Download or read book Consumer Smarts written by Jeri Freedman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice on developing wise spending habits and getting a good deal when shopping for clothes, consumer goods, food, medicine, personal care products, and entertainment.
Download or read book John Stossel s Shopping Smart written by John Stossel and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1982 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consumer Society written by Barry Smart and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What factors are contributing to the continuing growth in consumption of goods and services? At what point do the costs associated with consumerism begin to call our way of life into question? How are the problems of resource depletion, waste and pollution, and environmental impact being addressed? What is to be done about the consequences of our all-consuming way of life? Ever-increasing consumption and a relentless pursuit of growth in output are the twin pillars on which the modern economy and contemporary social life rest. But the consumer way of life is globally unsustainable. We can′t all live the consumer dream. This comprehensive, lively and informative book will quickly be recognized as a benchmark in the field. It brings together a huge set of resources for thinking about the development of consumer culture, its defining features, and global consequences. Adept in handling a complex range of classical and contemporary theoretical sources, the book draws on an impressive range of comparative material and provides a variety of contemporary examples to inform and enhance understanding of our consuming way of life. Smart writes with verve and feeling and has produced a stimulating book that enlarges our understanding of consumer culture and provides a timely critical analysis of its consequences. Clear, engaging, and original this book will be essential reading for all those interested in and concerned about our global culture of consumption including researchers and students in sociology, politics, cultural studies, economics, and social geography.
Download or read book Smart Packaging Technologies for Fast Moving Consumer Goods written by Joseph Kerry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-23 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Packaging Technologies for Fast Moving Consumer Goods approaches the subject of smart packaging from an innovative, thematic perspective: Part 1 looks at smart packaging technologies for food quality and safety Part 2 addresses smart packaging issues for the supply chain Part 3 focuses on smart packaging for brand protection and enhancement Part 4 centres on smart packaging for user convenience. Each chapter starts with a definition of the technology, and proceeds with an analysis of its workings and components before concluding with snapshots of potential applications of the technology. The Editors, brought together from academia and industry, provide readers with a cohesive account of the smart packaging phenomenon. Chapter authors are a mixture of industry professionals and academic researchers from the UK, USA, EU and Australasia.
Download or read book Smart Buyer s Guide to Buying Or Leasing a Car written by Rik Paul and published by Consumer Reports Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step guide to getting the right car at the best price explores a wide range of available financing options, discussing the buy versus lease alternative, the ins and outs of vehicle pricing, and the negotiation process and dealership experience.
Download or read book The Smart Consumer s Guide to Good Credit written by John Ulzheimer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most credit books promise quick fixes and easy solutions to bad credit, but the truth is there is no quick fix when it comes to credit. Your best strategy as a smart consumer is to understand your credit inside and out. Credit expert John Ulzheimer can give you all the tools you need to master the world of credit, before or after you get into trouble, and take the power back into your own hands. Topics covered include: • The difference between a credit score and a credit report • The best way to deal with collection agencies • How to monitor your credit report • Protecting yourself from identity theft • The impact of student loans on your credit score • How to opt out of unwanted credit card offers The Smart Consumer’s Guide to Good Credit answers all of your questions about credit (including the ones you didn’t even know you should be asking!) and yes, even explains the best ways to work toward improving a bad credit score.
Download or read book Consumer Financial Services Answer Book 2015 Edition written by Richard E. Gottlieb and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 1222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Customer Education written by Adam Avramescu and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's software companies can't afford to be passive with their customers. As software moves to the web and becomes more consumerized, software companies can only grow if their current customers renew and grow over time. Otherwise those customers will leave, creating a "leaky bucket" of revenue.So, what are smart, innovative companies doing before they end up with severe churn problems? Forward-thinking companies invest in Customer Education early as a way to drive customer growth and maximize lifetime value in a scalable way. Over time, this function has the potential to differentiate a company in the market.Consider this book a survival guide to investing in a Customer Education function, including: -How to drive a Customer Education strategy across your customer lifecycle-Tips for creating killer content that will actually lead to customer performance-What tools to implement as part of your technology stack-Measurement strategies for improving your content and showing ROI-And more...
