Consumer Buying Considered Noun Kənˈsjuːmə(R Kənˈsuːmər Spending/Demand Links

• consumer spending/demand
• links between producers and consumers
• health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.
• a consumer society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)

consumer

1. a person who buys goods or uses services
• COMPARE producer
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• consumer spending/demand
• links between producers and consumers
• Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.
• a consumer society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)
• a consumer watchdog (= somebody whose job is to protect consumers' rights)
• The consumer (= consumers as a group) is well served by competition.
• This tool may be considered too expensive for the average consumer.
• consumers of news/electricity/healthcare
• providers and consumers of public services
• We need to educate consumers about this technology.

Extra Examples

• Consumer watchdogs have accused banks of ‘appalling arrogance’ in the way they treat customers.
• Economists forecast that falling consumer confidence will cut into household purchases.
• Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.
• Green consumers should be wary of manufacturers' claims that their products are environmentally friendly.
• Mass culture turns audiences into passive consumers, their participation limited to the choice between buying and not buying.
• The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
• The country could face a consumer boycott of its beef exports.
• They exploit consumers by charging high prices.
• We are living in a consumer society.
• We are the biggest consumers of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
• We supply domestic consumers
• What can be done to protect the ordinary consumer from unscrupulous operators?
• two years of research among consumers
• The big stores are, of course, responding to consumer demand.