The Search Agency, a global online marketing firm and the largest independent U.S. search marketing agency, today announced the results of its 2012 Online User Behavior and Engagement Study, conducted online by Harris Interactive in August ...
Tags: Smartphone, Couples Favor Tablets, Study, Consumer Electronics
Consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) appear cautiously optimistic about business and the marketplace in general, according to PMMI's report on the Vision 2020 focus groups it conducted during PACK EXPO International 2012. Today's ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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Older customers are now Apple's biggest fans, said a brand perception measurement company Friday, citing shifting demographics that indicate the company's appeal to the young and technology-enamored has been slipping. The finding from ...
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A new analysis from Symphony Consulting, a division of SymphonyIRI Group Inc., reveals that claim sales for "Better for You" and "Dietary Restriction" lead among five macro health claim categories, accounting for 36 percent and 33 percent ...
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The world continues to move faster and decisions are often made at the spur of the moment, but Lightning Labels of Denver, CO, identifies recent research that shows the significant impact of packaging decisions on consumer choices. ...
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As baby boomers age, there has been a growing concern that traffic fatalities and vehicle crashes will spike especially since older drivers already are a high risk segment, but a new study finds that these changing demographics won't cause ...
Frito-Lay North America,a convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo,has introduced two new potato chips flavors under its Lay's Kettle Cooked brand. According to the company,Lay's Kettle Cooked Applewood Smoked BBQ and Lay's Kettle Cooked ...
Tags: potato chips, fat, Baby Boomers
My friend and colleague Ray Keener makes a good point in this?BR&IN?blog post?from last week when he asks the question, "Are flat bike sales for the past 35 years a good thing or a bad thing?" Among other things, Keener points out that ...
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Yesterday, we saw how to achieve that Mad Men look using fabrics. And previously on this blog, we’ve talked about the traditions of mid-century modern design. This was a period roughly from the mid-50s into the early ’70s that ...
Devout do-it-yourselfers made pilgrimages to the Fredericksburg Expo Center for a Wood Working & D.I.Y. Shows tour stop Friday and Saturday. According to a tour spokesman, nearly 5,000 people, mostly Baby Boomers into home renovation as a ...
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Houses are shrinking in the recessionary economy, but kitchens? Not so much. As other rooms are eliminated from downsized plans, their functions are naturally migrating to the kitchen, placing more pressure than ever on this culinary zone ...
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