consumer enthusiasm

A jump in interest rates could, however, choke off consumer enthusiasm.

Microsoft's introduction of the 360 was met with consumer enthusiasm, and a caveat.

No one knows how long the depressing effects of the attack on advertising and consumer enthusiasm might linger.

That label killed consumer enthusiasm for the product.

But if it is real and sustained, the slowdown in consumer enthusiasm could affect holiday sales, the most important season for retailers.

Andrew Marc is now riding a wave of consumer enthusiasm for leather outerwear and accessories.

The explosion of consumer enthusiasm is not hard to understand, given the bleakness of the Soviet-era retail experience.

Yelp.com reviews attest to consumer enthusiasm for the store but equal unhappiness over the parking situation.

But consumer enthusiasm for back-to-school shopping is watched particularly closely because it is seen as the first window to the all-important holiday season.

In his view, BzzAgent is simply harnessing, channeling and organizing that consumer enthusiasm.

With such fervent consumer enthusiasm, Westchester has its share of tough competitors in the lucrative field of capturing children for posterity.

Already, industry sales appear to have slowed in January from the heady pace at the end of last year as consumer enthusiasm for incentives has worn down.

Since Sky Italia is effectively in its start-up phase, it is difficult to know if that gain reflects consumer enthusiasm at the company's debut.

These started about 12 years ago and although some were dropped when consumer enthusiasm and energy prices started waning in the mid 1980's, a sizable number remain.

It seems the greater good, not only for the industry but for Microsoft, would be broad consumer enthusiasm for Windows XP."

Mr. DiCamillo gave few hints about what he planned for Polaroid, whose woes began when consumer enthusiasm for instant photography waned.

"Despite the significant consumer enthusiasm, we cannot create a viable business without support in these essential areas," said Richard L. Sharp, chief executive of Circuit City, in a press release.

"The intimations of increased unemployment and slower income growth delivered by tighter money may have sapped consumer enthusiasm," said John Lonski, senior economist at Moody's Investors Service.

"If you don't have ready availability in dealer lots, it's going to limit consumer enthusiasm," said Jack V. Kirnan of Kidder, Peabody in New York.

"Notwithstanding continued consumer enthusiasm for buying new automobiles and light trucks and Detroit's scramble to keep pace with demand, many other economic statistics are pointing in a southerly direction," the economists said in a report.

Circulation had slipped to 1.1 million in 1998 from 1.3 million in 1995; for the six-month period ending in June, sales of single copies at the newsstand - a generally reliable barometer of consumer enthusiasm for a magazine - dropped by 16.5 percent.

Consumer Enthusiasm Even if consumers are enthusiastic or at least neutral when it comes to buying recycled bottles, the programs may never account for a large percentage of the companies' output unless consumers become more reliable about returning the bottles after they have slaked their thirst.

Kinko Ito also roots manga historically in aesthetic continuity with pre-Meiji art, but she sees its post-World War II history as driven in part by consumer enthusiasm for the rich imagery and narrative of the newly developing manga tradition.

Apparently, word-of-mouth and the insert in Runner's World generated enough consumer enthusiasm to move 250 pairs of Max Air shoes off the shelves of Super Runners, a New York retailer (from a total shipment of 800 pairs), between last Thursday and Saturday.