STORES Magazine - April 2008 - (Page 24)

trEnDS NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz $22.6 billion Toy sales in 2007 Source: NPD Group 94% 1,600 Number of Church’s Chicken outlets with the opening of a unit in Blue Springs, Mo. Source: Church’s Chicken Shoppers saying they encountered no problems in their most recent experience returning merchandise Source: Opinion Research 100 million Compact fluorescent light bulbs sold by Wal-Mart in 2007 $175,000 Average annual revenue per worker at U.S. discount stores (excluding Wal-Mart supercenters) Source: Research and Markets 875 million Consumers worldwide who have made purchases on the web $300 million Amount Wal-Mart would save if it achieves its goal of doubling fuel efficiency in its fleet of trucks Source: Wal-Mart 94% U.S. Internet users who have made online purchases, ranking eighth in the world Source: Nielsen Global Online Survey 643 million Kilowatt hours saved by Publix since launching its Green Routine program in 2001 $3.8 billion Sales of Windows-based POS terminals in 2007, vs. $1.02 billion for Linux and $475 million for DOS-based or other systems Source: IHL Group 209,000 Increase in mobile coupon usage in the second half of 2007 Source: Cellfire 119% Tons of cardboard recycled by Publix last year Source: Publix 33% Source: Mercer 81% U.S. companies saying they may impose a hiring freeze this year 78% Internet users saying online shopping is convenient 47% Consumers saying it is very important to be able to return to a store items purchased online or via telephone Source: Sterling Commerce 75% Americans citing inserts and circulars as the most efficient advertising medium Source: Vertis Communications 48% U.S. teenagers who did not buy a music CD in 2007, up from 38 percent in 2006 Source: NPD Group Internet users who say they don’t like giving out personal information (such as credit card numbers) online Source: Pew Internet Project 16.1% Source: BIGresearch $2.9 billion Total spent in New York City stores by overseas shoppers last year Source: NYC & Co. Walgreens’ share of the retail prescription drug market – greatest among U.S. retailers $44.4 billion Total footwear sales in the U.S. last year Source: NPD Group WWW.STORES.ORG 24 STORES / APRIL 2008 http://WWW.STORES.ORG

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STORES Magazine - April 2008 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page More Retailers Bagging Monthly Comp-Store Reports Time-Warner Center's Economy-Defying Results What Shoppers Think 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Eating Locally Grocery Concept2Watch Restaurants Online Services Marketing Human Resources Product Lifecycle Management E-Commerce: Peer Reviews Drive Online Buyers Kiosks Recycling Operations Payment Systems POS Logistics E-Commerce: Getting Personal Website Management LOEB Retail Letter Arts Update Point of View NRF News Retail Industry Calendar Last Laugh

STORES Magazine - April 2008

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