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		<title>Africa&#8217;s Middle Class: an untapped goldmine?</title>
		<link>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1934868,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1934868,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does China know something the West doesn't? Its leaders have been quietly wooing their African counterparts, hoping to gain a foothold in the continent's emerging Middle Class market -- flogging them cars, clothes, and, more significantly, cheap loans and tax credits .]]></description>
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		<title>Crap you don&#8217;t need: the most stupid products ever invented</title>
		<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/the-15-stupidest-products_n_342316.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/the-15-stupidest-products_n_342316.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A definitive <em>HuffPo</em> list of the 15 stupidest products available for sale. Which is the most inane? Tinkles the toilet cat that hides under your toilet seat ready to scare your guests? Or the phallic shaped boob separator?]]></description>
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		<title>Why aren&#8217;t customers switching banks?</title>
		<link>http://economics.com.au/?p=3689</link>
		<comments>http://economics.com.au/?p=3689#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government tried last year to make it easier for people to switch banks -- but there hasn't been much take-up. <strong>Joshua Gans</strong> looks at why this is -- and why it doesn't mean the scheme was a failure.]]></description>
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		<title>Give consumers a little credit when it comes to managing their debt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/19/give-consumers-a-little-credit-when-it-comes-to-managing-their-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/19/give-consumers-a-little-credit-when-it-comes-to-managing-their-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian consumers are proving once again they are cleverer than the handwringers give them credit for.]]></description>
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		<title>Follow the consumer</title>
		<link>http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2009/06/08/how-to-invest-in-consumers-now.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2009/06/08/how-to-invest-in-consumers-now.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=65509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A guide to investing in consumer-related stocks in the downturn. Nb. the enduring appeal of soap and cereal.]]></description>
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		<title>Jonas brothers need to cross over before tweens tire</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/arts/music/25jonas.html?hp&#038;ex=&#038;ei=&#038;partner=</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 06:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ageing population]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Jonas brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop sensations the Jonas Brothers need to cross over, and fast. The tween market is fickle and allegiances come and go faster than ever. The band needs to strike before its core fans — young girls — “age out” of the experience.]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t afford a $66K glass Artichoke lamp? Try $12 sheep&#8217;s milk soap instead</title>
		<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124165938081394419.html</link>
		<comments>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124165938081394419.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 05:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[consumer sentiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard hit luxury stores are getting creative, banking on people to continue being just a little self-indulgent -- say, splurging on a fancy garden trowel instead of a chandelier.]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers turn away from consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.newsneconomics.com/2009/05/is-conspicuous-consumption-dead.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsneconomics.com/2009/05/is-conspicuous-consumption-dead.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is conspicuous consumption a thing of the past? Consumers are no longer searching for blatant symbols of their wealth in a battle of keeping with the Joneses. ]]></description>
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		<title>Will the GFC help the environment?</title>
		<link>http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/04/27/is-a-bad-economy-good-for-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/04/27/is-a-bad-economy-good-for-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 06:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[household waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It might hurt, but some experts are saying that the Global Financial Crisis is giving Planet Earth a bit of room to breathe.]]></description>
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		<title>The hipster&#8217;s eternal search for authenticity</title>
		<link>http://www.adpulp.com/archives/2009/04/the_real_cuban.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.adpulp.com/archives/2009/04/the_real_cuban.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Ad Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Café Bustelo, a Cuban coffee company founded in the Bronx in 1928, is seeking new adherents and finding them at Sundance, Fashion Week and Coachella. Will the hipsters fall for it?]]></description>
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		<title>What gadgets are early adopters searching for?</title>
		<link>http://weblogs.hitwise.com/sandra-hanchard/2009/04/what_gadgets_are_early_adopter.html</link>
		<comments>http://weblogs.hitwise.com/sandra-hanchard/2009/04/what_gadgets_are_early_adopter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geek stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search data]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HitWise share a sample of what people in their early technology adopter demographic groups have been searching for recently.]]></description>
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		<title>Harnessing peer pressure to turn the world green</title>
		<link>http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2141</link>
		<comments>http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2141#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consumers choice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market psychology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Behavioral economics is an unconventional field of research that examines how human nature really works and uses it to shape the choices people make.]]></description>
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		<title>The seven sins of greenwashing</title>
		<link>http://makower.typepad.com/joel_makower/2009/04/the-seven-sins-of-greenwashing-is-everybody-lying.html</link>
		<comments>http://makower.typepad.com/joel_makower/2009/04/the-seven-sins-of-greenwashing-is-everybody-lying.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Ad Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of 2,219 products from North American retailers making environmental claims, researchers have found that "over 98%" committed one of several "sins."]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic fantastic: Bagging the bag baggers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/plastic-fantastic-bagging-the-bag-baggers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/plastic-fantastic-bagging-the-bag-baggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic bags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plastic bag scare numbers just don't add up, writes <b>Michael Pascoe</b>.
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		<title>What do green consumers look like?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/what-do-green-consumers-look-like/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/what-do-green-consumers-look-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A UK government department has recently segmented green consumers into seven groups, writes retail commentator <b>Rob Lake</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Making hay in the dry: farmers turn water into profit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/08/making-hay-in-the-dry-farmers-turn-water-into-profit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/08/making-hay-in-the-dry-farmers-turn-water-into-profit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodity prices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big dry is increasing the value of water and there are some big, big winners, writes <b>Lionel Elmore</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with that $30,000 phone bill &#8230; without regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/dealing-with-that-30000-phone-bill-without-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/dealing-with-that-30000-phone-bill-without-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian communications authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile data]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a "mounting dossier" of complaints to communications regulators concerning unexpectedly high mobile phone bills, reports the <i>Australian Financial Review</i> today.]]></description>
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