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This guide shows how a life cycle approach can be used to identify and reduce the environmental and health impacts of the products we use. It underlines the importance of considering these issues across the entire life cycle of a product and sets them within the context of policy development,...
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identified in the literature: real disposable income and wealth. We highlight the role of employment and wage policies in … supporting households disposable income throughout the decade. During the crisis, private consumption was sustained by the …
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since 2005, employment cannot explain the persistent sluggishness of consumer expenditure since then. We found that … additional factors such as various components of disposable income, perceived inflation and one-off events like the VAT increase …
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activities were carried out: consultations with national stakeholders (energy regulators, consumer associations, Alternative … mediators); a consumer survey measuring consumers’ awareness, attitudes and experiences with electricity services; a behavioural …
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This study about legal and commercial guarantees, funded by the European Union in the frame of the EU Consumer … implementation of the Consumer Sales Directive; consultations with retailers, manufacturers, consumer bodies, ECC-net, ADR bodies and … enforcement authorities; an online consumer survey measuring consumers’ experience with legal and commercial guarantees; an online …
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online social media (OSM) from the perspective of consumer behaviour and consumer protection. It aimed to identify and assess …
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The study had a threefold objective: Collecting data and evidence, testing a range of remedies to improve consumer …-based research, stakeholder interviews, and focus groups. Task 2 involved a consumer survey conducted in conjunction with behavioural … effectiveness of remedies to improve consumer decision-making. The survey examined respondents’ behavioural characteristics …
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The present study was conducted as part of a wider evidence gathering by the Commission on geo-blocking as a barrier to online cross-border trade in the European Digital Single Market. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of geo-blocking...
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This behavioural study examined consumer choices in relation to food sustainability, and was carried out at the Milan … Expo 2015 among EXPO visitors, by CentERdata, GFK, and Ecorys. This project examined two aspects related to consumer … sustainability: consumer use of sustainability information and food waste. …
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The present report was based on data collected within the scope of a wider investigation that feeds into one of the Commission’s top priorities: to create a borderless Digital Single Market (DSM) across Europe. The Commission’s DSM strategy for Europe, announced on May 6, 2015, aims to...
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