STORES Magazine - February 2009 - (Page 17)

trEnDS NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz 30% Adults who immediately abandon a website they perceive to be cluttered with advertising 52.4% Adults having a less favorable opinion of an advertiser whose ad appears on a web page perceived to be cluttered Source: Burst Media 1.07 billion 65.8 million Digital music tracks sold in 2008 Source: Nielsen SoundScan Digital albums sold last year 25% Retailers that increased advertising and marketing spend during the 2008 holiday season 48% Consumers using money saved on lower gas prices to buy groceries Source: Precima $16 billion Size of U.S. fashion accessory market Source: Packaged Facts 34% Consumers who are pricedriven but unlikely to spend much time researching options 57% Print media’s share of retailers’ advertising dollars during the 2008 holiday season Source: BDO Seidman 23% Consumers who do not see cost as a primary concern: If they like it, they buy it Source: Porter Novelli ConsumerStyles 1 62 billion Commercial foodservice meals and snacks consumed each year, 13% of which are purchased at retail stores Source: NPD’s Retail Meal Solutions Retail’s rank among all businesses in terms of employing people over 65 years of age Source: Urban Institute $1.35 What consumer electronics retailers lose per in-store customer due to out-of-stocks Source: IHL Group 3,563 Confectionery and nut stores in the United States 16% 72% Consumers saying they would accept fingerprint scans as a way of verifying identification Source: Unisys Security Index Source: TNS Hispanic Shopper 20,227 Number of florists nationwide Hispanic shoppers saying it was important to get in and out of a store quickly 72.9 Items ordered per second during Amazon’s peak business day last December 28,300 Jewelry stores in the United States Source: U.S. Census Bureau 39% Non-Hispanic shoppers saying it was important to get in and out of a store quickly 5.6 million Units shopped on Amazon’s peak day in 2008 Source: Amazon WWW.STORES.ORG STORES / FEBRUARY 2009 17 http://WWW.STORES.ORG

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STORES Magazine - February 2009 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page Are You a Pusher or a Puller? What Shoppers Think Online Retail Satisfaction 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Cover Story - Something’s Got to Give First Look Concept2Watch Online Partners Merchandising Sustainability Inventory Systems Drug Store Systems Business Intelligence Inventory Managment Online Marketing Supply Chain - Better Data, Better Decisions Returns Management - Identifying Fraud Data Security - Securing Intimate Data Anti-Shoplifting - Mall of Shame? Risk Management - Securing Consumer Confidence Loeb Retail letter ARTS Update Point of View NRF News Retail Crossword Retail Industry Calendar End Cap

STORES Magazine - February 2009

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