Download or read book Smart Consumer s Guide to Home Buying written by Peter A. Schkeeper and published by Barrons Educational Series. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buying a home is, in the authors' words, both a romantic journey and a business venture. For most families, it's the largest single investment they will ever make. The purpose of this book is to transform home buyers--especially first-time buyers--into smart consumers who can evaluate a property objectively as step number one in deciding whether or not to buy. The authors take their readers by the hand through the maze of mortgage shopping, dealing with real estate agents, and hunting down that perfect dream house. Some of the many questions they help prospective buyers answer are: Consideration of family needs: how many rooms, what kind of neighborhood, access to schools, shopping, and the like Is the home affordable? Considerations include the size of the down payment, the size and type of mortgage, projecting monthly payments, and allowing for unforeseen expenses Making an offer and negotiating with sellers and real estate agents The close, settlement, and escrow Remodeling: adding to a home and making improvements Investment Property: understanding market values Selling a home . . . and much, much more Because this book addresses a national audience, it is necessarily general when making reference to local situations. However, the authors offer practical advice on how readers can find reliable local professional assistance in their quest to purchase a home.
Download or read book Consumer Insights 2 0 written by Dona Vitale and published by Paramount Market Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer-goods companies need more than just traditional market research to make good strategic decisions. That's why many of them have created departments of consumer insights. This book reveals the characteristics of these new departments and their leaders. You'll discover how they contribute to customer knowledge that goes far beyond market research to help set strategy and develop new business opportunities.Based on her 20 years of experience, Dona Vitale outlines:-- Characteristics needed by consumer insights specialists-- Techniques that help develop the insights-- Presentation tips to help a whole company get on board with new ideas.Ms. Vitale also presents an enlightening case study from Dunkin' Donuts brand that makes it crystal clear how consumer insights can contribute to bottom line success.If you would like to be the market leader in your category or your company, this book will guide you every step of the way.
Download or read book Smarts Everybody s Got Them written by Thomas Armstrong and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative picture book that defines eight ways everyone is smart and shows how to get smarter in each way.? It’s easy for kids to get dejected and believe they’re not as smart as the people around them. Maybe they got a low grade on their math test last week, or maybe they have a difficult time making new friends, but what kids may not realize is that math skills and people skills are just two types of smarts. There are actually eight types of smarts: Word smarts Music smarts Number smarts Picture smarts Body smarts People smarts Self smarts Nature smarts Smarts! Everybody’s Got Them vividly explains and depicts the eight ways that everyone is smart and shows kids how they can get better at each one—even when they make a mistake.
Download or read book Smart Persuasion written by Philippe AIMÉ and published by Convertize. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversions begin in the brain. Every purchase starts with a decision, and every decision is shaped by consumer psychology. This book explains how mental shortcuts (cognitive biases) affect your customers' decision making and shows you how to be more persuasive online. Philippe Aimé and Jochen Grünbeck are optimisation addicts and have been at the forefront of digital marketing since the beginning. Inspired by behavioural economists like Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely and Richard Thaler, the techniques described in Smart Persuasion leverage powerful decision-making biases to make marketing more effective. Alongside these behavioural insights, Smart Persuasion incorporates research from marketing experts such as Jonah Berger, Robert Cialdini and Roger Dooley. Principles relating to attention and perception, as well as the cognitive effects that make consumers predictably irrational, are distilled into concrete website optimisation strategies. Drawing from hundreds of unique studies, Smart Persuasion lists proven effects such as Anchoring and Framing. Each one is illustrated with case-studies, examples and ideas that you can apply immediately. Using the persuasive strategies outlined in this book will allow you to influence consumers more effectively, unlocking your website's potential. All profits from the sale of this book help provide educational resources for children in Africa.
