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Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Kelly Evans at the Sohn Conference about Box being his best investment idea for the year, as well as the growth of big data and consumers» privacy rights.

«While we do not believe that either of these new sweeteners / flavoring agents will be the natural, great - tasting and calorie - free «silver bullet» that the industry has been waiting for, we believe it is possible that they will be able to drive interest, engagement and potentially sales growth because of the massive consumer / societal need to reduce sugar and enhance healthiness,» Ali Dibadj, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said in a note last December that previewed sweetener innovations expected this year from Coke and Pepsi.

Also, while consumer debt is falling and corporate debt is not yet at crisis levels, keep in mind that government debt has skyrocketed — ironically, as a response to slow growth in the global economic system.

The result is Canada is at «some risk» of a balance sheet recession — a period of slow growth or decline caused by consumers saving and paying down debt rather than spending.

China's economic rebalancing towards more consumer - oriented growth has global businesses cautious, but pessimists need only look at the country's annual e-commerce event for a powerful reminder of consumer buying power.

However, some economists believe that given the economic growth in the region — which the ECB foresees at 2.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 — consumers will be able to sustain the appreciation in the currency and the ECB won't be forced to stimulate the economy.

Yellen's final act at the Fed was to hit one of the largest U.S. banks, Wells Fargo & Co., with an unusual ban on growth that follows the San Francisco - based lender's pattern of consumer abuses and compliance lapses.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

After more than a decade at Yahoo, she was ready for a change and knew she wanted to join an early - stage, high - growth, consumer - facing company.

In the first half of the year, for instance, consumer services grew almost 8.5 %, while industrial output lagged behind at 6.1 % growth, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics.

Greg Portell, lead partner for consumer products and retail at A.T. Kearney, says deals in the media space are likely to pickup as firms seek content for future growth plans.

Facebook was aimed initially at college students, later aimed at consumers in general, and more recently found a lucrative growth path with businesses.

We look at economic growth, job creation, consumer spending and the health of the residential real estate market.

Retailers, for example, «can no longer just open new stores to drive growth,» says Tom Johnson, managing director of the Consumer Segment Customer Relationship Management Practice at BearingPoint Inc., the McLean, Va. - based consulting firm.

The president, speaking today at the White House, insisted that a «growth package» stimulate both business investment and consumer spending.

At the end of the day, though, the biggest threat to Canada might likely come not from financial markets, but from what a debt ceiling breach would do to U.S. consumer and business confidence and thus the pace of growth south of the border.

This doesn't bode well for economic growth - the UK economy is heavily reliant on the consumer and falling real incomes will eventually translate into lower retail sales,» Ben Brettell, a senior economist at investments firm Hargreaves Lansdown said on the day.

The firm's likely hoping to capitalize on a significant opportunity — the global direct - to - consumer genetic testing market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20 %, from $ 117 million in 2017 $ 611 million by 2026, according to Credence Research.

At the same time, consumers have seen only modest income growth, while prices for many things they buy — gasoline, groceries, clothes to name a few — have risen.

«Markets like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami could see softness because of slower growth from the Chinese consumer,» says Chad Beynon, senior lodging analyst at Macquarie Capital.

«It was just an issue of whether this torrid pace of growth would continue uninterrupted or whether we would hit some points at which we need to adjust a bit and approach consumers in a little bit different manner,» he said.

Data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed the consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February from a year ago, versus expectations of a 3.0 percent rise, while annual industrial production (IP) growth in January and February combined at 9.9 percent was the lowest since October 2012 - the starting point of China's nascent economic recovery.

Both represent bets that Canadian consumers are already well - served at the cheaper end of the market but there is room for growth in luxury retail.

Still, in an economy where low and middle class consumers are bogged down by weak job growth and stagnating wages, better to have the rich spending than nobody at all.

Our calculations accounted for sales growth, average sales at each location, consumer - sentiment ratings, and the average cost of a meal, among other metrics.

International growth: As CEO Hastings noted in his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company is now in over 130 countries, and that expansion is one of its big bets for the future.

