Sentences with phrase «consumers cut back»

Retailers are hurting as consumers cut back on spending.

While consumers cut back on purchases of cars, clothes, shoes, as well as gasoline, oil, and energy goods, they upped spending on furniture and household appliances, recreational goods and vehicles, and grocery store items.

Consumers cut back on debt Consumers, however, may not be interested.

The holiday sales data indicated that consumers cut back in late 2007.

I can't guess what is happening in the wealthier neighborhoods, but I suspect that credit scores might not be seeing the same declines as high card limit consumers cut back their spending to counteract the impact of some limits being lowered.

The offers vanished when the economy shrunk, credit tightened and consumers cut back dramatically on card use.

However, he said the $ 22 million writedown was disappointing and reinforced the fact that trading conditions were challenging for RFG's domestic franchise operations as consumers cut back on non-essential spending.

Smaller cable channels such as Esquire are finding themselves vulnerable as more consumers cut back on pay - TV services, dropping their packages entirely or opting for a so - called «skinny bundle» of fewer channels.

Like other eateries, Carolina Brewery has not been immune to the national trend of consumers cutting back on going out to eat during the country's recent economic recession.

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Abramowicz foresees another sort of ripple effect in the event of a market correction: As homeowners with those short - term private subprime mortgages struggle to figure out how to refinance in a much more constrained market, they may opt to default and cut back on consumer spending.

«With tax cuts still to be felt, consumer demand - already robust on the back of a declining savings ratio and increased credit card borrowing - looks set to be fair.

Beyond Meat is part of a growing number of startups looking to make meat (or something very close to it) without animals in order capitalize on consumers who are attempting to cut back on the amount of meat they eat for environmental, animal welfare, and health reasons.

The brand is also debuting a line of Greek yogurt that uses less fruit to cater to the growing number of consumers trying to cut back on sugar.

LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 30 (Reuters)- The term «demand destruction» is again entering the lexicon of the current crude oil market as the sharp rise in prices raises concerns about when do consumers start cutting back on their fuel consumption.

U.S. consumer spending barely rose in January as households cut back on purchases of a range of goods, suggesting the economy started the first quarter on a softer note.

But the consumer sports segment, like its Spark line of fitness tracking watches, would be scaled back and 136 jobs cut.

Valve's Steam platform pioneered digital distribution back in 2003, almost singlehandedly rescuing PC gaming from oblivion while simultaneously putting a significant brake on piracy, getting consumers to accept the often widely hated digital rights management and increasing profitability for publishers and developers by cutting out physical retail.

Meanwhile, online consumers are cutting back.

Bryant's departure follows a pattern that we've now seen repeated in the industry: Longtime CEOs are stepping aside as they battle activist investors, the pressure to implement the 3G - backed Kraft Heinz model of cost cutting, consumers eschewing their processed products, and pressure to slash their prices from retailers fending off Amazon (amzn).

In addition to Munn, Chef's Cut is backed by CAVU Venture Partners, a firm that invests in food, beverage and consumer packaged goods companies, as well as public figures including baseball player David Ortiz and footballers Von Miller and Earl Thomas.

While Congress won't pass a bill that goes after the consumer bureau this go - around, the Trump administration has cut back on enforcement actions during Mick Mulvaney's tenure as acting director.

Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar said 31 million homes in the United States could cut the cord on pay television or drastically scale back on such services as more consumers opt for Internet - delivered entertainment.

«If consumers and businesses cut back, it hurts.»

US energy companies were cutting back on investment — much like they were in Canada — and US consumers slowed the growth of their spending.

This approach reduces the debt problem to one of the degree to which taxes must be raised to carry the national debt, and to which businesses and consumers must cut back their investment and consumption to service their own debts and to pay these taxes.

DETROIT / SAO PAULO, April 25 General Motors Co is planning for long - term profitability in South America built on the back of draconian cost cutting during Brazil's recession and the same low - cost vehicles it is developing for Chinese consumers, which are due to hit dealerships in 2019.

The debts created by businesses, consumers and national economies cutting back their long - term direct investment leaves these entities even less able to carry their mounting debt burden.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. consumer spending barely rose in January as households cut back on purchases of a range of goods, suggesting the economy started the first quarter on a softer note.

With consumers indebted and governments cutting back, business investment and exports would be welcome sources of growth and employment.

New research showing that 98 % of homes have packaged food that exceeds the recommended amount of sodium, despite drastic reductions in the last 15 years, should be a wake - up call for manufacturers to cut back on the mineral even more and for consumers...

Among consumers who now purchase breakfast away from home more often than they did a year ago, the majority (60 %) report cutting back on other daypart purchases as a result.

Sales and consumer feedback shows that even those not diagnosed with food allergens are cutting back on foods containing allergens such as gluten, nuts and dairy simply because «they feel better» when they stopped eating allergen containing products.

To speed up meal preparation (and shrink eating time) consumers have cut back on side dishes.

While there is widespread support in the industry for cutting waste, and groups such as Marriott and All Bar One have already removed plastic straws from their businesses, many industry leaders are reluctant to back an initiative which would force consumers to pay more for their drink.

Our research suggests that on balance, consumers expect to buy more standard and value own label foods while cutting back on brands.»

Capsugel and Lonza are committed to supplying branded consumer health ingredients that are backed by scientific research, regulatory compliance and marketing support combined with cutting - edge delivery solutions.

Though the seeds of the mission of Pike Place Market go back all the way to its inception — a place for consumers to buy their groceries directly from farmers, and cut out the price - gouging middlemen who were cheating both — the modern - day market was reborn in the late»60s and early»70s.

Following Lonza's recent acquisition of Capsugel, Lonza Consumer Health and Nutrition is combining its science - backed ingredients with cutting - edge dosage forms.

A group backed by the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, is to urge the Conservative party next week to support a six - point pledge card that will include promises to raise the minimum wage, cut fuel duty, build new homes and appoint a consumer affairs secretary at cabinet level.

Unlike regular table sugar, Steviva's family of good - for - you sweeteners do not trigger a rise in blood sugar, making it a great choice for diabetics, low carb, paleo and ketogenic dieters as well as all consumers who want to cut out or cut back on sugar consumption.

Otherwise its recommendation of soy milk would not jive with its recommendation for consumers to cut back on sugar.

During such periods, many leisure industries do surprisingly well and consumer expenditure on their products and services seems to go against the common sense notion of declining personal spending power resulting in people cutting back on non-essentials.

I would suggest they go back to all leather, as consumers would rather have quality and pay a little extra, than to cut corners on something that isn't top notch.

Consumer incentives usually are offered either in the form of cash back to the buyer or cut - rate financing.

Publishers also get to set the final pricing, and since they are cutting out most of the supply chain, more of the consumer dollar comes back to them.

We think the Que's features, design, and business as well as consumer appeal leave it with a survival chance of 70 % — higher if businesses feel like spending so much on a device that will certainly help cut back on paper use.

But as consumers we are easily tricked into putting money back into Apple, AT&T and so many other companies» products to feel like we are on the cutting edge of technology in this brave new age of computing.

As the economy continues to take its sweet time getting back up to speed, many consumers are cutting costs by dropping those dreaded monthly cable bills and opting to get -LSB-...] Read full article

The reality is it's more like a desperation ploy: If they can't stoke inflation they risk allowing deflation, where businesses slow hiring or cut staff and investment, while consumers hold back on purchases.

When the Fed announces a hike, both businesses and consumers will cut back on spending, which will cause earnings to fall and stock prices to drop, everyone thinks, and the market tumbles in anticipation.