The move is a direct response to consumer feedback that highlights the biggest single frustration for online shoppers is products sent in packaging that is unnecessarily large and therefore unable to get through their letterbox. A recent ...
Tags: Macfarlane, 'Letterboxable', Packaging
Electronics purchases are a popular choice among American buyers, with three out of four reporting plans for spending in the coming year. Online outlets and brick-and-mortar sellers both remain popular choices, but those that flock to ...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Android devices, Electronics
US construction firms added jobs in 39 states between September 2013 and September 2014 while construction employment increased in 34 states and the District of Columbia between August and September, according to an analysis of Labor ...
Tags: US Construction, Jobs, Energy
China’s National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday the country’s gross domestic product rose 7.3% on the year for three months through September, the slowest growth since the first quarter of 2009. Inflation-adjusted economic ...
LED bulb prices over the past quarter, with price declines most markedly in the German market for both 40W and 60W equiv. LED bulbs last month.Prices for 60W equiv. LED bulb have dropped more than 40W equiv. LED bulbs in September. Bulb ...
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DOE's Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) has released the results of a voluntary web-based inventory survey of public street and area lighting across the U.S., conducted during the latter half of 2013 and intended to ...
Tags: Street Lighting, Area Lighting
Despite the hype, wearables are poised to make good on their promise to have substantial influence on society and business, according to a new report from PwC. Consumers seem to be excited by the potential of wearables, regardless of the ...
Tags: Life Sciences, Medtech, Wearables
GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for anticorrosion coatings in China was worth more than RMB 36 billion in 2013, with sales of roughly 1.4 Mn Tons. The study finds that growth in 2013 was only 2.8 percent, ...
Tags: Domestic Market, China, Decoration
The DuPont Green Living Survey: India, conducted by TNS Global, found that a majority of Indian consumers are familiar with green products, have confidence that green products are better for the environment, and feel that biobased ...
Tags: Biobased Products, Green Products
U.S. consumers who purchase gifts during the 2014 Christmas season anticipate spending an average of $596.53, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual holiday intentions survey. The anticipated figure represented an ...
Tags: Jewelry, Precious Metals
The GfK Consumer Climate Europe study for the third quarter of 2014 paints a gloomy outlook for the European economy, noting in particular that while there is a backdrop of growth in the UK, the Scottish referendum harmed consumer ...
The Shullman Research Center found that 21 percent of U.S. adults who plan Christmas shopping expect to purchase jewelry this year; however, the percentage increases dramatically for the top 41 percent of households, or those earning ...
Tags: Christmas Jewelry, Crafts
Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
Tags: diamond market, Blue Nile
U.S. consumer confidence moved closer to the historical average of 100 points in August, according to The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which recorded a reading of 92.4 points (1985=100), up from 81.5 points in August ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence