - term energy plan said the province's industrial electricity consumers currently face prices lower than that of the average for the Great Lakes region, the plan also showed that the cost will rise to $ 116 per megawatt hour by 2035, a nearly 40 per cent increase from the projected 2017 price of $ 83 per megawatt hour.

The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments — a national, not - for - profit organization to which consumers can turn to settle disputes with OBSI's participating financial institutions — said in its annual report that it had 5,477 inquiries and opened 721 investigations in 2017, increases of eight per cent and 13 per cent, respectively, over 2016.

«You simply can not pull as much as 20 per cent of the purchasing power away from conventional mortgage borrowers and not create a downturn in consumer demand,» Muir says in the release.

«When consumers see one cheese package of individually wrapped slices is $ 1.89 and another for 99 cents, they try the lower cost alternative,» he says.

Mr Durkan first accused multinational suppliers of price gouging soon after joining Coles from Britain in 2008, saying Australian consumers were paying at least 10 per cent and as much as 100 per cent more than British consumers for packaged groceries because suppliers had been making excessive profit margins in Australia and relying on annual price increases for margin growth.

Fifty - seven per cent of Americans said plant - based foods are more expensive than others, and that number jumps to 64 % among consumers aged 18 to 34.

Sixty - six per cent of plant - based protein consumers said they eat these proteins in prepared meals, but traditionally animal - based products are popular vehicles, too, Mintel said.

Mr Mercade said the new brand name removed any doubts that the no - calorie cola did not contain sugar, citing research that only 50 per cent of consumers understood that Coke Zero and Diet Coke were sugar - free.

«Nielsen Homescan shows that while fresh and chilled make up the largest proportion of sales, the number of consumers who purchase fresh or chilled exclusively is very low — 85 per cent of buyers shop across two or more seafood segments while in store,» Nielsen said.

Industry sources said 60 to 70 per cent of packaged bread was bought on promotion and consumers often delayed purchases to take advantage of 50 - per - cent - off discounts and two - for - one offers.

Analysts say the launch of Prime, which is used by about 60 per cent of American households, will change the game for Amazon and Australian retailers, making ordering from Amazon almost a daily habit for consumers.

Luca Mignini, president of Campbell International, which owns the Arnott's biscuit range that controls 60 per cent of the $ 1.3 billion local sweet biscuit market, said there were other strategies to lure in consumers other than slashing prices.

«Independent research conducted for Planet Ark found 60 per cent of Australians would be more likely to purchase a product displaying the Carbon Reduction Label, so it's certainly something we believe consumers will value,» he says.

The supermarket boss said Mr Katter's bill, which seeks to reduce the market share of the big two supermarkets to no more than 20 per cent, would not help consumers.

Jane Martin: Well, it's pretty good evidence in our view and we also know that consumers are in favour — 87 per cent of consumers would like the government to require industry to put traffic lights on the front of food and 88 per cent of people have said that they would use them.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation for April, decreased to 12.48 per cent (year - on - year) from...

Lawmakers and advocates say the tax — which charges drug companies 2 cents per milligram of opioid - based medications at the first point of sale — will likely be absorbed by consumers in the form of higher insurance premiums and co-pays.

Consumers account for the largest emissions worldwide, he says: Heating and electricity generation account for about 40 per cent of global CO2 emissions, while transportation accounts for 25 per cent.

«Our study found 81 per cent of online media coverage was produced in the United States, which has few elephant poachers and few consumers of illegally - sourced ivory,» Mr Braczkowski said.

That was up 7.7 per cent from $ 1.42 trillion at the end of 2013, including a 1.1 per cent increase in the latest quarter.Compared with the same quarter last year, Equifax says national consumer demand for credit was driven mainly by credit cards.

He didn't rule out offering the streaming service to those consumers down the road but said Bell wanted to focus on the 90 per cent of Canadians who do have TV subscriptions.

Statistics Canada said the economy registered 2.7 per cent growth in the exports of goods, led by increases in motor vehicles and parts as well as consumer goods and crude - oil bitumen.

Equifax Canada says consumers now owe $ 1.821 trillion including mortgages as of the fourth - quarter of 2017, marking a six per cent increase from a year earlier.

Of the moms surveyed, only 24 per cent said they'd feel comfortable using their phone to make payments in store, while the male and young consumers were split.

In fact, over the long term, consumers get back in claims payments an average of only about 65 cents on every dollar they pay for insurance, he says.

In an environment of subdued investment returns, Davis says consumer awareness will increase that the 2.5 per cent management expense ratio of the average Canadian mutual fund will «take a much bigger bite out of returns and investors will be more apt to notice that.»

Since 1991, the report said the total financial obligations of households has broken down, on average, in the following way: mortgage debt has represented 63 per cent of all debt, consumer credit 29 per cent and other loans eight per cent.

Statistics Canada said Friday that total household credit market debt, which includes consumer credit and mortgage and non-mortgage loans, increased 1.2 per cent to $ 1.923 trillion at the end of last year.

It says there was an overall delinquency rate of 2.58 per cent on non-mortgage consumer debts in the second quarter.

The consumer credit rating agency says the level at the end of the third quarter was up 7.4 per cent from $ 1.409 trillion a year ago, with non-mortgage debt held by Canadians now standing at an average of $ 20,891.

Sarah Fussey, director of marketing at Best Western Great Britain said: «HSBC's recent report on the Anatomy of the Consumer states that 51 per cent of people asked say they think booking through an online travel agent presents them with the best deal.

When one takes into consideration the different efficiencies of liquid - fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

This does not even mean that the price of electricity to consumers is being pushed up 1 cents / kWh by wind power, the Chief Executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia is on record as saying that renewables are suppressing the wholesale price of electricity.

Once photovoltaic energies get down to levels of around 10 cents, says Gray, «large numbers of consumers will start to buy in, driving the per - kilowatt price down even further.

... the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

Already, the GEA has caused major price increases for large energy consumers, and we're anticipating additional hikes of 40 to 50 per cent over the next few years,» said Ross McKitrick, Fraser Institute senior fellow and author of «Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario's Green Energy Act».

Russia has 20 gigawatts of excess power capacity, with consumer electricity prices as low as 80 kopeks (1.3 cents) per kilowatt hour, which is less than in China, RMC said in the presentation.

A recent TREB news release points to a 2012 Angus Reid poll which, it says, finds that 75 per cent of Ontarians want the final sale price of their home to remain confidential, and that the same percentage of consumers believe that their personal information should be kept confidential by Realtors.

The majority of consumers surveyed in the study said a four to five per cent real estate commission is a more reasonable fee than six per cent.

Toronto real estate brokerage TheRedPin.com says it is «set to fix» a «centuries old business model... with a new program that significantly challenges industry norms by shifting 50 per cent of their sales commissions back to consumers.»

Consumer debt is growing; bankruptcies have soared 54.3 per cent over the past year with those in the know saying this would have happened with or without the recession; and, most disturbing, is the fact that debt is becoming a serious problem among young Canadians, with a growing number approaching Credit Canada with levels of student debt and credit card debt that are out of control.

«Over 70 per cent of consumers choose the first company that gets back to them,» says Jose Perez, founder of PCMS Consulting.