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GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 3 days ago
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The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have to move...
Tags: cell phones, navigational device, Garmin Ltd., standalone device, TomTom NV, NPD Group, device makers, Frank Dickson, In-Stat, GPS, Kansas City, Personal navigation assistant, Satellite navigation systems, Avionics, Garmin, Business Finance, TomTom, Embedded systems, Technology Internet, Navigation
Golden age of perfume in the air?
Orange :: NJ :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The most popular season for fragrance buying is upon us, and with it, the clouds of perfume that mark the entrance to many department stores...How about Thierry Mugler's Alien Liqueur de Parfum, which is aged in oak casks? Even if most shoppers aren't...
Tags: Thierry Mugler, niche fragrances, Karen Grant, NPD Group, Luca Turin, Elena Knezevic, Orange, Fragrances of the World, Toiletry, Fantasy, Perfumery, Cosmetics, Perfume, L'Artisan Parfumeur
Weak economy helping spur lower electronics prices
Montreal :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility A Toronto-based market research firm says it's a great time to buy consumer electronics in Canada. The NPD Group says prices for digital cameras, GPS devices, video game consoles, computers, TVs and the like have all been dropping. For example, a 10-megapixel...
Tags: Canada, Montreal, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza, flu pandemic by country, Pandemics, Health in the United States, Epidemics, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Media technology, Consumer spending, NPD Group, Digital camera, Digital photography, Consumer electronics, Industries, Business Finance, Technology Internet
Extreme shoe styles are afoot
West Hollywood :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility Roopal Patel, senior fashion accessories editor for Neiman Marcus, hit the mark during a customer lunch with shoe designer Bruno Frisoni last month: "God created a special emotion," she said, "for when women walk into a shoe store." It's the same emotion...
Tags: Jimmy Choo, shoes designed, Christian Louboutin, Louboutins, NPD Group, Colleen Sherin, West Hollywood, Roger Vivier, Rupert Sanderson, Zappos.com, Footwear, Susan Bennis, Shoes, Manolo Blahnik
Video game sales continue slide
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Console sales crashed 23% to $380.7 million last month, from $497 million in October 2008. Game software sales fell 18% to $572.7 million, down from $698.4 million a year earlier. The grim numbers represent the seventh monthly decline in U.S. video game...
Tags: U.S, NPD Group, sales fell, economic turmoil, modern warfare, San Francisco, Power Architecture, Wii, Nova Scotia, Technology Internet, Business Finance, Windows games, in video gaming, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, video games, PlayStation 3 games, Video game publishers, Grand Theft Auto IV, Game, Video game, Rock Band, Music video games, Entertainment Software Association, Video game developers, Nintendo, Reggie Fils-Aime, video gaming, Console manufacturer, Touch! Generations, Multiplayer online games, Call of Duty, Electronic Arts, Call of Duty series, First-person shooters
Windows 7 sells 234 percent more copies than Vista
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 24 days ago
Credibility It looks like all the positive buzz round Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system paid off in sales. Windows 7 sold 234 percent more copies during its first few days on the market than Vista did during the same period of its release, according to research...
Tags: NPD Group, Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft boosted as Windows 7 sales outpace Vista
Tōkyō :: Japan | 26 days ago
Credibility Analysis of sales figures by research firm NPD Group suggested that sales of Windows 7 in the United States were 234% higher than when Vista launched in January 2007. "In a slow environment for packaged software Windows 7 brought a large number of customers...
Tags: NPD Group, Microsoft Windows, research firm
Apple gains market share in computers
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The annual Household Penetration Study conducted by NPD Group said the percentage of U.S. households with Apple computers gained in the last year. The survey revealed 12 percent of U.S. computer-owning households own a Macintosh computer, a 3 percentage...
Video game sales slide 6th month in August
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The way things are going, the video game industry might not show any growth this year. Sales were down 16 percent last month, continuing a string of down months that charts back to March, according to NPD data. Images More Technology Revenue clocked...
Tags: million dollars, sales dropped, Madden, NPD Group, Nintendo Co., sixth straight
Video game sales continue to slump in July
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Video game sales slid for a fifth consecutive month in July, declining worse than most analysts' estimates as the lack of hit titles failed to draw shoppers who are still battling a tough economy. According to data from the NPD Group late Thursday, sales...
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