STORES Magazine - February 2008 - (Page 22) trEnDS NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz 7.4 Top rating awarded (on a scale of 1 to 10), to Overstock.com, in the Customer Respect Index Source: Customer Respect Group 50% 237% Year-over-year sales growth for GPS systems in 2007, highest of any product classification in the consumer electronics category Source: NPD Group $880.8 million Online retail sales for December 10 — highest of any day in 2007 Source: comScore Inc. Mac users who pay to purchase music downloads 15% PC users who pay to purchase music downloads Source: NPD’s Digital Music Monitor $100 billion Forecasted value of 2008 e-commerce transactions in India Source: Tradeindia 51.2% Source: Burst Media Consumers who shop online while at work $56.8 billion Size of U.S. natural products market Source: Research and Markets -0.03% Year-over-year change in imported, loaded containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., in 2007 Source: Global Insight $75 billion Worldwide sales of pharmaceuticals made from natural plant substances 4.6% Share of annual candy sales during week prior to Valentine’s Day, the best week of the year $35 billion Amount spent on holiday gift cards in 2007 Source: Archstone Consulting $3 billion Worldwide sales of cosmetics made from natural plant substances Source: European Commission 1.3% Share of annual candy sales during the first week in January, the worst week of the year Source: Nielsen Co. 35% ’tweens owning or possessing a mobile phone Source: Nielsen Co. $712.7 million Source: Nielsen Co. Annual amount spent on probiotic dietary supplements in grocery, drug and mass market stores (excluding Wal-Mart) 22 STORES / FEBRUARY 2008 WWW.STORES.ORG http://WWW.STORES.ORG
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