While Toronto - Dominion is building its U.S. base and Scotiabank is renewing its focus on Latin America and credit - card growth, CIBC has concentrated on wealth management and consumer lending at home, where debt - laden consumers are paring back on borrowing.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

«We think Coke continues to do a good job driving relevancy with consumers and leveraging innovation and mix to drive solid pricing growth,» said Bonnie Herzog and analyst at Wells Fargo.

The harsh winter weather and port delays that damped growth at the start of the year have given way to increases in consumer spending and housing, bolstering Federal Reserve projections that the setback was temporary.

Consumer and retail stocks are weakening considerably of late, and if you look at the breadth of the largest growth stocks, it has been persistently weak.

March 7 Kraft Heinz Co has launched an incubator program for food and beverage startups, joining a growing list of U.S. food companies looking at new ways to spur growth as consumers shun processed packaged food in favor of healthier offerings.

... China has targets of GDP growth around 7.5 percent and a consumer price index (CPI) increase of about 3.5 percent in 2014, with 10 million more urban jobs to keep the urban unemployment rate at a maximum of 4.6 percent.

(Reuters)- Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) has launched an incubator program for food and beverage startups, joining a growing list of U.S. food companies looking at new ways to spur growth as consumers shun processed packaged food in favor of healthier offerings.

In such situations, we are finding companies we regard as extremely well run, growing at a fast pace, and providing exposure to key themes such as economic growth, demographic changes, and local consumer trends.

Dropbox gave its answer to those concerns on Tuesday, when it showed off a new version of its cloud storage system aimed at businesses, instead of consumers, opening a new area for growth.

Julian has an entrepreneurial background in investing, having founded and led the merchant banking effort at Atlas Advisors prior to co-founding Alliance Consumer Growth in 2011.

Vibrant, dynamic competition lies at the heart of a robust economy, and supportive competition policy is essential to innovation, growth, and consumers» wellbeing.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

With the stock market worried about growth in China, McDonald's echoed comments made by Starbucks (SBUX) last week, that Chinese consumers are continuing to spend, at least when it comes to eating out — sales were «positive» in China, said McDonald's.

If you think about the comparative growth characteristics of Netflix versus HBO, Netflix can grow at a faster rate, they have a better business model because it's direct and they can offer better prices to consumers even if HBO chooses to go direct and it's going to be a bigger subscriber base long - term because of their global aspirations.»

Looking at the sector - wide performance of Corporate America in the second quarter of this year, more than 80 percent of the companies in information technology, healthcare and the financial - services space reported higher than estimated EPS growth, closely followed by the consumer staples industry producing food, beverages, household articles, while about 60 - 70 percent of the companies listed under the energy, utilities and materials sectors reported better than expected EPS numbers.

Both valuations and consumer sentiment may be at high levels, but with stable real yields, rising productivity and «normalised» valuations, the equity outlook is not necessarily negative — as long as economic growth continues.

In France growth in business investment slowed sharply while consumer spending — the traditional motor of France's economy — grew at an unchanged, but modest pace.

«Money being reinvested into a business is, by definition, not immediately accreting to shareholders, which we think may be a problem given high consensus earnings growth expectations,» says Castagno, adding that the companies most at risk, based on elevated expectations and likelihood of reinvestment, are those in Consumer Staples, Financials, Health Care, and Industrials.

Consumer confidence remains at historically high levels, household income growth remains robust and the level of household wealth relative to current incomes is still high, even given the recent developments in the share market.

Domestic demand has been held back by weak consumption, which fell by 2.6 per cent over the year to the December quarter in response to restrictive measures introduced in 2002, aimed at slowing the previously very strong rates of growth in consumer credit.

In one of my latest blogposts, I wrote about the importance of putting rock solid defensive companies such as consumer staples at the core of the investment portfolio in order to build an ever growing passive income machine as a dividend growth investor.

Recent indicators suggest that private demand has continued to grow at a robust rate, with a pick - up in both consumer spending and housing activity, following an apparent moderation in growth in the June quarter.