Jan 18, 2011 | Analytics, Automated & MarTech, Data-driven, Household Income, Retail & E-Commerce
The US luxury retail sector, including furniture, home furnishings, apparel, accessories and department stores, continued to show year-over-year improvement in Q3 2010 as consumer confidence slowly restores, according to new American Express data. “Spend Sights...Jan 18, 2011 | Analytics, Automated & MarTech, Data-driven, Media & Entertainment, Men, Retail & E-Commerce, Women
Hard rock group Bon Jovi was the only North American musical concert tour to gross more than $100 million in 2010 ($108.2 million), according to [pdf] data from PollStar. The veteran “hair metal” band outgrossed the number two North American act, former...Jan 18, 2011 | Analytics, Automated & MarTech, Brand Metrics, Data-driven, Local & Directories / Small Biz, Media & Entertainment, Paid Search, Retail & E-Commerce, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
Microsoft, which saw its total core search engine query volume drop 4% month-over-month in November 2010, rebounded strongly in December 2010 with a 9% gain, according to new comScore qSearch data. Microsoft’s core search queries grew from about 2.01 billion to...Jan 18, 2011 | Analytics, Automated & MarTech, Data-driven, Financial Services, Government & Politics, Local & Directories / Small Biz, Staffing, Uncategorized
Americans say unemployment is the number one problem facing the US at the start of 2011, with 29% naming it in a new Gallup poll. This is a roughly 20% increase from the 24% who mentioned unemployment in December 2010, although the figure ranged from 28% to 33% from...