Despite Obstacles, Consumers Will Still Spend This Holiday Season

In this year's edition of NPD's annual holiday survey, consumers said they plan to spend an average of $681 this year...



Client Close-Up

Waterford Wedgwood USA is the U.S. subsidiary of Waterford Wedgwood, the Dublin-based maker of handcrafted crystal stemware and giftware and fine bone china giftware and tableware.

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Licensed Brand Management Reports

 

NPD recognized a need in the marketplace to provide fashion brand executives with a broader, more strategic view of what's driving their sales, and those of other key brands, across apparel, footwear and fragrance.

 


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If so, NPD PowerView 5.0 can really be a time-saver. You can bypass the PowerViewer screen and run your reports directly into Excel, Access, PowerPoint, or a text file.

 

NPD in the News

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Industry News

NPD Reports Over One-Third Of Overweight Children Wear Adult Or
Junior Size Clothing

With nearly one-third of all children in the U.S. considered overweight, finding clothing that fits has become a challenge for overweight kids. According to a new report from leading consumer and retail information company, The NPD Group, mothers of overweight children reported 31 percent of their nine to twelve-year-old boys and 38 percent of girls in this age group are already wearing men’s, women’s or junior-size apparel.

The NPD Group Purchases ACNielsen's Canadian IT Tracking Business

The NPD Group, a global provider of consumer and retail information and insights, and ACNielsen, the world’s leading provider of consumer and marketplace information, today announced that NPD has agreed to purchase select assets related to ACNielsen’s Information Technology (IT) tracking business in Canada.

 

The NPD Group Offers New In-Depth Insight Into The Consumer Electronics And Technology Markets

The NPD Group, a leading consumer and retail information provider, has launched Market Insights, a service that combines expert industry analysis, enhanced by The NPD Group's point-of-sale (POS) data and consumer panel information.

 

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