Article: Businesses take aim at eco-conscious consumers; Big-box stores lead strong push to promote products.

Byline: JOHN BOOTH

Green seems to be on consumers' brains.

More than three-quarters of 2,077 respondents to an April 2008 survey by Findlay-based mystery shopping firm Corporate Research International said they had undertaken some energy-saving or environmentally friendly practices at home, ranging from turning lights off more frequently to recycling plastic grocery bags.

And businesses big and small are trying to turn that consumer intent into bottom-line retail success.

Aurora-based TCP Inc., which makes and sells energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs, has long been tying its corporate brand to energy conservation and ...

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