Only 30%?

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 12, 2009 at 8:20 am

An NPD study says three out of 10 people will cut back on their holiday spending this year, which is expected to be the second straight of negative seasonal retail sales. Strikes me as a little low, especially when Wal-Mart just reported negative same-store sales.

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15 months till digital rules

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on August 18, 2009 at 11:17 am

An NPD Group study says the pace of growth in online music sales and the continued crumbling of the CD market will cross path by the end of next year.

When it comes to the unit-sales volume of music sold at retail – including paid digital music downloads and CDs – Apple iTunes leads in the U.S. with 25 percent of music units sold, which is up from 21 percent in 2008 and 14 percent in 2007. Walmart (including Walmart.com) remains in second position with 14 percent of music volume sold. Best Buy ranked third.

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