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The Optician’s Hidden Strategy: How Rebranding Contact Lenses Locks in Customers

by holme70 March 13, 2025
The Optician’s Hidden Strategy: How Rebranding Contact Lenses Locks in Customers

When you buy contact lenses from an optician, you might think you are getting a unique brand that only they offer. In reality, it could…

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Credit cards

by holme70 July 1, 2022

What to Know About Credit Cards In order to use a credit card, you must be at least 18 years old and have a valid…

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Broadband

by holme70 June 30, 2022

It is crucial for you to know what your options are if your broadband service isn’t to your liking. If you are unhappy with your…

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Insurance

by holme70 June 30, 2022

Insurance is a necessary evil in life. An accident happens when you least expect it. There are some things that are simply not worth insuring,…

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Borrowing money

by holme70 June 29, 2022

Local banks, credit unions, and lending companies may all provide loans, and you will need to repay interest. Before signing a loan contract, be sure…

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RSS Consumer News

  • Influencer Marketing Unboxed: Annex
    Influencer Marketing Unboxed: Annex sandrine.carpentier Wed, 12/17/2025 - 04:00 Wed, 12/17/2025 - 04:00 Reports BEUC-X-2025-115 Unfair commercial practices Enforcement Food information Consumer rights Redress and enforcement Image File BEUC-X-2025-115_Influencer_Marketing_Unboxed_Annex.pdf Type application/pdf Size 2775961bytes Language English
  • Influencer Marketing Unboxed: Exposing how the fast fashion and food sectors hook consumers
    Influencer Marketing Unboxed: Exposing how the fast fashion and food sectors hook consumers sandrine.carpentier Wed, 12/17/2025 - 04:00 Influencer marketing is everywhere and unavoidable for anyone on social media due to the high volume of content and boundless creativity of social media influencers. Between March and September 2025, 14 BEUC consumer organisations from 12 countries […]
  • Towards the Digital Fairness Act
    Towards the Digital Fairness Act sandrine.carpentier Tue, 12/02/2025 - 15:56 Digitalisation seems to give consumers easy access to an endless number of products and services. However, it also increases the asymmetry of information and bargaining power between businesses and consumers. Every year, EU consumers lose €7.9 billion because of unfair commercial practices online like dark […]
  • BEUC’s Recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Multimodal Passenger Rights initiative
    BEUC’s Recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Multimodal Passenger Rights initiative sandrine.carpentier Thu, 10/16/2025 - 10:18 Consumers combining different transport modes do not currently benefit from harmonised rights at EU level, making them completely dependent on operators’ terms and conditions. The European Commission proposed creating a framework in 2023 and both the European Parliament (EP) […]
  • BEUC’s Recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Air Passenger Rights Regulation revision
    BEUC’s Recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Air Passenger Rights Regulation revision sandrine.carpentier Thu, 10/16/2025 - 10:10 Passenger rights are essential consumer protections and are currently under review.  In practice, few consumers get to exercise their rights due to overly lengthy, burdensome and ineffective enforcement procedures. This calls for change and trilogues need to clarify […]

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