anoccasionwhencustomersstopbuyingaparticularproductorstopbuyingfrom aparticularcompanyas a way ofexpressingstrongdisapproval:Thethreatof apossibleconsumerboycottofdiamondshaspersuadedtheindustrythat it has totackletheproblemofhumanrightsabuse.(Definition ofconsumer boycottfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofconsumer boycott
consumer boycottThe international seclusion and its effects on the economy, coupled with the internal factor of an ever growingconsumerboycottcampaign, forced the regime to initiate negotiations.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They recognise that there is likely to be aconsumerboycottof their products if irradiation is given the go-ahead and if people lose confidence.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It admitted that that decision was influenced by theconsumerboycott.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That is part of theconsumerboycott.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Many politicians and ministers were openly hostile and several called for consumer boycotts.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The use of consumer boycotts forced major concessions by employers during that period.From theCambridge English CorpusA content analyst coding this passage might list the following topics: consumer boycotts, recycling of cars, risks of diesel cars, and the unreliability of scientific information.From theCambridge English CorpusWe cannot leave it to the public to achieve this by running their own consumer boycotts.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/consumer-boycott##
