Top 10 Print Media Websites – January 2011
Note: The Experian 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 Experian Hitwise...
View ArticleUS DOOH Spending to Hit $4.5B in ’13
US digital out-of-home (DOOH) media spending will hit about $4.5 billion according to a new report from Adcentricity. Projections from the “Digital Out-of-Home Outlook & Planning Guide” indicate...
View ArticleFamily Changes Divide Society
The American public is sharply divided in its judgments about the sweeping changes in the structure of the American family that have unfolded during the last 50 years, according to data from the Pew...
View ArticleMore than 4 in 10 Americans Resolve Weight Loss
Losing weight is a popular 2011 New Year’s resolution among Americans, according to results of a new Harris Poll. Forty-four percent of US adults have made losing weight one of their resolutions for...
View ArticleTop 10 House and Garden Websites – January 2011
Note: The Experian 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 Experian Hitwise...
View ArticleTop 10 Mobile Phone Websites – January 2011
Note: The Experian 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 Experian Hitwise...
View ArticleTop 10 Investment/Finance Websites – January 2011
Note: The Experian 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 Experian Hitwise...
View ArticlePower Outages Threaten Biz Utility Customer Satisfaction
When power outages occur, providing business customers with accurate estimates of power restoration times are critical to maintaining customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates...
View ArticleDec. CPG Dollar Sales Flat
Following flat year-over-year performance in October 2010, and a roughly 2% November 2010 increase, US private label CPG dollar sales remained flat in December 2010, according to data from The Nielsen...
View Article6 in 10 Obese Americans Resolve Weight Loss
Approximately six in 10 obese Americans (59%) and morbidly obese Americans (62%) have resolved to lose weight in 2011, according to results of a new Harris Poll. These percentages help skew the overall...
View ArticleClose to Half of US Mobile Subscribers Use Mobile Media
In December 2010, nearly 47% of mobile subscribers in the US were mobile media users (browsed the mobile web, accessed applications, downloaded content or accessed the mobile Internet via SMS), up...
View ArticleOnline Merchants Improve Fraud Management
For the second consecutive year, North American online merchants improved their fraud management performance in 2010, according to the CyberSource 2011 Online Fraud Report. In 2008, online fraud hit an...
View ArticleMobile Music to Generate $5.5B in ’15
Music consumed on mobile handsets will globally generate $5.5 billion annually in 2015, according to a new white paper from Juniper Research. This represents a 77% rise from $3.1 billion from 2010....
View Article1 in 3 Seniors in Developed World Ready for Retirement
Across broad global regions, those aged 60 and up facing retirement in the more developed regions are more positive about their prospects than those in emerging regions, according to a new study from...
View ArticleMobile SocNet Use Grows
Social networking is among the fastest-growing US mobile categories by total audience, according to a new report from comScore. Data from “The 2010 Mobile Year in Review” indicates social networking...
View Article‘Behind the Curve:’ Week Ending Feb. 25, 2011
Below are some links to recent research news, studies and lists from the collection of items that MarketingCharts didn’t get to writing up this week, but still may be worth a peek: (more…)
View ArticleQ4 Retail E-commerce Sales Hit $44B
Adjusted Q4 2010 US e-commerce sales increased 5.6% from Q3 2010, according to new estimates from the US Census Bureau. Adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, US retail e-commerce...
View ArticleWealthiest Americans Dramatically Increase Income
A huge share of US economic growth during the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of 1 percent of the wealthiest Americans, who now make an average of $27 million per household, according...
View ArticleUS Gains on EU5 in Smartphone Adoption
Comparisons of the growth of the US smartphone install base and EU5 smartphone install base during 2010 show the US making gains, according to a new report from comScore. Data from “The 2010 Mobile...
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