Over half of
global consumers said «operating transparently» was one of the most important issues for the financial service industry to address.
Fully 91 percent of
global consumers said they'd switch to a brand associated with a good cause, according to a recent study.
Across the world, more than half of
global consumers say they would use the Internet to buy groceries.
Not exact matches
Under Armour Chief Executive Kevin Plank
said they are «particularly excited» about a
global woman's campaign that features ballerina Misty Copeland and model Gisele Bündchen, which he claims «ignited a powerful new dialogue with our female
consumer as we begin to bridge the gap between female athletes and athletic females.»
«This is significant because you're looking at a
global, $ 300 billion -
consumer packaged goods industry,»
says Brent Baarda, director of consulting and innovation at IRI.
«Each brand has a unique set of opportunities and actions to improve the shopping experience for its customers,»
said Laurence Haziot, IBM's
Global Managing Director and General Manager, for
Consumer Industry, according to a press statement.
DST
Global's Tom Stafford
said: «Revolut is developing and delivering technology that reduces the complexity and cost of financial services for
consumers and small businesses.»
«Oui is doing well, because it's fundamentally unique and it's giving
consumers what they want,» CEO Jeff Harmening
said at the Morgan Stanley
Global Consumer & Retail Conference earlier this month.
Retailers have to be everywhere the
consumer wants them to be,
says Robert Sweeney, Goldman Sachs
global head of
consumer and retail investment banking, weighing in on retail trends and whether to expect further mergers in the industry.
With synchronized
global growth, improving employment numbers around the world, and a more confident
consumer, these companies should be reaping the benefits of these trends, Cramer
said.
The report
said the Chinese accounted for half of all the
global luxury products» consumption during the period and remain far and away the largest luxury
consumers in the world.
Separately, CDP
said French cosmetics giant L'Oreal and Anglo - Dutch
consumer goods group Unilever (ul) were the top performers on the
global ranking, scoring straight «A» s on a scorecard that rates corporate policies on preventing climate change, ensuring water security and protecting forests.
The product is called Fairlife and it will sell for twice the price of regular milk when it hits store shelves nationally in December, Coca - Cola's North American chief Sandy Douglas
said at Morgan Stanley's
Global Consumer Conference last week.
While smartphone owners only use a handful of apps, messaging apps are the platform of choice for
consumers with more 1.6 billion
global users this year,» Smullen
said.
The attack was
global, Proofpoint
says, and targeted 100,000 everyday
consumer gadgets, essentially turning them into bots that sent more than 750,000 malicious emails.
According to a July 2009 Nielsen
Global Online
Consumer Survey, 90 % of Americans claim to trust recommendations from their friends versus only 14 % who
say they trust advertisements.
«With continuing concerns for the
global economy,
consumer confidence slipped for the quarter,» he
said.
«The
global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S. as business sentiment remains upbeat, and
consumers benefit from job and wage growth,» Dimon
said.
CEO Michael Corbat
said in 2014 that it would take «a couple of years» to transform an «amalgamation» of 35 local
consumer banks to one
global firm, according to Reuters.
The company also
said its
global consumer banking business saw a revenue increase of 7 percent to $ 8.4 billion amid «growth across all regions.»
At the shareholder meeting, Iger
said the deal would create «an extraordinary
global entertainment company with a content and the platforms and the reach to meet the growing demands of
consumers around the world.»
Taking on that kind of debt would be a risk the company can ill afford amid headwinds in Canada as
consumers carry record debt,
said Stephen Groff, who helps run $ 6 billion as a portfolio manager at Cambridge
Global Asset Management, a unit of CI Investments Inc..
Toronto - Dominion Bank sees as many as 90,000 jobs lost by the end of the decade from the move and Eric Lascelles, chief economist at RBC
Global Asset Management,
says higher minimum wages across Canada could boost
consumer prices by 0.5 percent over two years.
Mary Chan, head of the automaker's
global connected
consumer business,
says 98 percent of its customers have signed up for its 4G trials.
The combined power of MaRS» ecosystem with Unilever's
global reach and expertise makes this cross-industry collaboration a natural fit and huge opportunity for both entities,»
said Sue McGill, Head, MaRS
Consumer and Commerce.
«Franchisors will have to put into place compliance networks,»
said Michael Lotito, co-chair of Littler's Workplace Policy Institute, part of
global employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson, P.C. Lotito warns compliance - related costs may eventually trickle down to
consumers.
