Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports ( CR ), formerly Consumers Union ( CU ), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy. [2] Founded in 1936, CR was created to serve as a source of information that consumers ...
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission ( USCPSC, CPSC, or commission) is an independent agency of the United States government. The CPSC seeks to promote the safety of consumer products by addressing "unreasonable risks" of injury (through coordinating recalls, evaluating products that are the subject of consumer complaints or ...
Consumer organization. Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution . Consumer Organizations may operate via protests, litigation, campaigning, or lobbying.
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices to gain an advantage over competitors or to ...
Wading through consumer complaint after consumer complaint can frustrate even the most diligent consumer. But a report just released by the Consumer Federation of America says not all consumer ...
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) National Consumers League. National Council Against Health Fraud. Organic Consumers Association. Public Citizen. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Quackwatch. TURN (The Utility Reform Network) Underwriters Laboratories.
Consumers International is the membership organization for consumer groups around the world. Founded on 1 April 1960, it has over 250 member organizations in 120 countries. Its head office is situated in London, England, and has numerous regional offices in Latin America, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa .
The consumer movement began to gather a following, pushing for increased rights and legal protection against malicious business practices. By the end of the 1950s, legal product liability had been established in which an aggrieved party need only prove injury by use of a product, rather than bearing the burden of proof of corporate negligence.