It is about a new consumer class and an even larger class of aspirants to it.

Mr. Singh wants to build Wal-Mart superstores for a mushrooming consumer class.

Nearly 35 Indian cities have a population exceeding a million, and proliferating shopping malls cater to the rapidly growing consumer class.

But a consumer class is rising fast.

The growth in disposable incomes, and the opening up of the country to world markets, has altered the face of Indian society, creating a new consumer middle class.

The idea that there's a new consumer class and you have to be consumer-friendly when they're stealing stuff.

We are not out promoting the establishment of a consumer class.

"This is a growing economy, with sophisticated and historic traditions of trading and business, it has a vast consumer class and there is quick appreciation on investments."

The problems of unemployment and housing which the fascists trade on are more the fault of the middling consumer classes than any number of immigrants or Islamic fundamentalists.

Additionally to third degree price discrimination, the supplier(s) of a market where this type of discrimination is exhibited are capable of differentiating between consumer classes.