Consumers aren't actively seeking deals before buying as often as they were last summer, according to the latest survey from Retail Forward, a consultancy and market research firm specializing in retail strategies.
In the first quarter, beef sales volumes fell 1.7% from a year earlier at 18, 000 grocery stores, supermarkets and other retail outlets tracked by market-research firm Nielsen Co.
To retail industry analyst Marshal Cohen of market research firm NPD Group, the greatest advantage for Spanx besides the obvious increase in visibility will be the capacity to road-test new products and categories without having to fight for department store space.
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These women, whose buying power has been on the upswing, often faring better than their male counterparts in a down economy, will drive retail purchases, says Marshall Cohen, chief industry analyst with market research firm the NPD Group.
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In May, according to market research firm NPD Group, U.S. retail video game sector sales were down 14% from the same month last year, due largely to a 19% drop in console game software sales.
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U.S. video game sector retail sales fell 9% in December from a year, according to market research firm NPD, and the total would have been even lower had it not been for the new Kinect hand- free motion controller for the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360.
For the month, according to new data from market research firm NPD Group, overall U.S. video game revenue at retail stores was down 5% from the same month last year.
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Its managers have posted a 15% rise in sales, increased the company's share of the department-store market from 15% to almost 19% (according to Verdict, a retail-research company) and widened its operating margins to almost 16% from 12%.
U.S. consumer electronics retail sales for Black Friday declined 5.6 percent, a steeper than anticipated decline according to market research company The NPD Group.
U.S. retail video game sales fell 20% in February from the same month last year, according to date from market research firm NPD Group.
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Total U.S. video game industry retail sales jumped a surprising 24% in the month from a year ago, according to new data from market research firm NPD Group.
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