World Consumer Rights Day

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2020 DateMarch 15, 2020
2021 DateMarch 15, 2021

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World Consumer Rights Day

World Consumer Rights Day History

World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated throughout the world as a reminder for countries to observe and enforce consumer rights and needs. World Consumer Rights Day is an annual occasion for celebration within the international consumer movement. This observation was first proposed by Anwar Fazal working for Consumer International, on March 15th of 1983. World Consumer Rights Day has a theme every year. President John F Kennedy is credited with bringing attention to this cause.

World Consumer Rights Day Facts & Quotes

  • The theme of World Consumer Rights Day in 2017 was ‘Building a Digital World Consumers can Trust’.
  • On March 15th of 2017, 134 consumer organizations in 92 countries came together to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day and take part in the #BetterDigitalWorld campaign.
  • Consumers International was founded in 1960 to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day.
  • In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy - Ivan Illich
  • In giving to others which belongs to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country -John F. Kennedy

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World Consumer Rights Day References and Related Sites

www.consumersinternational.org: World Consumer Rights Day

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