41.   Sales were off in the first half because of weak consumer confidence.

42.   Roach blamed its demise on high advertising costs and weak consumer demand for its core products of televisions, stereos and computers.

43.   Some analysts and investors were looking for negative growth, given a slump in the housing market, weak consumer demand and a slowing in the build-up of inventories.

44.   Stocks fell amid some concern that weak consumer demand, indicated by sluggish retail sales, is preventing the economy from growing as fast as investors would like.

45.   South American countries such as Argentina are also suffering from weak consumer spending, cutting into results.

46.   Swissair reported earnings after its European competitors saw profits fall amid declining air fares, rising fuel prices and weak consumer spending.

47.   Stremme blamed weak consumer confidence for his more pessimistic forecast.

48.   That means the Fed could cut rates in December if government and industry sales figures suggest weak consumer demand, analysts said.

49.   The Alabama Trial Lawyers Association responds that caps on damages would deny citizens of their only protection in a state with weak consumer laws.

50.   The collapse in property prices is also rippling through the economy in the form of weak consumer spending.