Below are some links to recent research news, studies and lists from the collection of items that MarketingCharts didn’t get to writing up this week, but still may be worth a peek:
Women Suffer Low Self Esteem Because of Airbrushing in Ads
Seven in 10 People Worldwide in Full Throes of ‘Digital Dependency’
Think Tank Study Shows Top Web Trends Are Security Risks
comScore Forecasts 3 Percent Growth for 2009 Holiday E-Commerce Spending
Digital Billboards Not Linked to Traffic Accidents
Volunteers Quit Wikipedia Faster than New Ones Join
Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores
Unified Communications Market to Approach $4.2 Billion in 2014
Music Sales: Tracking the Hits along the Digital Long Tail
Getting Children to Eat Healthy Foods Proves Challenging for Parents (pdf)
Average Household Holiday Spend May Drop 6.6%
Four in Ten (42%) Casino Visitors in the US Spending Less than Last Year
Late payment Culture among UK businesses improves; Bills Settled in Quickest time since April 2008