CONSUMERS´ ASSOCIATION
- CONSUMERS´ ASSOCIATION
- (CA) (Ассоциация потребителей) Британская благотворительная организация, созданная в 1957 г. для составления независимого и технически обоснованного справочника по товарам и услугам, доступным населению. Ассоциация потребителей проверяет и изучает продукты и услуги и публикует сравнительные отчеты о назначении, качестве и стоимости товаров и услуг в своем ежемесячном журнале Which? Она издает также Holiday Which? и Gardening From Which?, наряду с различными книгами, среди которых можно выделить такие, как “Юридические аспекты покупки дома”, “Как начать свое собственное дело” и “Какие? Книга о сбережениях и инвестициях”. Аналогичной по функциям американской организацией является Потребительский консультационный совет (Consumer Advisory Council).
Финансы: Оксфордский толковый словарь. — М.: Весь Мир.
Батлер Б., Джонсон Б., Сидуэлл Г., Вуд Э., Клаттербак Б., Айзек А., Бриндли Б., Уолтерс P.M., Райт М..
1998.
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