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Before the mid-twentieth century, consumers had limited rights with regard to their interaction with products and commercial producers. Consumers had limited ground on which to defend themselves against faulty or defective products, or against misleading or deceptive advertising methods.
Consumer interests can also serve consumers, consistent with economic efficiency, but this topic is treated in competition law. Consumer protection can also be asserted via non-government organizations and individuals as consumer activism. Efforts made for the protection of consumer's rights and interests are: The right to satisfaction of basic ...
See also Category:Consumer organizations for organizations including (a) government & regulatory organizations; (b) consumer rights advocacy organizations (this category); and (c) unions / associations of consumers that provide consumer benefits.
On March 15, 1962, President John F. Kennedy said, "If consumers are offered inferior products, if prices are exorbitant, if drugs are unsafe or worthless, if the consumer is unable to choose on an...
Consumer Action; Consumer Federation of America; Consumer Reports; Consumer Watchdog; FlyersRights.org; Funeral Consumers Alliance; 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 ...
On March 15, 1962, President John F. Kennedy said, "If consumers are offered inferior products, if prices are exorbitant, if drugs are unsafe or worthless, if the consumer is unable to choose on an...
The consumer movement is an effort to promote consumer protection through an organized social movement, which is in many places led by consumer organizations.It advocates for the rights of consumers, especially when those rights are actively breached by the actions of corporations, governments, and other organizations that provide products and services to consumers.
World Consumer Rights Day is an annual occasion for celebration and solidarity within the international consumer movement. Participants observe the day by promoting the basic rights of all consumers, demanding that those rights are respected and protected, and protesting about the market abuses and social injustices which undermine them. World ...