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The research, based on a survey of 19,000 consumers across 12 countries highlights the issue of ‘information overload’, with 73% of consumers feeling inundated by too much choice and 75% saying they are bombarded by advertising, resulting in 74% abandoning purchases in the last three months of 2023.

Around three quarters (73%) of consumers state that they feel inundated with 'too much choice' when shopping, research by Accenture shows.

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Welcome back to "your $$$$$." christine romans joins me now. if you saw the show last week, you caught my conversation with white house special advisor elizabeth warren about some of the steps she wants to take to protect consumers. this week she found herself under attack by republicans as she testified before the house oversight and government reform panel. listen. >> so its gone beyond your advice to treasury. you are also providing advice to other governmental agencies. >> congressman -- >> ...

so he is running counter to conventional wisdom in that people still blame president bush for the current state of the economy. so i dont think its -- while it looks like a great number, republicans ought to be jumping in and saying, oh, wow, the president is really vulnerable. when you look inside the numbers, he is less vulnerable than that would imply. >> lets take a look at some of the notable republicans who have said no just for the month of may for running for the gop election. ...

lot of individual reasons for individual candidates who decided not to run. but i have to tell you, you look at those figures and you say, whoa, the president is in for a rough reelection ride. should he get it simply because if that many people think the economy is poor, that certainly is not going to help him at the voting booth. but heres the rub. they dont actually blame president obama for the economy. 55% of americans blame george bush. just 30% blame president obama. so he is ru...