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NY Times: Digital SLR Market Share

December 29, 2010

By Shelly Freierman – NY Times Digital SLR Market Share September through November There was a major shift in the market for digital S.L.R. camera from September to November, sompared with that period a year ago.  Canon rose to a 51 percent share, from 45 percent and Nikon fell to 38 percent, from 46...

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eMarketer: Online and mobile times grow, TV and newspaper times decline

December 28, 2010

eMarketer says in 2010, the average adult spent about four and a half hours per day watching television—or 30 hours per week—compared to an average of just two and a half hours per day spent online—or about 18 hours per week. eMarketer estimates time spent online grew 6 percent this year, compared to a...

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Final shopping weekend before Christmas sees growth

December 26, 2010

comScore, Reston, Va., reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 49 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $28.36 billion has been spent online, marking a 12-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week (week ending Dec. 19) reached $5.5 billion in...

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Moms Turn to Web and Social Media When Buying Electronics: CEA

December 22, 2010
Moms Turn to Web and Social Media When Buying Electronics: CEA

Arlington, VA—A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reveals that most moms use social media to share and review opinions of technology products and retailers to make informed purchasing decisions. “As the main purchase decision makers in the home, women with children represent a crucial demographic for marketers,” said Ben Arnold, senior...

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Samsung Increases Consumer Dialog Since Relaunch of Samsung.com

December 17, 2010
Samsung Increases Consumer Dialog Since Relaunch of Samsung.com

Samsung released metrics to demonstrate the  success of the recently relaunched U.S. Samsung.com. The new digital platform was designed to create opportunities for ongoing conversation with consumers. According to Samsung, the metrics show marked increases in three priority areas: consumer engagement, social media connections and community participation, for the post-launch period of September 16...

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Best Retail Electronics Websites Ranked by Keynote Systems

December 17, 2010
Best Retail Electronics Websites Ranked by Keynote Systems

Keynote Competitive Research, the industry  research group of Keynote Systems, announced the results of its Q4 2010 study of retail electronics websites—with Amazon.com taking first place for Best Overall Customer Experience. In the Technical Quality rankings, Buy.com was first for Reliability while TigerDirect.com ranked… http://demystifyingdigital.com/dd_blogs/PhotoIndustryNews/archive/2010/12/14/best-retail-electronics-websites-ranked-by-keynote-systems.aspx

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Photobucket reveals Holiday Photo Usage Survey results

December 15, 2010

Photobucket Corp., Denver, Colo.,  announced the results from a company-sponsored Holiday Photo Usage Survey conducted in November 2010. The nearly 3,000 respondents helped to illustrate the current attitudes and habits of those planning to capture photo and video this holiday season. Among the findings were that moms are mostly responsible for capturing the family’s...

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$35 Billion in Mobile App Sales by 2014

December 15, 2010
$35 Billion in Mobile App Sales by 2014

The number of applications downloaded to smartphones made by Apple Inc., Motorola Inc. and other manufacturers will surge by 60 percent a year and generate more than $35 billion by 2014, a report says. Mobile-phone users will download 76.9 billion programs for games, news and entertainment by 2014, up from 10.9 billion this year,...

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Research Brief: The Culture, Habits and Perceptions of Holiday Gift Giving

December 13, 2010

According to the Liberty Mutual “2010 Responsible Giving Survey,” fielded for Liberty Mutual and The Responsibility Project by Ketchum Global Research Network highlights, Americans are becoming more charitable in their giving habits this year. Findings show that 81% of Americans appreciate charitable donations given on their behalf in lieu of a physical gift and...

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Black Friday or Cyber Monday, Consumer Electronics See Strong Sales

December 3, 2010
Black Friday or Cyber Monday, Consumer Electronics See Strong Sales

Woodbury, NY—While Black Friday has traditionally marked the beginning of the holiday buying season, with notorious traffic congestion both around and within shopping malls, in recent years the following Monday, dubbed Cyber Monday, has proved to be the busiest online shopping day, with more and more consumers opting to shop from their desk chairs....

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