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NPD Group Inc

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NPD Group Inc
Type: Company
Name: NPD Group Inc
Nationality: United States
Web Address: http://www.npd.com/
Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for NPD Group Inc
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Auto care could be a hot category in 2010
Stock up on motor oil and auto accessories.Auto care, including motor oil, could be a hot category for petroleum-convenience retailers in 2010. That’s because many consumers are keeping the vehicles they have, and some are trying to take better care of ... [NPNweb.com - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
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Apple Inc
Apple's Macs Set For Monster November
Apple's Mac and iPod sales are tracking along with expectations so far this quarter, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster says in a note today.U.S. Mac retail sales were up 7% year-over-year in October, according to NPD Group, per Munster. Street consensus is ... [Silicon Alley Insider - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Corporate Deals)
Mixed Signals From Retailers
The retail sector continues to send mixed signals heading into the holiday season.Although the latest figures from the U.S. Commerce Department on retail sales topped analysts' expectations, many of the gains came from a jump in sales of automobile and ... [CNBC - 14 hours ago]
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents
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ComScore Inc
Everybody's a Scrooge
sumers are wearing their frugality as a badge of honor.About 37% of those surveyed by NPD Group said they plan to buy all of their gifts on sale this year.Last year's financial crisis caught some consumers off guard. It's impact came swift and hard and ... [CNBC - 12 hours ago]
First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents
NPD Group Predicts Bargain Hungry Shoppers For Holidays
Leaner Inventory Will Be 'Gift' for RetailersDon’t miss your chance to see Marshal Cohen of The NPD Group speak live at The WSA Show in February! To find out more about our seminar program, click here.Holiday shoppers plan to spend more cautiously this ... [WSA Today - 11 hours ago]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 3 Documents (in New Business)
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Netflix Inc
Recession has not slowed revenue for subscription media
Consumers are spending 7% more on subscription media than a year ago, with the average household paying $115 a month, according to the latest NPD Group report, which covers TV, DVR, satellite radio, subscription music, newspapers and magazines, mobile-phone ... [SmartBrief - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)
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Google Inc
Who's Going to Pay for Online Content? A) A Few of You B) Barely Anyone C) You're Already Paying [MediaMemo]
The new conventional wisdom is that sooner or later, consumers are going to have to start paying for some of the stuff they’re currently getting for free on the Web.But will they actually pay up? There, the conventional wisdom is not so helpful. And neither ... [All Things Digital - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents
How Will Retail Fare Over Holidays? Signals Are Mixed
The retail sector continues to send mixed signals heading into the holiday season.Although the latest figures from the U.S. Commerce Department on retail sales topped analysts' expectations, many of the gains came from a jump in sales of automobile and ... [CNBC - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
October Video Game Sales Tumble
After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game retail sales slumped again in October, unable to escape the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending and swelling the ranks of unemployed.Market researcher NPD Group said Thursday total ... [CIO Today - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Innovating problems: why DJ Hero flopped
The NPD Group's sales information for October has been released, and DJ Hero is nowhere to be found on the top ten list. According to Gamespot , the game sold 122,300 copies. That may not sound like a flop, but keep in mind that this number is spread ... [ArsTechnica - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
The NPD Group: Despite Economic Woes, Consumers Not Scrimping on Entertainment Subscriptions
?? update shows subscription spending grows --continued declines for magazines and newspapers, as satellite TV and mobile data plans rise PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest update to the ?? consumer tracking studies conducted ... [Business Wire UK - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in New Business)
Top 10 best-selling video games in USA: PS3 exclusive 'Uncharted 2' has a strong debut
Sales tracking group NPD have released figures detailing the top selling games in the USA during October. Uncharted 2, a PlayStation 3 exclusive action-adventure, sold over half a million units and took top spot after a mid-October release. Nintendo's ... [The Independent - 11/14/2009]

