Consumer Spending
If government wishes to see a depression ended as quickly as possible, and the economy returned to normal prosperity, what course should it adopt? The first and clearest injunction is: don't interfere with the market's adjustment process. The ... [... more]
Leithner |
CONSUMER FOCUS GROUPS
Part One - attitutes to genetic engineering in food production Part Two - Intention to purchase or avoid tomatoes genetically modified to reduce the need for pesticides. This report outlines preliminary findings from a three year research ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Suzy Cohen
Suzy Cohen, R.PH., has a syndicated column, "Dear Pharmacist," which reaches nearly 24 million readers coast to coast. When she isn't writing her column, she works as a pharmacist and speaks for various consumer and professional ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Robert L. Shook
What do shoppers dislike most about shopping? What's the most common reason customers are turned off by ads? Which recent technology ranks highest as a consumer pet peeve? As founder and chairman of America's Research Group, Britt Beemer has ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael J. Silverstein
TREASURE HUNT takes us into the homes of real people making real decisions, and into the CEO's offices of innovative companies finding new ways to accommodate them. Written with... Inside the Mind of the New Consumer Michael J. Silverstein and ... [... more]
Random House |
John Butman
TREASURE HUNT takes us into the homes of real people making real decisions, and into the CEO's offices of innovative companies finding new ways to accommodate them. Written with... Inside the Mind of the New Consumer Michael J. Silverstein and ... [... more]
Random House |
Who Wants To Be a Consumer?
When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers. They do not always send more money abroad than usual, but they buy upon credit, both at home and abroad, an ... [... more]
Leithner |
Managing persimmon quality
The level of management required in commercial persimmon growing is dependent on market/consumer needs and the environmental conditions within a production area. In New Zealand, the persimmon industry is currently targeted at selling fresh fruit ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Developing New Seedless Citrus Triploid Cultivars
Excessive seed numbers in citrus fruit are a real consumer turn-off. In our search for better easy peel hybrids for export and local markets, we have begun using plant tissue culture techniques to develop seedless triploid selections. In 1983, ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Organochlorine Insecticides (OC’s)
Pesticide residues have been a catch cry of environmental and consumer groups since the mid-1960’s when Rachel Carson drew the public’s attention to the deleterious ecological effects of organochlorine insecticides which were in widespread use at ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Orchardists Call On Boycott Of Australian Fresh Produce
More than 350 irate Hawke's Bay orchardists will be on track to Parliament in an historic steam locomotive next month to call for a nationwide consumer boycott of Australian fresh fruit and vegetables. HASTINGS 27/05/2005 - More than 350 irate ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Ann S. Clurman
Ann Clurman, a senior partner at Yankelovich with more than twenty-five years of experience with The Yankelovich MONITOR, is a widely recognized authority on consumer trends and generational marketing. A much-sought-after speaker at industry ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
