...Nintendo Co. sold 475,000 of the original Wii in that console's first seven days in stores, according to data from the NPD Group. The original Wii remains available, and Nintendo said it sold more than 300,000 of them last week, along with roughly...
...didn't get any boost from the launch of Windows 8, confounding the hopes of Microsoft and PC makers, research firm NPD Group said Thursday.In the three weeks after Windows 8 launched on Oct. 26, sales of Windows PCs and tablet computers fell...
...their sales from celebrity brands, which is up from under 10 percent five years ago, according to market research firm NPD Group.As interest from stores and shoppers grows, so does the list of celebs with their own lines. Madonna, 54, has a new...
...annual profit.Last year, U.S. retail sales of toys fell 2 percent to $21.18 billion, according to research firm NPD Group.This year, Toys R Us, is introducing a "hot toy" reservation program. Starting on Wednesday, the Wayne, N.J...
...food or requesting water, according to a study by The NPD Group. As sales of sodas have slipped, restaurants have responded...fast-food restaurants are increasing, according to The NPD Group.Skimpier menusValue menus aren't as meaty as they...
...overall unit sales are up 15 percent this year through October, according to the latest data available from research firm NPD Group Inc. That compares with a 2 percent rise during the same period in 2010. Meanwhile, prices have dropped 7 percent to...
...purse or briefcase rather than cook a full breakfast and sit down to a prepared meal.According to market researcher The NPD Group, the number of times Americans snack is expected to rise faster in the morning than during the afternoon or evening...
...National Retail Federation expects November and December sales to rise 2.8 percent after a 5.2 percent gain in 2010.NPD Group Chief Industry Analyst Marshal Cohen said he expects holiday sales to rise just 1.5 percent to 2 percent.Others were...
...the country slipped 3 percent, while traffic during breakfast hours slipped 2 percent, according to research from The NPD Group.But selling a good-tasting cup of coffee, which often comes with a fat profit margin, is generally considered a...
...top uses of ketchup in this country is on french fries," said Harry Balzer, the vice president of the research firm NPD Group. "One of the patterns of behavior in this difficult climate that continues to do OK is ordering and eating in your car...
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