US Retail & Food Services Sales Continue to Climb
US retail and food services sales for June 2009 continued the positive trajectory they began in May, rising 0.6% last month, according to advance estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Retailer Daily...
View ArticleMagna: US Ad Economy to Slip 14.5% in 2009
The US ad economy will slip 14.5% this year, according to a forecast – the first using a new methodology – from Interpublic’s MAGNA unit, writes MediaBuyerPlanner. (more…)
View ArticleGrocery Stores ‘Epicenter’ of Couponing Action
An overwhelming majority of coupon-clipping consumers in the US report that the grocery store is the epicenter of their coupon-redemption activity, according to a study by ICOM, a division of Epsilon...
View ArticleJune US Web Stats: Surfed Pages Increase
The average online American visited 88 web domains, had 51 internet sessions, surfed 2,569 pages and spent 57 seconds per page during June 2009, according to (pdf) data from Nielsen Online. (more…)
View ArticleNew Cars Not on American Shopping Lists
Nearly six in 10 (59%) Americans say they do not plan to shop for a new car for more than four years, a significant increase over the 46% who said the same thing in 2005, according to a survey by...
View ArticleGlobal Consumers Bored by CPG Offerings
Though only 26% of global consumers think that the worldwide food and beverage industry is innovative, 89% are interested in trying new products in this category, according to a study by Ipsos...
View ArticleUS Trade Deficit Rises
RetailerDaily.com reports that total imports rose 2.3% from $149.3 billion, and total exports rose 1.9% from $123.4 billion. The goods deficit increased 3.2%, from $37.2 billion to $38.4 billion. Goods...
View ArticleTop 10 Family Websites – June 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Politics Websites – June 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleBehind the Curve: Week Ended July 17, 2009
Below are this week’s links to recent research news and studies from the collection of items that MarketingCharts didn’t get to writing up , but still may be worth a peek: (more…)
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