Some analysts say consumers may also have grown bored with casual restaurants because they are so similar.

The next year, though, consumers grew bored with the games and sales dropped to around $200 million.

The report suggested that consumers may be growing less eager to spend because of financial uncertainty.

Signs of weakness in housing could cause consumers to grow still more fearful.

Although the clear bandwagon is just beginning to roll, consumers may already be growing suspicious.

Analysts said consumers were taking advantage of lower interest rates and growing increasingly confident about the economy.

Business optimism and investment continue to expand even as average consumers grow more fearful.

The American consumer had also grown older, more conservative, less given to impulse purchases.

Theirs will be the brand names on which the consumer grows to depend.

The consumers of higher education have grown more sophisticated.