For the six-month period ending September 30, 2006, the average daily circulation for all 770 newspapers reporting for comparable periods decreased 2.8% to 43.7 million, over the same period a year ago, according to Newspaper Association of America. On Sunday, the average circulation for the 619 newspapers reporting for comparable periods was 47.6 million, a decrease of 3.4% over the same period a year ago.

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October 30, 2006 6:00 PM | Permalink

Real disposable personal income, the amount available for spending or saving, increased 0.8% in September compared to an increase of 0.2% in August. Real consumer spending increased 0.4% in September compared to a decreasing 0.1% in August, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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October 30, 2006 5:31 PM | Permalink

More than $3 billion will be spent over the next four years to build and operate public wireless networks for U.S. municipalities, according to MuniWireless.com Annual State of the Market Report.

As the interest in public wireless is exceeding earlier expectations, spending will exceed $235 million in 2006 – significantly higher earlier  forecast of $177 million – according to the research findings. For 2007, spending will reach $460 million, compared to last year’s estimate of $406 million.

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October 30, 2006 4:25 PM | Permalink

US online retail sales this holiday season will increase 23% over last year to reach $27 billion, according to Forrester Research. Almost one-fifth of the nearly 4,000 consumers surveyed say that the Internet will be the place where they shop the most during the holidays. 13% of consumers surveys say they will spend more on toys this year and 10% will spend more on DVDs and videos. 

Continue reading... "2006 Online Holiday Retail Sales To Hit $27 Billion; Online Retail to Reach $270B by 2011" »

October 30, 2006 12:00 PM | Permalink

The majority of e-mail marketers are failing to use e-mail as a relevant marketing tool, at the same time that consumers are spending less time and attention on e-mail, according to Jupiter Research VP and research director David Daniels, reports ClickZ. Typical E-Mail targeting tactics, based on Jupiter Surveys are:

• 25% - broadcast e-mail campaigns with no differentiation or targeting
• 65% - limited personalization and limited segmentation
• 11% - targeted campaigns with purchase history, click-stream activity, or targeted offers

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October 30, 2006 11:16 AM | Permalink

From costumes to candy, consumers are expected to spend over $4.96 billion this Halloween, up significantly from just $3.29 billion a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch.

• Average consumer Halloween spend: $59.06
• Average consumer spending on candy: $18.72
• Average consumers spending on costumes: $21.57

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October 30, 2006 9:51 AM | Permalink

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October 30, 2006 9:45 AM | Permalink

A compendium of revealing stats and the key leading economic indicators and business metrics based on today's Wall Street Journal article and reports:

Is the U.S. Losing Ground?: In 2000, 90% of the capital raised by foreign companies through new stock offerings were raised in the U.S. The "90% rule" reversed in 2005 as 90% of the funds raised by foreign firms through new listings occurred in Europe and other non-U.S. markets. Last year, only 2 of the world's 25 largest initial public offerings listed in the U.S.

In the universe of global IPOs, the fraction of non-U.S. IPOs listed in the U.S. has fallen to under 10% so far in 2006 from 37% in 2000. 

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October 30, 2006 9:33 AM | Permalink