21.   One of the advantages of having vineyards and wineries around the world is an improved ability to respond to consumer tastes.

22.   Part of the slowdown reflected a switch in consumer tastes toward leather shoes and sandals and away from athletic shoes.

23.   Price reductions and changing consumer tastes also helped increase sales.

24.   Perhaps the most significant change with which banks are grappling these days is shifting consumer tastes.

25.   Rubbermaid is also intensifying efforts to track consumer tastes.

26.   Still, after the long slump, department stores have staged an earnings recovery by cutting distribution costs, as well as by adjusting to consumer tastes.

27.   That cuts costs and allows quick reaction to shifting consumer tastes.

28.   That task has become exceedingly difficult as consumer tastes have splintered and as products proliferate.

29.   The introduction offers lessons in the difficulty of predicting consumer tastes and in the pitfalls of rolling out a wildly successful product.

30.   The story of how it did so offers a peek into the way electronics companies can reshape a product to fit changing consumer tastes and needs.