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Before examining the impact of consumerism on industrial products, it's worth recalling the definition of this term, which recently appeared in the French vocabulary. According to the Petit Robert, "consumérisme" is a term imported from the United States in 1972 to designate "consumer protection by associations". The term "consumer" already existed, but synonyms such as "acheteur" (buyer) or "client" (customer) were used interchangeably, lacking the special connotations of today's "consommateur" (consumer).
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Why was consumerism so late in coming, when trade had already played a major role in our society for centuries? The reason is as much economic as it is sociological: in order to see the light of day and then develop, consumerism needed the modern economic system, opposing supply and demand, production and...
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The actors of consumerism
References
Thesis
- - http://www.sudoc.abes.fr
- DELGADO (N.) - L'influence du consumérisme sur le régime juridique des marques. - Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris) (2002).
Standardization
Association française de normalisation (AFNOR) http://www.afnor.fr
- Relations fournisseurs-utilisateurs ; essais comparatifs de produits - principes de base. - NF X 50-005 - 8-1975
- Relations fournisseurs-utilisateurs - Reprise des résultats d'essais comparatifs de produits. - NF X 50-006 - 8-1993
OCDEfrOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development () http://www.oecd.org
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French consumer organizations, members of the National Consumer Council
ADEICFEN fr
Association d'éducation et d'information du consommateur de la fédération de l'éducation nationale (consumer education and information association of the national education federation)
.ASSECO-CFDT fr
Association études et consommation...
French public consumer structures
INC fr
National Consumer Institute
editor of 60 millions de consommateurs. http://www.inc60.fr
CSC fr
Consumer Safety Commission
.European and international organizations
Belgian consumer association
publisher of Test Achats. http://www.test-achats.be/
ANEC fr
European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation
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