Women 18-34 the Dominant Online Group in the UK
The online landscape is shifting in the UK, with 18-34 year old women now the most dominant online group, comprising 18% of the UK internet population and accounting for over one-fifth of all UK...
View ArticleCommerce Dept: Online Retail Sales Up 18% in Q1
U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2007, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences but not for price changes, reached an estimated $31.5 billion – an...
View ArticleUS Population Data by Age and Sex Released
The US Census Bureau this week released population data, tabulated by age and sex, as of July 1, 2006, when the total population edged close to 300 million: 299,398,484. The median age was 36.4 years....
View ArticleOnline Shoppers Going Forth, Multiplying
The number of online shoppers is still increasing, but that growth will be slowing; still, multichannel retailers won’t feel the slowdown as the internet continues to drive offline purchases as well,...
View ArticleYounger Adults Read More Magazines than Older Peers
Younger adults read more magazines than those who are older – those in the 19-24 and 25-34 age groups reported reading a larger number both of different magazine titles and of specific magazine issues...
View ArticleOne in Three US Residents a Member of a Minority Group
The minority population in the United States reached 100.7 million as of July 1, 2006, according to the national and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released last week by the U.S....
View ArticleMySpace Gets 80% of Social Network Visits, Facebook Traffic Doubles
MySpace again dominated the social networking category in April, with 79.7% of visits to sites in the social-network category, according to Hitwise. Facebook was second, with 11.47% of visits; Bebo was...
View ArticleGoogle’s Share of April Searches 55%, YOY Growth 42%
An estimated 3.8 billion search queries were conducted at Google search, accounting for 55% of all search queries conducted in April, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, which today released its April...
View ArticleHitwise Makes American Idol Prediction via Search Stats
As of the week ended May 19, American Idol’s Blake Lewis had a slight advantage over Jordin Sparks based on volume of search terms, according to Hitwise data: Going into the show’s finale on Wednesday,...
View ArticleInternet Plays Dominant Role in Automobile Purchases
In-market automotive consumers are relying more and more on the web to do research – including watching online videos, which boost both brand consideration and brand image, according to a recent Burst...
View ArticleMore Than 2.9 Million Broadband Subscribers Added in 1Q07
The 19 largest cable and telephone providers in the US – comprising some 94% of the market – acquired over 2.9 million net additional high-speed internet subscribers in the first quarter of 2007,...
View ArticleKids’ Chores Now Online
Online kids are accessing information not only for themselves but also for their parents – some 14% said they planned to help their moms file income tax returns online – according to the Kidz Surfin...
View ArticleMinorities, Women Underrepresented on Cable News
During the week of the Imus controversy, cable news networks marginally increased the representation of minorities on their broadcasts – but subsequently relegated women and people of color “to the...
View ArticleIAB/PwC: Record Internet Ad Revenues for Q4 and Full-Year 2006
U.S. internet advertising revenues continued to spiral, totaling $16.9 billion in 2006 – a new annual record – growing 35% from 2005, according to the Internet Advertising Revenue Report released today...
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