Our followers are made up
of real consumers who are actively searching for the best experiences, accommodations, and companies to use during their travels.
«GAO found the experiences of its fictitious consumers to be consistent with widespread complaints and charges made by federal and state investigators on behalf
of real consumers against debt settlement companies engaged in fraudulent, abusive, or deceptive practices,» the report concluded.
And in terms
of real consumers, with real loans, that represents an additional 600,000 borrowers that defaulted on their student loans.
As I note here, I find this to be a useful forecaster
of real consumer spending.
New York — According to locally based Moody's Investors Service, the latest news on retail sales suggests the quarter - to - quarter annualized growth rate
of real consumer spending will drop from Q1 2001's 2.9 % to 1.6 %...
Not exact matches
PAR — or Precision Augmented Reality works — takes advantage
of data overlays to provide some pretty stunning information for advertisers,
real - estate brokers, and
consumers alike.
In the report, McGill writes that IoT technology is «narrowing the gap between the physical and digital worlds» and that «retailers are leveraging the enormous amount
of data being collected to connect with their
consumers in
real time, both inside and outside
of stores.»
«What we're seeing across the board is that the
consumer is finally beginning to open up a little bit, whereas post Great Recession, for years, it was sort
of «is this for
real or not for
real»?»
It also sparked some understandable handwringing about modern
consumer culture, fast fashion and the
real price
of an $ 8 t - shirt.
And mortgage refinancing has been one
of the most important reasons why the economy has continued to move forward in the last few years, despite the stagnation in
real wages, which is what is show in this next graph
of average hourly wages divided by
consumer prices to give us «
real hourly wages»:
Real personal consumption expenditures rose 0.1 % in December, positive but something
of a disappointment compared with the big YoY increase evident in Gallup's
consumer spending measure:
Companies feed this emotional need with the equivalent
of high - fructose corn syrup, when what
consumers need are
real nutrients.
Phil Chen, founder
of HTC's Vive, says
consumer VR isn't dead yet — and companies using VR in health and at work are making
real money.
My parting words
of advice regarding content marketing: If you're going to get involved, do your business justice by ensuring your content has
real value for your
consumer.
Business Insider nailed it when it wrote, «The new on - demand models have opened the door to
real - time fulfillment
of goods and services, which
consumers have embraced with a frequency that is unprecedented.»
And the first time
consumers find themselves in a position
of real choice, it might just bite you, hard.»
Hike it up in Canada and you'd hurt exports, one
of the things that are supposed to help keep the economy growing as
real estate and
consumer spending slow.
«There's a moral tension» and «a
real wedge being driven,» said Rick Claypool, research director for the president's office
of the
consumer - advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen.
A pre-installed program on some newly purchased Dell laptops that can only be removed manually by
consumers makes them vulnerable to cyber intrusions that may allow hackers to read encrypted messages and redirect browser traffic to spoofs
of real websites such as Google or those belonging to a bank, among other attacks.
At this year's
Consumer Electronics Show, Cerevo, a company known for creating network consumer devices, unveiled its new XON SNOW - 1, a smart snowboard bindings that provide real - time analysis of yo
Consumer Electronics Show, Cerevo, a company known for creating network
consumer devices, unveiled its new XON SNOW - 1, a smart snowboard bindings that provide real - time analysis of yo
consumer devices, unveiled its new XON SNOW - 1, a smart snowboard bindings that provide
real - time analysis
of your ride.
In a very
real sense, Thompson says, TV networks and the
consumer packaged - goods companies they rely on for the bulk
of their advertising revenue are both being disrupted by the growing forces
of digital.
There was this information asymmetry between
consumers and professionals in
real estate, and so we thought we could apply some
of the same themes around information empowerment.
In June, Butterfield told Fortune's Michal Lev - Ram that the role
of Slack — which began as a
real - time chat service and now encompasses a range
of features for business productivity, wrapped in a
consumer - friendly interface — will continue to expand into what he calls a «virtual chief
of staff» that could help with functions such as employee feedback.
Real - time payments are increasingly becoming a priority for
consumers as banking migrates online, according to Mike Kennedy, CEO
of clearXchange.
Friday's action follows on the heels
of an agreement struck between the Competition Bureau and the Canadian
Real Estate Association in October in which the Association discarded a rule prohibiting realtors selling
consumers merely a listing service to post on the MLS system.
