1.   But consumers have a highly competitive Marketplace on their side.

2.   Consumers have a right to reasonable protection against the sale of faulty goods.

3.   Consumers have the legal right to demand their money back if a product is faulty.

4.   The aim is to allow consumers to have greater influence over forms of care allotted to them.

5.   The currency crisis, with higher mortgages and interest rates, means that consumers have far less disposable income.

6.   To save the most money, consumers would have to change their habits to shift the times of peak demand.

7.   Consumers have so much information coming at them about different products, that it is often difficult for them to choose which one to buy.

8.   Consumers will not have to junk their old cassettes to use the new format.

9.   However, virtually all the proposed HDTV standards mean that consumers will have to write off their existing televisions and buy new sets in order to receive HDTV.

10.   Analysts said this was consistent with recovery as manufacturers bought more foreign materials, exporters switched to home markets and consumers had money for imported goods.