Stores Magazine - November 2007 - (Page 23) NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz $62.2 billion Amount spent at retail on jewelry and watches last year Source: Unity Marketing $24 billion Sales by airport retailers worldwide in 2006 #1 Source: Martin Miller’s Gin $716 billion Pharmacy industry retail sales in 2006 Source: Datamonitor 2.4 billion Prescriptions filled at drug stores last year Source: Chain Pharmacy Industry Profile $54.4 million Volume of over-the-counter appetite suppressants sold in 2006 — double that of four years earlier Source: Facts, Figures & the Future Where jeans rank on the list of worst fashion trends of the last 25 years, as rated by 100 fashion editors 12,500 Source: Workforce West Virginia 52% Source: Research and Markets Americans citing cereal as their top choice for breakfast Wal-Mart associates working in West Virginia – making it the state’s largest private employer $6.6 billion Credit card fees paid by convenience store retailers last year, up 22 percent from 2005 Source: NACS State of the Industry 53% Source: NPD Research Private label’s share of U. S. retail apparel sales 56% Source: ICD Research Consumers saying they would shop a discount store when next purchasing a table, floor, desk or night-table lamp $2.2 billion Size of U.S. skin and body care market Source: Research and Market 37% Men who say they feel unwelcome in retail stores Source: WSL Strategic Retail WWW.STORES.ORG 74% Top 100 retailers indicating they had increased investment in cyber security Source: BDO Seidman $5.07 billion Estimated spending on Halloween products this year Source: BIGresearch STORES / NOVEMBER 2007 23 http://WWW.STORES.ORG
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