Download or read book Anthropological Approaches to Understanding Consumption Patterns and Consumer Behavior written by Chkoniya, Valentina and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology is a science specialized in the study of the past and present of societies, especially the study of humans and human behavior. The disciplines of anthropology and consumer research have long been separated; however, it is now believed that joining them will lead to a more profound knowledge and understanding of consumer behaviors and will lead to further understanding and predictions for the future. Anthropological Approaches to Understanding Consumption Patterns and Consumer Behavior is a cutting-edge research publication that examines an anthropological approach to the study of the consumer and as a key role to the development of societies. The book also provides a range of marketing possibilities that can be developed from this approach such as understanding the evolution of consumer behavior, delivering truly personalized customer experiences, and potentially creating new products, brands, and services. Featuring a wide range of topics such as artificial intelligence, food consumption, and neuromarketing, this book is ideal for marketers, advertisers, brand managers, consumer behavior analysts, managing directors, consumer psychologists, academicians, social anthropologists, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students.
Download or read book Consumer Data Research written by Paul Longley and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Data collected by customer-facing organisations – such as smartphone logs, store loyalty card transactions, smart travel tickets, social media posts, or smart energy meter readings – account for most of the data collected about citizens today. As a result, they are transforming the practice of social science. Consumer Big Data are distinct from conventional social science data not only in their volume, variety and velocity, but also in terms of their provenance and fitness for ever more research purposes. The contributors to this book, all from the Consumer Data Research Centre, provide a first consolidated statement of the enormous potential of consumer data research in the academic, commercial and government sectors – and a timely appraisal of the ways in which consumer data challenge scientific orthodoxies. Praise for Consumer Data Research 'An insightful, state-of-the-art guide into the social and commercial value of applying geographical thinking to the study of consumer data.' Professor Richard Harris, University of Bristol 'An excellent guide to leveraging the value of academic research on valid data. Partnerships based around consumer data should be encouraged and supported by all and their outputs used to better the way we manage the world we live in.' Bill Grimsey, retailer and author of The Vanishing Highstreet 'The use of data from everyday consumer transactions is a potential game-changer for understanding economic and social patterns and trends. This is an excellent overview of the field.' Dr.Tom Smith, Managing Director, Office for National Statistics Data Science Campus
Download or read book The Consumer Bible written by and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on saving time and money on food, health care, home, automobiles, finances, clothing, telephones, child care, vacations, lawyers, and funerals
Download or read book Don t Get Scammed written by Dale Cardwell and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this consumer-oriented handbook, Dale shares his seven-step strategy to becoming a savvy consumer. Learn how to identify a scam before you get swindled-this time, experience won't be your teacher. His investigative standard, vetted across numerous businesses, lays down both offensive and defensive tactics for getting the jump on con artists and saving your hard-earned money. Don't get scammed, get smart!
Download or read book Smart Micro Grid Systems Security and Privacy written by Anne V. D. M. Kayem and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is centered on Smart grids and micro-grids, as a cost-effective method of ensuring fair and equitable access to power in urban areas. It also considers scenarios where deploying smart grids can be both cost-prohibitively expensive and logistically challenging. Deploying smart microgrids instead, offers a reliable power solution but, as is the case in smart grids, a key issue is guaranteeing usability, trust, and reliability while protecting against energy theft. This book considers aspects such as state estimation, capacity planning, demand forecasting, price signals, and demand management with respect to energy theft. Straight-forward approaches to provoking energy theft on smart grids and micro-grids include mis-recordings power consumption/generation information and exposures of personally identifiable information or sensitive information. Attack models based on mis-recorded generation and/or consumption data and exposure of personally identifiable information, are also studied. In each case, countermeasures are proposed to circumvent the power theft attacks raised. Researchers in Smart Micro-grids security, cyber-physical systems, and critical infrastructure will want to purchase this book as a reference. Professionals, Researchers, Academics and students working in security general and Security of Critical Infrastructure, Privacy, and Data Sharing will also want to purchase this book as a reference.
