"And the consumers in many areas continue to have only one choice."

They also question whether consumers will continue to trust the program.

It will be interesting to see if the consumer continues to buy them.

Consumers are continuing to spend but job and income growth has been slow.

Thomas Cook insists that consumers continue to book despite its financial problems.

Consumers, however, continued to sustain the recovery, as they have for months.

Still, the new numbers suggested that if consumers continue to spend at their present level, the nation may avoid a recession.

But credit has been so easy that consumers continued to spend.

Looking ahead, he said, the question is, "Will the consumer continue to believe in the mimicry?"

Still, the numbers suggested that if consumers continued to spend at their current level, the nation might avoid a recession.