America’s Best Small Cities for Startups
Small US cities that have a stable base of industry, a young and educated workforce, plentiful venture capital and a reasonable cost of living are the most conducive to startups, according to...
View ArticleNebraska Fiscally Happiest State; Oregon Saddest
Nebraska has captured the #1 spot on a list of America’s fiscally happiest states, based on several financial and economic indicators, according to MainStreet.com, which also reports that Oregon –...
View ArticleTop 10 Portal Frontpages – March 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Games Websites – March 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleAffluent Survey Revised to Collect ‘Wealth’ of New Data
In response to major societal, demographic, and media-consumption shifts among America’s affluent population, Ipsos Mendelsohn recently announced that it is giving its well-known Mendelsohn Affluent...
View ArticleMagazine Ad Pages Plummet 26% in Q1
Advertising pages for consumer magazines totaled 37,196.43 in the first quarter of 2009, a decline of nearly 26% over the same period last year that was caused primarily by the faltering economy,...
View ArticleFour in Five Americans Attached to Old T-Shirt
Nearly 80% of Americans in all demographic groups say they feel a sense of attachment to at least one of their old t-shirts, and that shirt is most likely to be one that was acquired on vacation,...
View ArticleHispanic Internet Audience Reaches Record 20.3 Million
The US Hispanic online population reached a record 20.3 million visitors in February 2009, experiencing 6% growth over the same period in 2008, according to a report on the US Hispanic internet market...
View ArticleTop 10 Social Networking Websites & Forums – March 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Internet Advertising Websites – March 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleBehind the Curve: Week Ended April 24, 2009
Below are some links to recent research news and studies from the collection of items that MarketingCharts didn’t get to writing up this week, but still may be worth a peek: (more…)
View ArticleStingy Shoppers Spell Good News for Wal-Mart
US consumers are growing increasingly stingy with their money and are becoming more and more likely to base their retail purchase decisions on price, according to a study from The Gordman Group, which...
View ArticleEU Marketers Increase Online Ad Spend
More than two-thirds (70%) of European advertisers say their internet ad spending is increasing this year, while nearly half agree that the internet is “essential” to their marketing efforts, according...
View ArticleTweeters Motivated by Learning, Immediacy
Though recent media accounts suggest that some Twitter users have jumped on the microblogging bandwagon to make friends, find new-business leads or feed their egos by racking up high numbers of...
View ArticleTop 10 Financial Services Online Advertisers by Image-Based Impressions –...
Note: Nielsen Online, AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and only takes into account image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleImage-Based Online Ad Impressions by Industry – March 2009
Note: Nielsen Online, AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and only takes into account image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleTop 10 Retail Goods & Svcs Online Advertisers by Image-Based Impressions –...
Note: Nielsen Online, AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and only takes into account image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleOne-Third of UK SocNetters Peeved by Constant Invites
Nearly one-third (31%) of social networkers in the UK say they dislike constant requests to join groups and invitations to download applications, according to new research from the UK’s Internet...
View ArticleForrester: Interactive Ad Growth Still Healthy
Interactive advertising is heading for growth over the next seven years, according to a yet-to-be-released Forrester Research Interactive Advertising Forecast (via 1to1Media and MarketingVOX). (more…)
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