What is Consumer?
{{for|consumers in biology|Heterotroph}} [[File:People are buying fruits.jpg|thumb|Consumers buying fruit in [[Nanjing]], [[China]]]] In [[economics]], a '''consumer''' is a person or organization that uses [[Service (economics)|services]], [[Good (economics)|goods]], or [[Commodity|commodities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consumer|title=Consumer - Define Consumer at Dictionary.com|work=Dictionary.com}}</ref> ==Economics and marketing== A consumer is a person that buys a good for [[consumption (economics)|consumption]]. They don't buy goods to sell them again. The consumer is a person who pays money needed to buy goods and services produced. Consumers are important in the [[economic system]] of a [[country]]. Without consumer [[demand]], [[production (economics)|producers]] don't have a reason to produce. A producer's main reason to produce is [[Sales|to sell]] things to consumers. The consumer is also part of the [[distribution (economics)|chain of distribution]]. ==Related pages== *[[Consumer protection]] *[[Consumerism]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Economics]] [[Category:Business]]