consumer resistance

In the West, consumer resistance would soon have forced prices down.

Below that top level, however, consumer resistance now sets in fast.

Then the industry hit a wall of consumer resistance.

"Prices were reaching a point where there was some consumer resistance," he said.

But there are signs in some companies of consumer resistance to price increases.

At first he ran into technical problems with supply and also met consumer resistance.

What's more, some economists and executives believe that it might not in 1989, because of consumer resistance.

Kodak is also up against consumer resistance to paying now to save later.

With these four, genetic engineering caught on before consumer resistance gathered force a few years ago.

"Consumer resistance to marketing reaches all-time high," the report announced.

As a result, stiff consumer resistance to price increases is hurting profits.

Many kinds of businesses can lower costs, but few have this industry's ability to raise prices with so little consumer resistance.

Moreover, the continuing increases in the cost of cable service has created consumer resistance.

For another thing, there is widespread consumer resistance to payment of electricity bills.

Still, consumer resistance to irradiated foods has been high, and some supermarkets do not stock them.

And many companies are eliminating them in food sold in Europe, where consumer resistance to such products is particularly strong.

In recent years, consumer resistance has prompted much of the on-line industry to move from added charges toward flat fees.

It has also been described as a parody holiday festival, and a form of playful consumer resistance.

And as the rate of price increases on menus outpaces income growth, consumer resistance mounts.

Game developers acknowledge that there is a great deal of consumer resistance to paying an hourly fee for playing.

Now industry executives say it is difficult to bring new biotech fruits and vegetables to market because of consumer resistance.

These significant developments in the spring and summer fashion showings this week are not likely to provoke consumer resistance for several reasons.

Premiers have met consumer resistance and have been criticized by state and Federal health officials.

Most of the poultry industry, however, said it had no plans to use the technology because of strong consumer resistance to irradiated foods.

Health trends are not "trending down," when it comes to consumer resistance to products containing tropical oils.