Consumer associations can file claims on behalf of groups of consumers to obtain judicial orders against corporations that cause injury or damage to consumers.

Consumer organizations, environmentalist groups, and opponents to food irradiation refer to some studies suggesting that a large part of the public questions the safety of irradiated foods, and will not buy foods that have been irradiated.

Consumer advocacy groups such as Public Citizen or Food and Water Watch maintain that the safety of irradiated food is not proven, in particular long-term studies are still lacking, and strongly oppose the use of the technology.

Consumer groups argue that statutes of repose on consumer goods provide a disincentive for manufacturers to build durable products and to notify consumers of product defects as the manufacturers become aware of them.

Consumer groups and others raised questions of privacy, access, and liability considerations which were more taken into consideration in some jurisdictions than in others.

Consumer advocacy groups argue that this discrimination against consumers — the charging of higher prices on the same object simply because of where they happen to live — is unjust and anti-competitive.

Consumers Union has helped start several consumer groups and publications, in 1960 helping create global consumer group Consumers International and in 1974 providing financial assistance to Consumers ' Checkbook which is considered akin to Consumer Reports for local services in the seven metropolitan areas they serve.

Consumer groups and some government officials say that cancer insurance returns fewer premium dollars to policyholders than standard insurance.

The NCPA was a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition, an organization created by the now-defunct non-profit group Consumer Alert that described itself as " an alliance of some two dozen non-profit public policy groups concerned about the implications of the Kyoto Protocol for consumers ," and which was generally skeptical of the anthropogenic theory of global warming.

Consumer behaviour is the study of individuals, groups, or organizations and the processes they use to select, secure, and dispose of products, services, experiences, or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society.

Consumer groups have complained that the maximum statutory damages contained in the original 1977 version of the law has not kept up with inflation.

The Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ) is one of the more active corporate front groups and one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a public affairs firm owned by lobbyist Rick Berman.

PCRM — along with PETA and groups such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving — has been the subject of public criticism for several years by the Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ), a non-profit lobby group representing the food and beverage industry.

Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution.

The groups have argued that the acquisition is a test of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, under which systemically risky firms must demonstrate a public benefit that outweighs new risk before they are allowed to grow.

The current CableCARD standard was born out of an adversarial process between two main groups: cable companies represented by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association ( NCTA ) and consumer electronics companies represented by the Consumer Electronics Association ( CEA ).

On April 1, 2009, Sony ’ s electronics and game businesses were merged and reconfigured as two major groups: the Consumer Products & Devices Group ( CPDG ) and the Networked Products & Services Group ( NPSG ).

Encouraged by White House Consumer Adviser Ester Peterson, representatives from nearly 60 consumer groups, consumer cooperative groups, and industrial trade unions decided to form a permanent organization that was formally launched in April 1968.

Other revenue is derived from cy-près awards, Consumer Assembly, the annual Awards dinner, and financial services and food policy issue conferences, to which some corporate groups contribute.

Consumer groups argue that the bill would lead to lower-quality service and increased rates, though Verizon promised in a letter sent to the bill's sponsors that committed the company to keeping rates level for basic service in the first two years following approval into law.

With the election of Gough Whitlam and the Labor Government in 1972, the Government encouraged the disparate consumer groups to join together and form the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations ( AFCO ).

In Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC, a number of broadcasters and citizens groups, including the Consumer Federation of America, the National Council of Churches of Christ, and Media Alliance, sued to prevent the FCC from following through on the decision.

In addition, because biomedical engineers often develop devices and technologies for " consumer " use, such as physical therapy devices ( which are also " medical " devices ), these may also be governed in some respects by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

There are also various non-profit publications, such as Consumer Reports and Choice Magazine, dedicated to assist in consumer education and decision making, and Which?

Consumer Price inflation have also curtailed since 2008, when Nicaragua's inflation rate hovered at 19. 82 %.

Consumer patterns were also shifting at this time, as purchasing power was becoming stronger and more accessible to a wider range of families.

The Crown's immunity may also apply to other parties in certain circumstances: see Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Baxter Healthcare.

Market basket analysis has also been used to identify the purchase patterns of the Alpha Consumer.

While the supply shortages of consumer goods characteristic of the 1980s went away ( see Consumer goods in the Soviet Union ), this was not only related to the opening of Russia's market to imports in the early 1990s but also to the impoverishment of the Russian people in the 1990s.

He makes occasional appearances on This Week in Tech, where he is a self-proclaimed " nerd ", and also participated in the Consumer Electronics Show 2010.

Ritzer is also a founding editor, with Don Slater, of Sage ’ s Journal of Consumer Culture.

4173, the bill that became the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Representative Maurice Hinchey ( D-NY ) proposed an amendment to the bill that would have reenacted Glass-Steagall Sections 20 and 32 and also prohibited bank insurance activities.

Consumer privacy concerns date back to the first commercial couriers and bankers, who in every culture took strong measures to protect customer privacy, but also in every culture tended to be subject to very harsh punitive measures for failures to keep a customer's information private.

His Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation announced certain adjustments to Massachusetts ' identity theft regulations that maintain protections and also allows flexibility in compliance.

EPIC also publishes Privacy and Human Rights, Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws, The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook, The Privacy Law Sourcebook, and The Consumer Law Sourcebook.

EPIC also publishes several books on privacy and open government, including Privacy and Human Rights, Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws, Filters and Freedom, The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook, The Privacy Law Sourcebook, and The Consumer Law Sourcebook.

Consumer or Consumers may also refer to:

Consumer theory can also be used to analyze a consumer's choice between leisure and labor.

Pak ' nSave also came out the cheapest supermarkets in the 2001 and 2002 Consumer magazine surveys.

It also found that Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Connie Osterman had disregarded 1984 warnings from a regulator in her department that the company was likely insolvent.

The FSA is also provided with advice on the interests and concerns of consumers by the Financial Services Consumer Panel.

The tables are also published in PDF form on the website of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.

Industry names such as Consumer Priority Service also made an appearance among others in the retail sector.

In 2012 the publishing organization began doing business as " Consumer Reports ", which is also the name of the magazine published by the organization.

He also authored the Consumer Credit Protection Act, a bill that forced lenders to state the terms of a loan in plain language and restricted the ability of lenders to discriminate on the basis of gender, race, or income.