Roy Romer Quotes

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

Each consumer has the power of their wallet and their voice. They can exercise that.

Obviously we're a consumer nation and you have the power to influence these big corporations who are running the world right now through what you chose to, or not to, purchase.

More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors.

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

The women are at an advantage - we represent the buying power in this country.

We consumers have to send a message every day of what we want and what we don't.

The masses, in their capacity as consumers, ultimately determine everybody's revenues and wealth.

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

A product is usually created to improve people's lives; otherwise, why buy it? I'm no genius, but I am an American, and gosh-darnit, I consume, so I know what I'm talking about.

As consumers, we are making choices, and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don't want to be part of.

Everything is about consumerism. If there's money to be made, there will be an audience and people will feel empowered and I truly believe that women haven't fully tapped into their potential as a market.

Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'.

I think of myself as just another consumer.

We need to be much more robust consumers.

We women make the lion's share of household purchases in this country. We ourselves drive billions of dollars a year in sales.

As parents and as consumers, we have the right and the power to pressure the entertainment industry to respond to our needs. Americans, after all, should insist that every corporate giant - whether it produces chemicals or records - accept responsibility for what it produces.

Women as consumers are a very powerful force.

A brand is only going to want to be more inclusive if they feel like it's going to be good for business as well as making the consumer feel good - so we have to encourage people to do that. Consumers have to stand up and say, 'I have power: my pound or dollar is how I vote.'

Both in the short-run and the long-run, college students, collectively, have enormous spending power.

The consumer is the absolute king in everything you do.

Simply put, we have to take charge and take responsibility and support what's in the marketplace. Because, quiet as it's kept, the powers that be are cognizant of what our spending dollar means. And it is kept a little quiet, and we have to become aware of what we mean in the marketplace and take advantage of it.

In terms of merchandise, you can't force anyone to buy something.

I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.

My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.