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SocNets Most Used for Friends, Family
Social networks are most likely to be used for reasons pertaining to friends and family, according to NM Incite’s “State of Social Media Survey.” Social networkers who are parents report even higher...
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Promo Retail Email Volume Falls YOY
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers three promotional emails on average during the week ending Sept. 30, 2011, according to Chad White, research director at Responsys and author of...
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Global Q2 Ad Spend Up 6%
Despite overall growth of 5.7% for the global advertising industry in Q2 2011, ad spending fell in nearly half the world’s key markets in Q2 2011, according to The Nielsen Company’s quarterly Global...
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Mature Consumers Use Tech
Mature consumers around the globe are using technology at high rates, according to the A.T. Kearney Global Maturing Consumer Study. Data from the study indicates 87% of global consumers age 60-64 use a...
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Radio Listener Growth l Cellular Revenues l Median Rock Share
US radio added more listeners in September 2011 compared to September 2010, according to Arbitron data, with an additional 1.7 million listeners aged 12 and older tuning in during an average week. The...
View ArticleConsumers Unlock Value of Past Purchases
Thanks to developments such as brand buy-backs, exchange schemes, online platforms and mobile marketplaces, consumers have never had an easier time unlocking the value of past purchases, according to...
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Web Users Spend Most Time w/Facebook Again
For the second straight month, Facebook clearly dominated other top US web brands in average monthly time spent per user during August 2011, according to data from The Nielsen Company. In August 2011,...
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Banking Leads Mobile Financial Activities
In terms of overall adoption, in Q2 2011 36% of financial service account owners (bank, credit card, brokerage, or auto insurance) were using a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) to manage their...
View ArticleTop 10 Games Websites – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 Health & Medical Information Websites – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 House and Garden Websites – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 Investment/Finance Websites – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 IT/Internet-based Business/Finance Websites – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 Mobile Phone Websites – September 2011
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Consumer Spend l Kids’ Entertainment l Multi-generational Households
Overall self-reported daily US consumer spending in stores, restaurants, gas stations, and online averaged $65 per day in September 2011, down from $68 in August and from the 2011 high of $74 in July,...
View ArticleTop 10 Politics Websites – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 Portal Frontpages – September 2011
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View ArticleTop 10 Print Media Websites – September 2011
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Last-Minute Online Holiday Shoppers Eye Deals
41% of online shopping consumers plan to shop between December 21 and 24 for holiday gifts, with the leading reasons among those consumers for their delay being an inability to finish their shopping...
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CFOs Take Dim View of US Economy
CFOs give the US economy an average score of 44 on a scale of 0 to 100, down from 47 at the beginning of 2011, according to a survey released in December 2011 by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Insight...
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