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| the tendency of a group to consume according to a fixed pattern |
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| the tendency of an individual to consume in a fixed pattern |
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| a formal series of acts prescribed by ritual, protocol, or convention |
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| trade (or industry) association |
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| an organization that has been developed by businesses whose members agree to aabide by established standards or practices and coded of ethics |
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| a high pressure sales tactic that many funeral directors use to persuade the buyer to purchase a higher-priced funeral |
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| cooperative programs providing simple, dignified funerals at low cost |
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| an agreement between the consumer and the funeral director specifying in advance a price and arrangements for the consumers own funeral |
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| a provision in an individuals will specifying how the deceased's assets should be distributed |
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| spending and consuming on a lavish scale |
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| monetary and financial well-being |
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| a feeling of unfulfillment that results from efforts to keep up with the rest of society; an epidemic of stress, overwork, waste, and indebtedness caused by consumers pursuit of the american dream |
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| the irrational desire to compete with one another to prove financial superiority by spending more |
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| the accepted manner in which a group of people behave at a given time |
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| the accepted manner in which a group of people behave for a brief time |
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| a distinctive human expression |
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| the ability to discern and appreciate that which is appropriate |
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| the superficial redesign of a product for sale purpose only |
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| the deliberate under-engineering of a product to give it an unnecessarily short life span so as to require premature replacement. |
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| a substantial change in the product that actually increases the performance of that product |
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| any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor |
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| the process of moving goods and services from producer to consumer, influencing sales by changing stimulus conditions |
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| informational advertising |
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| a form of advertising that offers useful information about products or services |
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| research done on sepcific products revealing only results that are favorable to the advertisers |
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| a claim that is obviously false but is used anyway |
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| a market situation with so many knowledgable buyers that the action or inaction of one or a few cannot have any noticeable effect on market price |
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| the power of a product or service to command other products or services in return |
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| CFC's chlorofluorocarbons |
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| synthetic chemical substances consisting of chlorine, fluorine, and carbon. They are released by various household appliances and products |
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| CAFE (corporate sverage fuel economy) |
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| the average miles per gallon the federal government allows for a specific manufacturers fleet of automobiles |
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| the "resistance" measure or the capacity of insulation to resist the flow of heat from a warm room to the cold outside |
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