STORES Magazine - January 2009 - (Page 20)

trEnDS NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz 3 million 14% Children with food allergies, up 18% over the last decade Source: National Center for Health Statistics Increase in conversion rate by online merchants accepting three or more payment types Source: CyberSource 2 700,000 Number of people being recruited to start playing golf over the next five years Source: World Golf Foundation 62% Ranking for Hannah Montana as most popular doll for girls, displacing Bratz as the runner-up to Barbie Source: NRF/BIGresearch Shoppers who go to Walmart when looking for video games, beating Best Buy and GameStop (54% each) Source: IGN Entertainment 65% Consumers saying they plan to use recycled products, top choice among environmentally-friendly items Source: NPD Group 77 3 44.6% Americans who haven’t done anything to preserve the estimated 550 billion non-digital photographs they have taken Source: GfK Custom Research 52% 15% Minutes the average consumer spends in a mall Share of cargo thefts occurring on Friday, Saturday or Sunday Cargo thefts involving consumer electronics merchandise Source: Chubb Group 17.3% Retail vacancy rate projected for the middle of 2009 Source: Property & Portfolio Research Average number of stores visited on trips to the mall Source: Adspace 16% Online shoppers designated “digital divas” — those who have a higher propensity to shop, communicate and employ digital devices 39% 28% Source: Nielsen 15.3 million 20-ft. equivalent units (TEUs) coming through major U.S. container ports in 2008, fewest since 2004 Source: NRF/IHS Global Insight Females responding “not so good” when asked what they thought the state of their finances would be well into 2009 171 Average number of contacts “digital divas” have in e-mail, social networking and cell phone address books Males responding “not so good” to the same question 92% 24% Source: Harris Interactive Consumers saying brand is at least somewhat important in attracting them to an online shopping site Consumers saying they would shop more if online checkout procedures were easier 22% “Digital divas” who shop at least once a day Source: Microsoft Advertising/Ogilvy Chicago/Mindshare $2.6 billion Source: Packaged Facts Size of ethnic H&BC market in the United States 20 STORES / JANUARY 2009 WWW.STORES.ORG http://WWW.STORES.ORG

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STORES Magazine - Jauary 2008 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page Mechanical Marvel P&G Invests in Ocado Now I Remember What Shoppers Think 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Breaking the Monotony Multi-Channel Concept2Watch E-Commerce Analytics Category Management IT Systems In-Store Technology IT Systems Communications Website Strategy Communications SOA Energy Video Surveillance Employee Theft Online Fraud Industry Perspective Loeb Retail Letter ARTS Update Point of View NRF News Retail Crossword End Cap

STORES Magazine - January 2009

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