Sentences with phrase «consumers feeling pinched»

Rising energy prices, consumers feeling pinched at the gas pump, and an aging, inefficient housing stock all create a compelling case for making sustainable housing choices a priority.

Getty Stewart, a home economist in Winnipeg, suggests that consumers feeling pinched by increased prices explore more recipes with affordable pulses.

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As a result, consumers are still feeling pinched.

But if consumers continue to feel a pinch on their pocketbooks in an era of rising deductibles, all the transparency in the world may not resuscitate the sector's reputation, fair or not.

If through consumer boycotts and other mechanisms publishers and booksellers begin to feel the pinch, it is the pinch of democracy in action.

The results of the fourth wave of Bord Bia's Feeling the Pinch survey, completed in late 2010, also shows a high degree of uncertainty remains among Irish and British consumers.

While the record labels are feeling the pinch because many consumers are downloading free (or next - to - free) music via the Internet, it is interesting to see that most consumers are still targeting the musicians who are professional, who have «made it» — we can only watch the market as this adjustment is going on, like book publishing.

As companies like Amazon announce same - day delivery in the UK, Sunday delivery, and more, booksellers have been feeling the pinch as consumers click - to - buy and find their packages waiting for them after work.

Many retailers are already feeling the pinch of losing out to online retailers who can conduct their businesses across a broader consumer base and without the same overhead as paying rent on Main Street, then add to this the fact that faux - customers enter these places of business only to comparison shop.

MS: Consumer debt levels keep rising and people keep warning that Canadians are going to feel the pinch.

When you're making your minimum payments, but feel the pinch in your budget, you may consider consumer credit counseling.

Card issuers and banks are going to feel the pinch due to these laws and when they do, they'll find ways to pass some of that cost to consumers.

Consumers can expect to really feel the pinch once scores dip below 620.

«After an 8 % overall rate increase in 2008, our new February data offers some good news for consumers, who continue to feel the pinch from recurring expenses like auto insurance,» said Sam Belden, Vice President at Insurance.com.

Merchants in virtually every field are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn as consumers spend less on their products; increasingly, they are forced to offer customers greater discounts and better values overall to attract and retain them.