October 2006 Issue 46
Featured Reports
Video Gamer Segmentation Report
Events
AAPEX
Automotive Aftermarket
Industry Association
Las Vegas, NV
Director, Industry Analysis
David Portalatin, speaking
Event Web site
November 15, 2006
2006 DisplaySearch Korea Flat Panel Display Conference
Seoul, Korea
Event Web site
January 8 - 11, 2007
International Consumer Electronics Show
Las Vegas, NV
NPD Industry Experts Stephen Baker, Russ Crupnick, Liz Cutting, and Ross Rubin, speaking
Event Web site
January 14-17, 2007
NRF 96th Annual Convention and Expo "Retail's Big Show"
National Retail Federation
New York, NY
Chief Industry Analyst Marshal Cohen, speaking
Event Web site
January 30, 2007
NPD Hot Off the Press
for the Beauty industry
New York, NY
Insights Mission
Wireless Content Trackers
NPD’s growing portfolio of information offerings for the wireless industry covers who’s buying mobile devices, which mobile applications and services they are using, and why they are using them.We’ve just added two more services for an even better view of the quickly-evolving wireless market: Mobile Music Track and Mobile Game Track.
Dennis Keogh,
Coty Prestige,
Senior Vice President of U.S. Marketing
Jennifer Lopez, Kenneth Cole, Calvin Klein, and Vera Wang are just some of the top-selling celebrity and designer scents in the Coty Prestige family. In early 2006, Coty, Inc., the world’s largest fragrance company and a leader in the color cosmetics market, created this division because they wanted to become a top-five global beauty company at the heart of the prestige market.
Coming soon!
Germany’s Foodservice Industry: Where Restaurants Buy Their Products, and What They Buy
The concept of a “cash & carry” market for foodservice operators – a business-to-business wholesale warehouse for purchasing ingredients and other products used by restaurants and other foodservice outlets – is not unique to Germany, but this channel is more commonly used in Germany than in other European nations.
The NPD Group: TV-DVDs Soften Video Sales Decline
Over the past decade, the DVD sales category has enjoyed tremendous growth from year to year. More recently, however, overall DVD sales growth has slowed considerably. According to The NPD Group, a leading consumer and retail information company, through June 2006 the DVD business increased unit volume sales by 4 percent over the first half of 2005; but that’s half the rate of growth that NPD saw last year.
Men's Prestige Skincare Growth Outpaces Women's
Sales of men’s prestige* skincare products for the first half of 2006 reached $32 million, up three percent from the same time in 2005. It continues to grow at a time when women’s prestige skincare sales are flat for 2006.
Portable Digital Music Players Still in Demand, Making Music and Money
Portable digital music players (PDMP) are seen and heard everywhere, but who is using them, where are they being used, and how? The Portable Digital Music Player Report, from leading consumer and retail information provider The NPD Group, examines attitudinal and behavioral patterns of kid, teen, and adult PDMP users.
Over the past decade, the DVD sales category has enjoyed tremendous growth from year to year. More recently, however, overall DVD sales growth has slowed considerably. According to The NPD Group, a leading consumer and retail information company, through June 2006 the DVD business increased unit volume sales by 4 percent over the first half of 2005; but that’s half the rate of growth that NPD saw last year.
Sales of men’s prestige* skincare products for the first half of 2006 reached $32 million, up three percent from the same time in 2005. It continues to grow at a time when women’s prestige skincare sales are flat for 2006.
Portable digital music players (PDMP) are seen and heard everywhere, but who is using them, where are they being used, and how? The Portable Digital Music Player Report, from leading consumer and retail information provider The NPD Group, examines attitudinal and behavioral patterns of kid, teen, and adult PDMP users.
NPD In The News
Chicago Sun-Times (October 16, 2006)
"Where we had A or B, now we have A through Z," said Neil Strother, research director for mobile devices at The NPD Group market research firm.
Online Partners Turn Fierce FoesFort Wayne Journal Gazette (October 15, 2006)
According to NPD Group Inc., a market research group in Port Washington, N.Y., sales of traditional toys have averaged a 2.9 percent decline from the January-August period, even as makers are trying to come up with new electronic toys that excite children who are growing out of toys faster.
Handbags are Big -- Really Big -- This FallThe Ledger (October 9, 2006)
The cult of the handbag has reached new heights, literally. The hottest handbags are close to 2 feet tall and wider than a doorway - power bags large enough to hold a small bureau and topple a passerby with one swing of the shoulder. And the price tags are just as hefty at $1,500 and up.
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