Higher oil prices hit business and consumers overnight.

Gasoline taxes target people who travel, and value-added taxes hit consumers.

But it is about to hit consumers where they sit.

It is in smaller towns and rural areas, over which big companies might not care to fight, that a narrowing of voices could hit consumers the hardest.

The market's rise is likely to hit consumers harder in the next few weeks than they have been so far in the crisis.

The pattern of slow rolling will ultimately benefit the largest players and hit consumers in the pocketbook.

The consequences of the ban will hit both fatteners and consumers.

Such a long extension to the term of protection for copyright will only hit individual consumers and it will inhibit the production of new music.

The increased rates, combined with a cold winter, have hit consumers like a one-two punch.

"It's about a sense of discovery, having fun with it," she added, rather than "hitting consumers over the head" with traditional ads.