1 - The Monthly Survey of Consumer Credit Grantors is a survey of UK organizations that provide credit to consumers (excluding banks); the purpose of the survey is to measure the levels of consumer credit issued by these organizations.

2 - With the advent of the Internet and its increasingly cheaper costs and user-friendly interfaces, it should come as no surprise that many businesses are allowing the consumer the ability to influence the directions some companies go in.

3 - Marketing efforts, social and cultural environment, and internal factors all influence the consumer's buying behavior.

4 - Since most people want environmentally-friendly products, industry has had to bow to consumer wishes.

5 - In a competitive economy, the consumer usually has the choice of several different brands of the same product.