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Facebook Eclipses Google for Social Sign-in
Facebook has eclipsed previous social sign-in favorite Google as the leading social sign-in (SSI) site among users of the Janrain Engage social connection service. During Q1 2011, Janrain recorded a...
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Wedding Guests Spend $490 Average
A guest to a wedding spends an average of $490, according to the April 2011 American Express Spending & Saving Tracker. For a participant that figure rises to $539, due to higher average spending...
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Consumer Confidence Rises after Bin Laden Death
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index improved 10 percentage points in the week after Osama bin Laden’s death, May 2-8. This surge in confidence brought the Index up to -25, the highest weekly confidence...
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6 in 10 Marketers Perform Interactive Marketing
Six in 10 marketers perform some level of interactive marketing, according to [pdf] a study conducted in Q4 2010 by Unica. Data from “The State of Marketing 2011” indicates 10% perform interactive...
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18% of Smartphone Subscribers Use Mobile Check-in
About 7% of US mobile phone subscribers and 18% of smartphone subscribers used location-based “check-in” services on their phones in March 2011, according to comScore MobiLens data. In total, 16.7...
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Most Favor Social Acceptance of Gays
While the public is divided over same-sex marriage, a majority of Americans (58%) say that homosexuality should be accepted, rather than discouraged, by society, according to data collected by the Pew...
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Global Competition Top Talent Concern
When asked to name their most pressing talent concerns (more than one response allowed), the highest percentage of respondents (41%) said competing for talent globally and in emerging markets,...
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Digital Tunes Boost Music Sales
Music sales in the US are up 1.6% in 2011, according to The Nielsen Company, as digital album and track sales saw dramatic year-over-year growth through May 8, 2011. While Nielsen data shows physical...
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Most Marketers See Web Data as Very Important
About two-thirds (68%) of marketers see web data as very important to customer analytics and 63% see it as very important to making decisions about marketing offers and campaigns, according to [pdf] a...
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More Memorial Day Travelers Choose to Fly
Thirty-five percent of US adults planning to travel during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30, 2011) intend to fly, according to data from TripAdvisor. This up about 21% from 29% who planned...
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Most Adults Agree Some Online Cos. Too Powerful
When American adults were asked in an April 2011 Adweek/Harris Poll if they agree or disagree that some online companies, such as Google or Facebook, control too much of our personal information and...
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9 in 10 Marketers Use/Plan to Use Social Media
A combined 89% of marketers use (53%) or plan to use (36%) social media marketing, according to [pdf] a study conducted in Q4 2010 by Unica. Data from “The State of Marketing 2011” indicates of those...
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1 in 3 Smartphone Shoppers Often Accesses In-store Coupons
Almost one in three (31%) US smartphone owners who use their device for shopping frequently/often access promotional coupons in-store for in-store redemption, according to [sign-in] a March 2011 study...
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6 in 10 Americans Say Vacation Important
More than six in 10 (61%) Americans say taking a vacation away from where they live this year is important, according to results of an April-May 2011 USA Today/Gallup poll. This includes 36% who say a...
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