Stores Magazine - December 2007 - (Page 20) trEnDS NUMBERS WORTH COUNTING Compiled by David P. Schulz $2.025 billion Projected direct marketing sales in the U.S. this year Source: Direct Marketing Association 11% Urban street-front locations occupied by chain stores, up from 8% in 2005 Source: AMR Research $968.9 million Source: Frost & Sullivan 15.2% Increase in restaurant coffee sales between 2001 and 2006 Source: National Coffee Association Revenues generated by interactive kiosks last year 87% 20,000 Specialty food stores in the U.S. $35 billion Forecast for value of gift cards to be sold this holiday season Source: eMarketer Merchants saying they plan to increase pay-per-click marketing budgets in 2008 Source: NetElixir/e-tailing group $250 billion Source: Asterop $12 billion Sales of specialty food stores in the U.S. Source: Research and Markets Amount of untapped consumer spending by retailers in the U.S. 80.6% $39 billion Online retailers advertising their websites in bricksand-mortar stores Source: BizRate Research 2 Online sales forecast for this holiday season Source: Jupiter Research Rank of peace and happiness on Christmas wish lists this year — behind computers but ahead of large-screen TVs Source: Consumer Electronics Association 63% Consumers trusting newspaper ads 19% Private label’s share of grocery store merchandise — highest among retailers surveyed 26% Consumers trusting banner ads on websites 3% Private label’s share of products available at convenience stores and gas stations, lowest among retailers surveyed Source: Nielsen 5 million Packages FedEx expects in its network on December 17 – its busiest day of the year Source: FedEx 18% Consumers who trust mobile advertising Source: Nielsen 20 STORES / DECEMBER 2007 WWW.STORES.ORG http://WWW.STORES.ORG
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