Table of Contents
47 relations: Alexander Chayanov, Alpha consumer, Born to Buy, Capitalism, Choice (Australian consumer organisation), Commerce, Consumer activism, Consumer behaviour, Consumer choice, Consumer debt, Consumer education, Consumer goods in the Soviet Union, Consumer leverage ratio, Consumer organization, Consumer protection, Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Consumer Reports, Consumerism, Consumers' co-operative, Consumption (economics), Credit bureau, Crowdfunding, Customer, Demand, Demographic profile, Distribution (marketing), Economic system, Economy, Goods, Informed consumer, Interactive media, Internet, John F. Kennedy, Market failure, Market segmentation, Marketing, Mass customization, Permission marketing, Personalized marketing, Production (economics), Prosumer, Sales, Service (economics), Social, Social web, United States Congress, Which?.
Alexander Chayanov
Alexander Vasilyevich Chayanov (Александр Васильевич Чаянов; 17 January 1888 – 3 October 1937) was a Russian, then Soviet agrarian economist, scholar of rural sociology, and advocate of agrarianism and cooperatives.
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Alpha consumer
An alpha consumer is someone that plays a key role in connecting with the concept behind a product, then adopting that product, and finally validating it for the rest of society.
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Born to Buy
Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture is a 2004 book by Juliet Schor on consumerist targeting of children.
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
Choice (Australian consumer organisation)
Most commonly known as CHOICE (all capitals), the Australian Consumers' Association is an Australian not for profit consumer advocacy organisation.
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Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered distribution and transfer of goods and services on a substantial scale and at the right time, place, quantity, quality and price through various channels from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national or international economies.
Consumer activism
Consumer activism is a process by which activists seek to influence the way in which goods or services are produced or delivered.
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Consumer behaviour
Consumer behaviour is the study of individuals, groups, or organisations and all the activities associated with the purchase, use and disposal of goods and services.
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Consumer choice
The theory of consumer choice is the branch of microeconomics that relates preferences to consumption expenditures and to consumer demand curves.
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Consumer debt
In economics, consumer debt is the amount owed by consumers (as opposed to amounts owed by businesses or governments).
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Consumer education
Consumer education is the preparation of an individual to be capable of making informed decisions when it comes to purchasing products in a consumer culture.
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Consumer goods in the Soviet Union
Consumer goods in the Soviet Union were usually produced by a two-category industry.
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Consumer leverage ratio
The consumer leverage ratio is the ratio of total household debt to disposable personal income.
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Consumer organization
Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution.
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Consumer protection
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace.
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Consumer Protection Act, 1986
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (COPRA) was an Act by the Parliament of India elected to protect the interests of consumers in India.
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Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
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Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the aspirations of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional displays of status.
Consumers' co-operative
A consumers' co-operative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members.
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Consumption (economics)
Consumption is the act of using resources to satisfy current needs and wants.
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Credit bureau
A credit bureau is a data collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to a consumer reporting agency in the United States, a credit reference agency in the United Kingdom, a credit reporting body in Australia, a credit information company (CIC) in India, a Special Accessing Entity in the Philippines, and also to private lenders.
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Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
Customer
In sales, commerce, and economics, a customer (sometimes known as a client, buyer, or purchaser) is the recipient of a good, service, product, or an idea, obtained from a seller, vendor, or supplier via a financial transaction or an exchange for money or some other valuable consideration.
Demand
In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time.
Demographic profile
A demographic profile is a form of demographic analysis in which information is gathered about a group to better understand the group's composition or behaviors for the purpose of providing more relevant services.
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Distribution (marketing)
Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it, and a distributor is a business involved in the distribution stage of the value chain.
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Economic system
An economic system, or economic order, is a system of production, resource allocation and distribution of goods and services within a society.
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Economy
An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services.
Goods
In economics, goods are items that satisfy human wantsQuotation from Murray Milgate, 2008, "Goods and Commodities".
Informed consumer
The concept of the informed consumer is fundamental in the law of the European Union.
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Interactive media
Interactive media normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user's actions by presenting content such as text, moving image, animation, video and audio.
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Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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Market failure
In neoclassical economics, market failure is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not Pareto efficient, often leading to a net loss of economic value.
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Market segmentation
In marketing, market segmentation or customer segmentation is the process of dividing a consumer or business market into meaningful sub-groups of current or potential customers (or consumers) known as segments.
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Marketing
Marketing is the act of satisfying and retaining customers.
Mass customization
Mass customization makes use of flexible computer-aided systems to produce custom products.
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Permission marketing
Permission marketing is a type of advertising in which the people who are supposed to see the ads can choose whether or not to get them.
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Personalized marketing
Personalized marketing, also known as one-to-one marketing or individual marketing, is a marketing strategy by which companies leverage data analysis and digital technology to deliver individualized messages and product offerings to current or prospective customers.
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Production (economics)
Production is the process of combining various inputs, both material (such as metal, wood, glass, or plastics) and immaterial (such as plans, or knowledge) in order to create output.
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Prosumer
A prosumer is an individual who both consumes and produces.
Sales
Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period.
Service (economics)
A service is an act or use for which a consumer, company, or government is willing to pay.
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Social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations.
Social web
The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web.
United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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Which?
Which? is a United Kingdom brand name that promotes informed consumer choice in the purchase of goods and services by testing products, highlighting inferior products or services, raising awareness of consumer rights, and offering independent advice.
References
Also known as Consumer market, Consumer markets, Consumers, Creative Consumers, Electric consumer, End consumer, Potential customer.