Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and NPD have announced an agreement whereby NPD will provide Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club with consumer tracking data. Under the agreement, Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club will have access to NPD information on U.S. consumer purchasing across a broad spectrum of industries.
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European retailers face more challenges and competition than ever. Across industries, consumers' loyalty to particular products, brands, and categories is waning, and shoppers often change their minds at the very last moment before making a purchase.
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"LimeWire is the last P2P giant standing, but several major record labels have a joint lawsuit pending to shut it down. According to the NPD Group, an entertainment research firm, LimeWire accounted for 62 percent of P2P downloads in 2006. "
At Restaurants, Take-Out Takes OffWell over half of the meals purchased at the nation's estimated 935,000 restaurants are gobbled up at home, back at the office or in the car. Twenty-five years ago, far more people ate restaurant food in eateries than took it out. By 2006, the typical American ate 81 meals inside restaurants but ordered 127 to go, reports researcher NPD Group.
Home Parties Prosper with Intimate ApparelThe year is not yet half over, but 2007 is already shaping up to be the year of the dress. Sales of women’s dresses are up…way up, according The NPD Group, Inc., leading provider of consumer and retail information. For the 12 months ending in April 2007, women’s dresses posted over $5 billion dollars in sales. That is a 30.4% gain over the same time period in 2006. By comparison, total women’s apparel is up only 5.1% for the same time period.
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