Hunt and Netflix in general think 4K is the
real deal, however, because it is a natural evolution
of what content producers and
consumers alike already use and understand.
Realtors in the greater Toronto Area may soon be able to offer
consumers the option to use the Multiple Listings Services (MLS) database, hitherto reserved for professional members
of the Toronto
Real Estate Board (TREB) only, via the internet, to buy and sell their homes.
In a recent note to clients, RBC Capital Markets chief US economist Tom Porcelli examined the trends by using two components
of GDP as proxies: net exports
of goods and services to reflect the effects
of a slowing global economy, and
real personal consumption expenditures to reflect the US
consumer.
«With
consumer fundamentals continuing to firm (
real aggregate wages are +4 % y / y as
of August employment report), we expect the domestic side
of the US economy to continue to provide a considerable offset to any worsening conditions abroad,» he added.
Uber, Waymo, Tesla, General Motors, and a host
of others pushed the envelope and made
real progress on various business models, from autonomous ride - hailing fleets to
consumer - facing highway autonomous systems.
The economic slowdown that still grips much
of the globe is keeping a damper on many industries — the moguls heavily invested in commodities or energy were more likely to be laggards this year — but telecom,
real estate and
consumer staples performed well and pushed many members» net worth higher.
The judges» picks then move on to the
real test: a stamp
of approval from
consumers themselves, who were polled by the thousands by global market research company TNS on behalf
of Rogers Insights.
«Although this might signal regained
consumer confidence in the PC market, with most
of the sales being driven by aggressive promotions in the holiday season, it needs to be seen how much
of the
real demand is carried forward in the coming quarters,» said Mahajan.
Spencer Rascoff, CEO
of Zillow Group, describes how the
real estate industry has rapidly changed thanks to information being made accessible to
consumers.
These alerts address a
real need by
consumers and will help them avoid bill surprise from data services, currently the biggest source
of unanticipated charges.»
We look at economic growth, job creation,
consumer spending and the health
of the residential
real estate market.
And... um, in
real life, that translates to: essential enough to merit appropriate insurance coverage, serious academic investigation, significant research investment, and, yes, a sense
of «ownership» by
consumers.
Results from First Data Corp. and Visa showed a surge in
consumer spending since the tax overhaul; the regional banks showed improving loan growth; and numbers from the
real estate investment trusts told a story
of rising demand and favorable deregulation, the «Mad Money» host said.
The
real estate board argued it was legally and morally bound to respect the contractual and private information
of consumers on both ends
of a deal.
«What we are now seeing is that
consumers are being ever more vocal about it and at the end
of the day are starting to let their frustrations be known by making
real change.»
«After yesterday's
Consumer Price Index release from the US Bureau
of Labor Statistics and this morning's retail sales report from the US Census Bureau, the nowcast
of first - quarter
real personal consumption expenditures growth fell from 2.2 % to 1.4 %,» the Atlanta Fed said.
Providers and regulators can also use social media data to monitor performance in
real time, using natural language processing and machine learning to scan
consumers» text reviews for keywords
of interest related to patient safety.
«What it did have was the fact it was solving a very
real pain point in the hearts and minds
of consumers,» says Ganenthiran.
Previously, she was president
of global product solutions and global treasury services; chief marketing officer; president
of consumer real estate and community development banking; national small - business segment executive and president
of the Florida market.
How rich that data is and how you use that data to be informed
of your
consumers, to have that
real mindset is crucial and where we're headed as a company.
But underneath the bad headline is the
real story
of what's going on in the economy right now, and the story is pretty simple:
Consumers are winning.
To let Bay Street know it had a
real fight on its hands, Hunter personally sent Scotiabank CEO Rick Waugh a YouTube clip
of consumers screaming in Network.
When
consumers download your app, they're giving you a valuable piece
of real estate on their mobile device.
With the economy either at or beyond full employment and the
consumer price index — a measure
of the inflation in
consumer prices — at 2.1 percent, the
real 10 - year interest rate is 0.4 percent, Jones explained, roughly 300 basis points below the historical average.
Consumer testing showed that a black - and - white dog would have the widest commercial appeal, partially because it was the colour
of a
real dog, so Zoomer became a Dalmatian.