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...our indications suggest that consumers will shop but be more cautious in their approach,' said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group. "The study's results show consumers will be doing their homework a bit more carefully this year." Some 45 percent of the those polled by NPD said they will comparison shop before they buy. That's a five-year high
Mixed Signals From Retailers [CNBC - 14 hours ago]
...'In these times the show becomes more important,' said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group research firm. "They do a great job of bringing attention, excitement, fanfare, desire and passion into the equation." Intimate apparel sales plunged nearly 7 percent at their lowest point during the recession, as battered consumers cut discretionary spending out of their...
Victoria's Secret Hopes to Rekindle Desire for Lingerie [CNBC - 16 hours ago]
..."It was really the iPhone that came out full-bore for a consumer perspective," said Ross Rubin, an NPD Group consumer technology analyst. "We saw app development focus on consumer applications like social networking and games.... Particularly with Apple's retail presence and advantages in that market, through design and so forth, that's where Microsoft's main challenge lies." Many other technology observers agree that Apple receives credit for sparking the smartphone boom...
How Microsoft blew it with cell phones [CNN - 11/19/2009]

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Victoria's Secret Hopes to Rekindle Desire for ... [CNBC - 16 hours ago]
GameStop's income rises 12% in fiscal Q3 [Video Business Online - 18 hours ago]
Dell, Gap, Intuit results on late-session radar [MarketWatch - 11/19/2009]
How Microsoft blew it with cell phones [CNN - 11/19/2009]
Dell's report to come amid market-share losses [MarketWatch - 11/19/2009]
How Microsoft blew it with Windows Mobile [CNN - 11/19/2009]
Apple's Macs Set For Monster November [Silicon Alley Insider - 11/19/2009]
Auto care could be a hot category in 2010 [NPNweb.com - 11/19/2009]
Global TV Shipment Growth Recovered in Q3; Firs... [TMC Net - 11/18/2009]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game gets ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/18/2009]
NPD Sees Increased Vehicle Maintenance Behaviors [Convenience Store/Petroleum - 11/18/2009]
Q3 Sales Dip at Loblaw [Progressive Grocer - 11/18/2009]
Americans Nuking More than Cooking [Progressive Grocer - 11/18/2009]
Grab-'em-while-you-can gadgets [msn.co.in - 11/17/2009]
November Aftermarket Perspectives from The NPD ... [SmartBrief - 11/17/2009]
Recession has not slowed revenue for subscripti... [SmartBrief - 11/17/2009]
How Microsoft Blew It With Windows Mobile [Wired News - 11/17/2009]
Microsoft’s Zune goes on a world tour [Geek.com - 11/17/2009]
Microsoft Watch: Microsoft to Launch Zune Inter... [Microsoft-Watch - 11/17/2009]
Confirmit Announces Creation of ‘Confirmit Flex... [TechWhack - 11/17/2009]
14% of Americans signed up to online gaming ser... [GamesIndustry.biz - 11/17/2009]
More Americans are dining in, but not because t... [The Independent - 11/17/2009]
Microsoft to Launch Zune Internationally, Witho... [Microsoft-Watch - 11/17/2009]
Holiday Hope For Retailers [Forbes.com - 11/16/2009]
Big Hopes For Assassin’s Creed 2 [Red Orbit - 11/16/2009]
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Ozzie Misses the Point, says Apps Don’t Matter [TheAppleBlog - 11/18/2009]
Speaking yesterday at the Professional Developer’s Conference, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explained what’s really important when it comes to ...
Will Qualcomm Power the Next iPhone? [Mashable! - 11/18/2009]
For as long as we can remember, there have been rumblings that a Qualcomm chip would find its way into iPhones of the future. The speculation was especially high ...
How Microsoft Blew It With Windows Mobile [Wired: Gadget Lab - 11/17/2009]
Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up ...
NPD: Consumers Sticking with Entertainment Subs... [NewTeeVee - 11/17/2009]
Newspapers and magazines may not be faring so well in this economic climate, but consumers are holding on to their entertainment subscriptions, according to a new ...
Who's Going to Pay for Online Content? A) A Few... [All Things Digital - 11/16/2009]
The new conventional wisdom is that sooner or later, consumers are going to have to start paying for some of the stuff they’re currently getting for free on the ...
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