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Organized Crime Hits Almost All Retailers
Of the 129 retail companies surveyed by the National Retail Federation (NRF) this year, nearly all (94.5%) have been the victim of organized retail crime in the past 12 months. Data from the “2011...
View ArticleTop 10 Social Networking Websites & Forums – May 2011
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Yahoo Total Core Search Queries Rise 17% MOM
Yahoo saw its total core search queries rise 17% between April and May 2011, from about 3.24 billion to almost 3.79 billion, according to qSearch data from comScore. No other of the top five US search...
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6 in 10 Large Papers Have Mobile Apps
Newspaper mobile app activity correlates with newspaper size, according to [pdf] an April 2011 study from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Reynolds Journalism Institute. Results from...
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Consumers More Likely to Express Satisfaction via SocNet
Despite common industry wisdom that consumers are much more likely to publicize negative experiences, consumers express satisfaction on social networks more frequently than disappointment, according to...
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Consumers Remain Wary
US consumers remain wary of the economy, according to results of the June 2011 Consumer Reports Index. The Sentiment Index remained flat at 45.7 from May 2011, comparable with June 2010 (45). (more…)
View ArticleTop 10 Print Media Websites – May 2011
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3 in 5 Americans Own Pets
More than three in five Americans (62%) have a pet, according to a May 2011 Harris Poll. Among pet owners, seven in 10 have a dog (69%), half have a cat (51%), one in 10 have a fish (11%), and less...
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Most Papers May or Will Charge for Online Content
Of newspapers that don’t currently charge for online content, 85% may or will charge at some point, according to [pdf] an April 2011 study from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and...
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Twitter Users More Mobile
Twitter users are more likely to perform social networking via mobile device than users of Facebook or LinkedIn, according to data from Compete. Forty-three percent of Twitter users access Twitter via...
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Healthcare Costs Key to When and Where US Investors Retire
Seventy-two percent of non-retired US investors say the cost of healthcare is a major determinant of when they retire, according to the May 2011 Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism...
View ArticleTop 10 Mobile Phone Websites – May 2011
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Email IPR Correlates with Sender Score
The average inbox placement rate (ISP) for promotional emails correlates with the sender score of the entity sending them, according to [landing page] a study conducted from January to April 2011 by...
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Apple Increases Unique Audience 6% MOM
While Apple was the eighth-ranked US website in May 2011 in terms of unique audience, it had the highest month-over-month unique audience growth rate (5.7%) of any of top 10 sites, according to data...
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3/4 of Adults Have Watched Web TV
More than three-quarters of American adults (77%) have watched a TV show on the Internet rather than on a traditional television, according to a May 2011 AdWeek/Harris Poll. That figure includes 51% of...
View ArticleTop 10 Portal Frontpages – May 2011
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Mobile Security Products to Generate Almost $4B by ’16
Global sales of mobile security products will produce more than $1 billion USD revenue by 2013 and approach $4 billion, according to [sign-in] a June 2011 white paper from Juniper Research. Data from...
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Customer Retention Top Marketing Priority
Slightly more than half (52%) of US and UK marketing executives say one of their company’s top marketing priorities is customer retention, according to [download page] a survey from Forbes Insights and...
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Gaming Devices/MP3 Players Generate 7 in 10 Connected Device Impressions
Mobile gaming devices and MP3 players combined to generate 70% of the connected device impressions on the Millennial Media network in May 2011, according to [sign-in] the May 2011 Millennial Media...
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