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The NPD Group: Despite Economic Woes, Consumers Not Scrimping on Entertainment Subscriptions [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 57 minutes ago
According to the latest update to the “Entertainment Trends in America” consumer tracking studies conducted by The NPD Group, a leading market research company, even as newspapers and other traditional forms of subscriptions have declined, most forms of entertainment-content subscriptions have been maintained by U.S. consumers this year, and mobile data plans and other newer kinds of subscription services have expanded their customer bases. Overall monthly per-capita entertainment-content sub...

Holiday Retail Outlook [Press Release]
Business Wire | 39 days 11 hours 36 minutes ago
The NPD Group, Inc., a leading market research company, released the results of its annual survey of consumers’ holiday spending intentions. Thirty percent of consumers surveyed told NPD they ‘plan to spend less’ this holiday, which is a four point increase over last year’s results.

The NPD Group: When It Comes to Entertainment Options, U.S. Consumers Turning to Social Networking, Texting, and Twitter [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 1 hour 37 minutes ago
According to the latest update to the “Entertainment Trends in America” tracking study conducted by The NPD Group, a leading market research company, many consumers expect to be spending the same amount on traditional entertainment categories during the coming holiday season, even as their participation in newer forms of entertainment continues to rise. The most notable increases occurred in social networking and text messaging: More than a third (37 percent) of respondents reported visiting ...

The NPD Group Offers First and Only Service to Integrate POS and Causal Data for the Consumer Technology Industry [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 4 hours 37 minutes ago
The NPD Group, a leading market research company, announces a one-of-a-kind enhancement to its Retail Insight Service which now allows customers to view market share and key causal factors side-by-side. This combination is a first within the consumer technology industry.

Foodservice Traffic Declines for Fourth Consecutive Quarter [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 4 hours 37 minutes ago
Summer is historically a peak season for the foodservice industry, but this past summer the industry realized its fourth consecutive quarter of traffic declines versus the same quarter a year ago, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s CREST®, which continually tracks consumer usage of foodservice, reports that total restaurant industry traffic declined by -3.6 percent in the summer quarter (June, July, and August) versus the summer quarter last year. Total consu...

NPD Finds Moms Eating Habits and Nutritional Knowledge Influences What Their Kids Eat [Press Release]
Business Wire | 33 days 4 hours 37 minutes ago
Healthy eating is on the minds of many moms, but it’s their eating habits and nutritional knowledge that have the most bearing on what their children eat, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. Recent NPD food industry market research finds that in households with kids, when the adult female has a good Healthy Eating Index (HEI), a measure of diet quality similar to federal dietary guidance, the majority of kids in the household are eating just as well.

Burger King Holdings Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 23 days 4 hours 32 minutes ago
Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC) today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010.

Experts Available to Discuss Less to Choose From: Retailers Reduce Inventories after Being Stuck with Glut Last Year [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 22 hours 51 minutes ago
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Action! LifeCam Cinema Introduces 720p HD Widescreen Video [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 93 days 2 hours 34 minutes ago
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Widescreen technology is everywhere these days, built into virtually every new notebook, desktop monitor and flat-panel TV,(1) and today Microsoft Hardware sets a new standard for webcams with the launch of LifeCam Cinema, the first consumer webcam on the PC to offer widescreen video with a native 720p sensor.(2) The timing couldn't be better, with more and more people going online to share videos with friends and family; in fact, more than 10...