From Tmall
Global's research on Chinese
consumers demand for better facial products, «we had a good hunch that ampoules from Spain would do very well here,» Gu
said.
«Such understanding enables us to co-develop product launches and more - targeted commercial campaigns with Tmall
Global that truly meet the needs of the
consumers,» she
said.
«Unfortunately for the inflation hawks it's simply not strong enough, it's not a big enough pass - through to create its own unique policy directive,»
said Richard Hastings, a
consumer strategist at
Global Hunter Strategies, of energy prices.
«The
global economy continues to do well, and we remain optimistic about the positive impact of tax reform in the U.S. as business sentiment remains upbeat, and
consumers benefit from job and wage growth,» Dimon
said in the bank's earnings release.
Carolyn Everson, Facebook's VP of
global ad sales,
said last week that the company would try to turn its data deficiency into an advantage by reshaping the conversation around privacy and
consumer information online.
«Year after year, China continues to distort
global markets and harm U.S. businesses and
consumers with unfair trade practices,» the White House press office
said in a statement.
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.
Most mainstream economists and economic commentators, the same group who didn't foresee the housing &
Global Financial Crisis, are now
saying that the economy is on the «road to recovery» as the housing market and
consumers slowly but surely heal.
Ma
said at the time that many of Italy's vintner's would have the chance to reach Chinese
consumers through Tmall's 9.9
Global Wine & Spirits Festival, which will be held next Friday.
Valdis Dombrovskis, Commission Vice-President in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,
said after the roundtable: «Cryptoasset markets are
global, with worldwide transactions between investors,
consumers and intermediaries.
Senior
Consumer Analyst Jon Wolfenbarger
said he found this survey helpful in confirming his expectations for improving lodging demand in 2018: «This research suggests that corporate travel budgets could increase by 4 per cent, aided by a stronger
global economy and US tax cuts.
The catch - 22 is that
consumers and other stakeholders expect companies to both advocate and take more ownership of issues,
says Howard Pulchin,
global director - creative strategy and community at Apco Worldwide.
Automakers and their American
consumers will bear the brunt caused by raising prices of two metals essential to the production of cars and trucks in the U.S. «The President's pending decision on tariffs and quotas for steel and aluminum trade highlights several unfortunate ironies,»
said John Bozzella, President and CEO of
Global Automakers.
Leveraging Alibaba's expansive set of
consumer analytics, Tmall
Global provides overseas vendors insights into Chinese
consumers» shopping behavior and preferences, which gives vendors more clarity and greater confidence in choosing what to sell into China, Jing
said.
«
Consumers have become more savvy and are seeking out products that provide an enhanced experience — these extensions to the Eight O'Clock family are unique and disruptive in the coffee aisle,»
said David Allen, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Tata
Global Beverages USA.
According to
Global News, experts
say the move bolsters Walmart's fast - growing grocery business as well as capitalizes on shifting
consumer tastes.
«
Consumers have long considered packaging as often unnecessary, and ultimately as just waste to be disposed of,»
says Benjamin Punchard,
global packaging insights director at Mintel.
Leading
global consumer industry association looks to ensure Chinese companies have their
say in development of
global industry; help create
global alignment on how to increase
consumer trust and positively...
«
Global demand at the
consumer level for a quality artisan, innovative tea product is growing,» Shinner
says.
About 33 percent of
consumers say they have tried a new
global cuisine in the past year and 80 percent eat ethnic food at least once per month, according to a National Restaurant Association study.
Ed Cottrell, WGS managing director,
global travel retail,
says: «We are continually refreshing and revitalizing the Glenfiddich offer and this move reflects the ongoing evolution of the Cask Collection range, ensuring relevancy to our core
consumers.»
«What surprised me most about this year's entries is the continued focus on the
consumer,»
said Lead Judge David Luttenberger, CPP,
global packaging director for the Mintel Group.
«With approximately 20 percent of Sonoco's sales emanating from our
consumer and industrial packaging businesses in Europe, we are extremely pleased to add an experienced senior executive to our board who understands the changing European and
global markets,»
said Harris DeLoach, Sonoco's executive chairman.
The market researcher
said the
global market will see an ever - growing number of products on shelves featuring plants as key ingredients as producers grapple to capitalize on
consumer's nearly omnipresent priority for health and wellness.