Stores Magazine - October 2007 - (Page 20) trEnDS NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz 77% Consumers citing deductions from gift cards if not used within time limit as the “biggest ripoff” (tied with ATM fees) Source: WSL Strategic Retail 2% Share of 14- to19-year-olds who have neither bought nor received a gift card Source: Comdata Stored Value Solutions $47.3 billion Back-to-school spending for college students this semester $956.93 Average amount spent on back-to-school shopping for college students Source: NRF’s Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey 10,000 Americans turning 60 each day 800,000 Non-ATM consumer kiosks expected to be in use by the end of 2007 Source: Summit Research Associates Source: U.S. Census Bureau $259.1 billion Projected volume of online sales for 2007 Source: Shop.org 125 Median number of prescriptions dispensed daily by supermarket pharmacies (up from 120 in 2005) 12,000 ATM machines removed and not replaced in retail locations in 2006 Source: Phoenix Payment Systems Practice 10.4 million 65% Pounds of food collected this summer through Bag Hunger, a project of Macy’s Partners in Time employee volunteer program Source: Macy’s Share of U.S. multi-channel shoppers that expects to be able to cancel or modify an order at a bricks-and-mortar store Source: Sterling Commerce $10 billion Value of the frozen fruit, juice and vegetables consumed in the United States last year Source: Research and Markets 9.5% Rx as a percentage of total supermarket store sales (up from 9% in 2005) Source: Food Marketing Institute 20 STORES / OCTOBER 2007 WWW.STORES.ORG http://Shop.org http://WWW.STORES.ORG
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